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5 Easy Tips for Teaching Horror Stories

October 18, 2020

So, you’re teaching horror stories, but you don’t want to do the same, boring unit that everyone else does? You want your students to be engaged, creative, but to also learn the foundational purpose and practices of the horror genre. In this blog post, I’ll cover 5 tips for teaching horror stories so that your unit will stand out!

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5 Preparations You Need to Teach Your New English Class

August 9, 2020

When I was a first-year high school English teacher, I had no idea where to even begin planning and getting ready for my first year. It probably took me a whole three years of teaching before I had a grasp on what essentials I needed to prep before the first day of class. With another year about to begin, I thought I’d share what I’d learned the hard way. In this blog post, I’ll share the 5 things you need to prepare to teach your new English class!

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Here Are the Best Fiction Books for Teaching about Black Lives Matter

July 26, 2020

More and more educators are realizing that the time to have difficult conversations in our classrooms is now. In case you’re just starting to Black Lives Matter unit, here are some of the best fiction books for teaching about #BlackLivesMatter.

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6 Ways You Should Be Scaffolding Student Writing

March 8, 2020

You’ve probably heard a million times that you should be using differentiated instruction in your classroom. If you’re in a stricter building, it may even be required that you document your differentiation strategies. But how, exactly, are we supposed to differentiate writing instruction for our advanced, gifted, special education, trauma-sensitive, and ELL learners in a single class period!? It seems impossible! At least it does until you consider scaffolding writing instruction.

Claim, Evidence, Writing or C-E-R Writing: What You Need to Know Pinterest PinComplete Guides, Teaching Strategies

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: What You Need to Know

December 15, 2019

Have you been told that you need to start using a claim, evidence, and reasoning (or C-E-R) framework for writing in your classroom? Maybe you need to closely adhere to the Common Core State Standards but aren’t quite sure where to begin. If you’re like me, you may have been told by administration-on-high that the whole school would be using C-E-R language in their classes to build consistency and teacher equity for students. Regardless, here you are wondering, what the heck is claim, evidence, and reasoning anyway? In this post, I aim to break it down for you.

How to Teach When Students are Years Behind?Teaching Strategies

How to Teach When Students are Years Behind

October 20, 2019

The curriculum decrees an essay must be written, but your students can barely write a sentence. How can you teach when your students are years behind?

How to Design A Novel Unit That Doesn't Bore Your Students to DeathExperiences in the Classroom, Teaching Strategies

How to Design a Novel Unit that Doesn’t Bore your Students to Death: A Guest Blog Post From Yaddy’s Room

September 22, 2019

You have a boring novel unit, now what? Connect a movie to it! Luckily for you, I’m going to save you the blood sweat, and hangovers, and give you my process. I know. I’m awesome.

Is Dear Martin Right for Your Class?Teaching Strategies

Is Dear Martin the Right Novel for Your Class?

August 25, 2019

When I read Dear Martin by Nic Stone, I knew it would be a fantastic whole class novel. In this post, I will help you determine if it’s right for your class, point out the perks of teaching it, and also hopefully help steer you away from some pitfalls.

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5 End-of-the-School-Year Tips to Make Back-to-School Teaching Easier

June 4, 2019

Do you want to walk into a disorganized mess in September when you’re stressing about new students and new units? Or do you want to walk into a beautiful space, perfectly organized for educational success? This blog post is going to cover a few end-of-the-school-year tips for closing out your classroom to make coming back to school easier.

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Do It Scared and Start Selling on Teachers Pay Teachers

May 19, 2019

This book review is for teachers who want to become teacherpreneurs but just can’t get started. If that’s you, then go get Do It Scared by Ruth Soukup NOW.

