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Organizing ELA Units for the Year

This year, we both made the shift from teaching mostly novel units, to incorporating mini units of short stories and poetry in between each novel,

Quick and Easy ELA Game: Balderdash

We all have those days when an assembly ends earlier than expected and we have twenty minutes to kill before lunch, or the copier breaks

How to Run a Socratic Seminar in Your Classroom

We have used Socratic Seminars with our third graders all the way up through our twelfth graders to discuss short stories, poetry, and sets of

Discussion-Based Questions – Three Ways to Add Them to Your Curriculum

Before we dive into the three ways to add discussion-based questions to your curriculum, we think it’s really important that you understand what they are

Summer Reading: A New Twist

This year we decided to switch things up a bit with our summer reading assignment for our incoming students. In the past, we’ve assigned a

Easy Valentine’s Day Unit for Middle School & High School Students

We know Valentine’s Day can be pretty crazy in the classroom when you factor in the pre-teen/teenager hormones. So, we like to make sure we

Three ELA Thanksgiving Activities: Fun and Academic

And then all of a sudden, it was November … We cannot believe how quickly this year has flown by! To think that it’s already

Four Fun and Easy Halloween Activities for Middle School ELA

If you’re looking for some fun, free, and easy Halloween activities to use with your middle school ELA students, then look no further! We’ve got

Speed Dating with Books

As we were doing curriculum planning this week for the upcoming school year (yes, really, we’re already thinking about it … crazy, we know!), we

FREE Idioms Activity to Use With Your Students

The importance of teaching idioms cannot be underestimated. As English teachers, we both have begun nearly every year of our teaching careers by teaching and reviewing

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Then, pick the date you’re going to teach it in your classroom, and sit back while you watch as your students show up to your classroom pumped about what the day holds…and gush about your class to their parents on the car ride home!