Jessica here with you today to talk all about my The Westing Game Lesson Plans! Each year when I ask my students what the best assignment or unit was in Literature class, the majority of them identify our novel unit for The…
This is a quick and easy post that walks you closely through how I set up my Romeo and Juliet Bulletin Board for our reading of the play. Although I have my bulletin boards set up as three separate ones,…
Classroom transformations are everywhere in education right now, and rightfully so. They are incredibly fun and get students super engaged right from the moment they walk into your classroom! So when Romeo and Juliet’s wedding was approaching in our reading…
The one pager assignment has been around the teacher blogosphere for a while now. It seems like everyone uses them all the time! And I won’t lie, I’ve definitely used the one pager with my students – most recently as…
We’ve made it! We’re at the end of our 4-part series where we’re walking you through 4 easy steps to creating an awesome short story unit for your middle school students! If you missed the previous posts you can read…
We’ve into part 3 now of how to create a short story unit for your middle school students – and an awesome unit at that! If you missed Parts 1 and 2 where we talked all about the hook and…
Welcome back to our 4-part series where we’re walking you through 4 easy steps to creating an awesome short story unit! If you missed Part 1 where we talked all about the hook, you can read it here. This 4-part…
Welcome to our 4-part series that will teach you how to create a short story unit using 4 easy steps! Using the framework we’re about to share is going to make this an incredibly easy and streamlined process for you…
One of my favorite things to do before we begin a novel is have students make predictions about what the text will be about. I do this for a few reasons. One, it’s fun! Two, it gets them invested in…
There are few things that I love more about decorating my classroom than putting together my classroom library. This year I finally got my act together and really organized my library in a way that makes sense and includes engagement…
Hi there! We're two middle school ELA teachers with a mission to share ideas, tips, and tricks for effectively teaching reading and writing in the secondary classroom. We're so happy you stopped by!
Caitlin + Jessica