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This book is a must-read for white people.⁣ ⁣ This book is a must-read for white people.⁣
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Years of working with at-risk, high-poverty, diverse students had already done wonders for making me aware of my own personal privilege. ⁣
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But Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give really connected some major dots for me. ⁣
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✊ Riots aren't caused by uncivilized people. They're a symptom of systemic oppression and the natural result of injustice and anger building over time.⁣
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And while I never thought I'd need to be intimately familiar with the workings of riots, 2020 proved me wrong. I'm so glad that I (and the students to whom I've taught this novel) had read this book prior to the Kenosha riots.⁣
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It allowed me to approach the whole ordeal with more understanding, more empathy, and helped me to stay focused on the priorities--human lives and justice--rather than getting caught up in the property damage. ⁣
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I've recently bundled all of my resources for this wonderful novel with some related titles (Dear Martin and All American Boys) into one epic literature circle unit.⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⁣
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(Oh, and everything included is both PRINTABLE AND DIGITAL!)⁣
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Repeating the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. is Repeating the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. is not enough.⁣
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We must live them.⁣
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I know in my own district, the curriculum is often compartmentalized. It's February--time for an African American literature unit. It's MLK day--time for a biography lesson.⁣
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While these are steps in the right direction, we are long past the time for a single African American unit. 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼. ⁣
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We can't continue to lump entire groups of people into a one-month unit and call our work done. ⁣
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Honor the work done before us today and try to imagine places in your classroom in which you can push against the traditionally white canon. ⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂⁣
⚫ 𝘈𝘥𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦?⁣
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⚫ 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺?⁣
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⚫ 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴?⁣
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Change happens from within--from within us and from within our classrooms. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⁣
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What is it you need to cover or teach?⁣ ⁣ Lite What is it you need to cover or teach?⁣
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Literature circles are great for exploring a variety of topics. ⁣
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𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: ⁣
⚫ A genre (𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳)⁣
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⚫ An author (𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦)⁣
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⚫ A book type (𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴)⁣
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You can still teach your required content while providing students with choice, differentiation, and the ability to collaborate with their peers. ⁣
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𝗧𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼.
How many of our kids struggle with their own ident How many of our kids struggle with their own identity?⁣
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I was lucky; I grew up with technology but not with social media. My generation still had the pressure from magazines and television and billboards, but we didn't have a constant stream of (miss)information and other people's opinions delivered to us at 5G speeds.⁣
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And our world right now so often doesn't look kind or fair. I can't imagine the kind of questions our students are grappling with now. So often it feels like the jerks win and those who need justice the most are left waiting...⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. ⁣
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Whether you teach it, include it in a book club, or just put a copy on your classroom library shelf, Dear Martin should be accessible for your students who, right now, have so many questions.⁣
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𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⁣
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I've been burnt out on young adult fiction for mon I've been burnt out on young adult fiction for months.⁣
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I don't know why, but as soon as school shut down in March, I've just had a hard time reading about teens. ⁣
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I think maybe it's because I tend to reach for heavy YA and for so long the world itself has been heavy.⁣
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This week though, I got two new titles. ⁣
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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 by Angie Thomas has been pre-ordered since it was announced. It's Big Mav's (from The Hate U Give) story and acts as a kind of prequel to THUG.⁣
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𝗪𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 by Jenney Torres Sanchez was not on my radar, but a big shout out to @jordanapaola7 for the recommendation! I'm only a few chapters in, but I'm already hooked! ⁣
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𝗜'𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗔, 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺!⁣
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These are my favorite emails!⁣ ⁣ To me, they'r These are my favorite emails!⁣
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To me, they're especially satisfying when they come through at night because it means I literally made money while sleeping! 😴⁣
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Want some of these emails for yourself? 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼!⁣
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I suck at drinking water.⁣ ⁣ It seems really s I suck at drinking water.⁣
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It seems really stupid that I am so bad at doing something that is essential to my most basic survival, but I just can't guys...⁣
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𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝗲. I spend an absurd amount of money on sugar-free flavor syrups, Nuuns, Propel and Crystal Light mix-ins, everything I can find to not have to drink plain, boring water.⁣
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So my fiance @zionthelyon bought me this water bottle for Christmas. ⁣
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I won't say that one product has magically cured me of my chronic dehydration, but the obvious, in-my-face reminder that my body needs freakin' water is helping. ⁣
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄 2021 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻? 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀!⁣
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#englishclasses #teachingenglish #elateacher #2ndaryela #englishteachers #englishteaching⁣
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I LOVE reading journals and workbooks. ⁣ ⁣ (We I LOVE reading journals and workbooks. ⁣
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(Well, you know, when we're actually allowed to touch school materials.)⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀. I don't know if it's because they're just so excited for something different or because it feels like something they can own and take pride in. ⁣
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👉 Either way, anything that engages my students is worth the extra work for me!⁣
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But you don't have to do the work of creating a 40-page workbook because I've already done it for you! 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗧𝗣𝗧 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟!⁣
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In fact, I recently bundled all of my teaching resources--included my reading journals--for The Hate U Give, Dear Martin, and All American Boys into ONE epic literature circles unit. ⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗳𝗼𝗿-𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!⁣
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#itslitteaching #knowjusticeknowpeace #socialjusticeeducation ⁣
#englishclasses #teachingenglish #elateacher #2ndaryela #englishteachers #englishteaching #digitallearning #virtuallearning #virtualteaching #onlineteacher #teachonline #onlineenglishteacher #remoteteaching #distancelearningtpt #distanceteaching #highschoolteacher #iteachhighschool #iteachela #iteachwriting #educating #schoolteacher #secondaryela #instateachers #instagramteachers #educatorsofinstagram #teachersonig #teachersoninstagram
It takes a strong person to be a teacher-author. T It takes a strong person to be a teacher-author. There are some qualities you'll need embody to succeed:⁣
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1️⃣ Brave: TPT sellers need to be brave. Every time they add a resource, upload a blog post, share an IG story, they are putting themselves out there. The fear gets real!⁣
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2️⃣ Disciplined: To succeed on TPT, you need to put in the work consistently. That means working before or after long days of teaching; it means working when you'd rather... not. ⁣
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3️⃣ Creative: TPT authors are always innovating, trying new things, and creating beautiful resources. Their creativity is their single best resource!⁣
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4️⃣ Helpful: This is a big one! A real teacher-author is out here trying to help their fellow teachers-at-arms. They choose collaboration over competition. They support each other.⁣
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5️⃣ Expert: Each teacher-author has his/her area of expertise. Usually, this is hard-won through years in the classroom and working in the trenches. They know their stuff!⁣
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6️⃣ Persistent: Teacher-authors know that failure is really just an opportunity to learn--and boy do us teachers love to learn! Successful sellers don't give up--they rest and try again.⁣
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Think you have what it takes to become a teacher-author? 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗣𝗧 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼! (This month is all about sharing some of my top money-earning strategies!)⁣
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#itslitteaching @teacherspayteachers #teacherspayteachers ⁣
#tptseller #tptteachers #tptstore #tptteacher #teacherpreneur #edupreneur #highperformancehabits #bizcoach #collaborationovercompetition #entrepreneursuccess #businesslessons #tptstore #teachersoftpt #teachersrule #teacherinspiration #teachertips #teachermotivation #teacherssupportteachers #togetherwearebetter #teachingresources #teachersfollowingteachers #instateachers #instagramteachers #educatorsofinstagram #igconnect4edu #teachersonig #teachersoninstagram #weareteachers
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