High School English and TPT Seller Resources
Looking for a way to engage students as they listen in class? Need an activity to keep hyperactive hands busy? Want more creative activities in your classroom? If you’re in need of any of these,...
Read MoreWhen you think of rigorous teaching, you might not think of graphic novels right away. They seem too easy and too simplistic for any meaningful novel study, right? Well, actually, graphic novels have a lot to offer young students. In this post, I hope to share a few quick tips for teaching with graphic novels.
Read MoreEvery teacher knows that routines are key to classroom management and moving students forward. But when you’re just starting your career or moving to a new school, it can be difficult to create your own...
Read MoreSo you’re teaching odes to high schoolers. Odes are complicated poems and the classical ones can be difficult for struggling readers to understand. This doesn’t mean they’re impossible, however! Regardless of your students’ abilities, you...
Read MoreWhen I was a student teacher, I noticed something eerie about teachers and their time. As a student teacher, I often worked late. I’d be working a couple of hours after school–talking to my mentor...
Read MoreHow do you become a “fun” teacher? Fun was never my strong suit, but I was always working on making my lessons more engaging. When you break away from the traditional “lecture and notes” model...
Read MoreYou know that you need to teach grammar. But when you look at your students’ writing, you’re overwhelmed. How can you possibly explain a semicolon or all of the comma rules when your students can’t even write a complete sentence? I’ve gone through the same struggle, my friend. While you probably can’t turn all of your students into Shakespeares in a semester, you can help them improve greatly. In this post, I hope to help show you how to teach grammar (especially to struggling students).
Read MoreWhen I was first told that I’d be teaching creative writing, I panicked. While I had always enjoyed writing myself, I had no idea how to show others how to do it creatively. After all, all of my professional development had focused on argumentative writing and improving test scores. Eventually, though, I came to love my creative writing class, and I think you will too. In this post, I hope to help you with shaping your own creative writing class.
Read MoreAn aspiring teacher with social anxiety might not realize how triggering the profession can be, until it's too late. At least, that's what happened to me.
Read MoreDuring my first year of teaching, my novel studies were a mess. We didn’t finish the first two books. I was up all night trying to plan the next day. I had no sense of direction and no idea how long any of my plans would take. Now, I can plan an entire novel study in under an hour. This post will walk you through the exact steps I take to plan a novel study quickly.
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