Latinx YA Books for Your Classroom Library
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, y’all! We celebrate this every year from September 15th to October 15th, and we…
by Danielle Hall September 24, 2020
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, y’all! We celebrate this every year from September 15th to October 15th, and we…
by Danielle Hall September 24, 2020
After the popularity of my 2017 post, 15 TV Episodes to Use In ELA, I thought it was…
by Danielle Hall September 11, 2020
I recently finished Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron and it got me thinking about using inclusive YA…
by Danielle Hall August 6, 2020
Realities of Anti-racism in Secondary ELA What texts do you teach, and what voices are heard? Here are…
by Danielle Hall June 22, 2020
Hey y’all! Are you looking for diverse texts for secondary ELA? Do you want to grow your classroom…
by Danielle Hall June 8, 2020
You can help your students see beyond the headlines! In this post, nine other teachers and I share…
by Danielle Hall February 27, 2020
Whew! This year is already flying by, amiright? It feels like just yesterday we were returning from winter…
by Danielle Hall January 24, 2020
Take a look inside my completely updated and redesigned Odyssey interactive escape room. New art, new hints, and…
by Danielle Hall January 9, 2020
With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
by Danielle Hall December 12, 2019
This week we’re chatting about Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz, a heartwarming #ownvoices tale of two…
by Danielle Hall November 21, 2019
It’s Native American History Month! How are you celebrating and honoring Native culture in your classroom? One great…
by Danielle Hall November 7, 2019
Our friend Courtney joins us to chat about A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy. It’s perfect…
by Danielle Hall October 31, 2019
Do you struggle to get students interested in nonfiction? Keep pushing! Fostering a love of reading nonfiction books…
by Danielle Hall October 24, 2019
Books can be both mirrors, reflecting students’ lives, or windows into the lives of others. You know the…
by Danielle Hall October 10, 2019
Looking for engaging and rigorous Halloween school activities for your Secondary ELA classroom? Look no further! These mini-lessons…
by Danielle Hall October 3, 2019
Writer & teacher L. Samantha Smith joins us to chat about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them…
by Danielle Hall September 27, 2019
Since we started the YA Cafe Podcast, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about LGBTQ middle-grade novels. This…
by Danielle Hall September 19, 2019
This week we’re chatting about Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Our guest is author H.D. Hunter who has some…
by Danielle Hall September 12, 2019
Song lyrics can be so versatile in the classroom: Creative writing inspiration, making non-fiction more engaging, etc. Here…
by Danielle Hall September 5, 2019
BookTuber, Nikea JaLynn (cohost of the series #BlackGirlLit), joins us to chat about The Revolution of Birdie Randolph…
by Danielle Hall August 22, 2019
Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
by Danielle Hall August 15, 2019
Stacey Lee does it again! The Downstairs Girl is exactly the kind of historical fiction we need right…
by Danielle Hall August 8, 2019
We know that our reluctant readers have a skills deficit that grows over time. Whereas a student may…
by Danielle Hall August 1, 2019
Project Runway meets Mulan in the new YA fantasy novel Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Joining us…
by Danielle Hall July 25, 2019
Have you been told you should be teaching executive functioning? Is this a totally overwhelming proposition? Where do…
by Danielle Hall July 18, 2019
sHow many Asian American YA novels do you have in your classroom library? We recently read Wicked Fox,…
by Danielle Hall July 2, 2019
We are joined by Zshavette, a Pinay bookstagrammer to chat about Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay.…
by Danielle Hall June 27, 2019
From the 17th Century adventures in Lady’s Guide, to the dystopian future predicted in Internment, this list has…
by Danielle Hall June 20, 2019
This week we chat with author Justina Chen about Gilmore Girls, Firefly, and of course our featured title,…
by Danielle Hall June 13, 2019
Have you ever used videos to inspire your students to write? Here are some TED talks for young…
by Danielle Hall June 6, 2019