3 Aligned Song Pairings for an Innovative Romeo and Juliet Activity
How do YOU introduce students to Romeo and Juliet? Are you looking for an engaging Romeo and Juliet…
January 31, 2023Teaching ideas and resources for Secondary ELA and Drama
How do YOU introduce students to Romeo and Juliet? Are you looking for an engaging Romeo and Juliet…
Looking for The Pearl activities that excite your students’ creativity and critical thinking skills? The Pearl Unit Bundle…
Need a digital lesson for a snow day? Fun emergency middle school sub plans? Or an enrichment session…
Are you teaching The Odyssey and looking to diversify your unit? Engage your students with contemporary song pairings!…
Teaching the Harlem Renaissance is essential for any English class as it provides a wide variety of lessons…
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Nothing says nonfiction writing has to be boring, and yet, that’s what many middle school and high school…
Looking for text recommendations and engaging resources that you can use during Native American Heritage Month (and year…
Fun and easy-to-implement tips and activities to help your your students understand, appreciate, and learn how to write…
Reader’s Theatre is a fun, low-stress way for students to learn about drama, practice public speaking, and embrace…
Do you need escape room questions and answers? Whether you are a student who’s stuck or a teacher…
These class novel study activities will help increase student participation and strengthen their critical analysis! Even if you’ve…
High-interest, standards-aligned Halloween activities that your students will love (and you’ll love all the time you saved!). Y’all,…
These quick and low-prep media literacy activities will help you improve your student’s critical thinking skills, teach rhetorical…
From sci-fi to fantasy to historical fiction, this list of short stories has something to interest every reader…
Teaching classic literature doesn’t have to be boring! These tips, lesson plans, and low-prep resources will help engage…
Are you looking for ways to make your independent reading more engaging? Try these reading response activities! Using…
High-interest and low-prep lessons and activities you can utilize when teaching poetry for high school students. Poetry for…
Creating a museum exhibit in your middle or high school ELA classroom is easy and fun with these…
Yes, you can improve writing skills in five minutes! I’ll share some tips and a FREE resource to…
You can use these low-prep lessons filled with public speaking tips in middle or high school ELA. They…
Teaching with music is a great tool for engaging students, and the Broadway canon has so much great…
Making your own worksheets has never been easier, thanks to Microsoft Powerpoint and these easy-to-follow tips. Have you…
These contemporary poems by Black authors will help diversify your poetry unit, help students process current events, and…
It’s summertime, and that (hopefully!) means rest and relaxation! Here are nine things for every English teacher’s summer…
Reading conferences that encourage independent reading, while still upholding your standards for comprehension. Your students will thank you!…
There are a million and one ways to do a short story unit, and they’re all awesome! Short…