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…
Before beginning any unit, we always like to find a way to get students excited about the text we’ll be reading. In the past, we’ve done what we call “Five Words” (students are given 5 words and asked to write…
Hands down The Westing Game is our favorite novel unit we do with our students. It immediately grabs their attention and keeps them engaged the entire time we’re reading it. If you don’t already teach this, seriously jump on the…
Using task cards in middle school can be a great way to break things up and get kids thinking and working in a different way! At a basic level, task cards are small cards that have a task for students…
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
