Contemporary Short Stories for High School
Struggling to engage your reluctant readers? Check out these contemporary short stories for high school ELA. Are you…
February 2, 2021Teaching ideas and resources for Secondary ELA and Drama
Struggling to engage your reluctant readers? Check out these contemporary short stories for high school ELA. Are you…
Are you teaching To Kill a Mockingbird this year? Whether you view it as a treasured classic, or…
Looking for classroom library ideas? In this post I’ll show you to audit your shelves and find the…
Are you looking to revitalize your short story unit? Are your students just not getting irony? I’m here…
Have you tried any digital escape rooms for ELA? Whether you’re doing virtual, in-person, or hybrid learning, I…
I love novels in verse, and the new book Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam…
Are you looking for new digital breakouts for ELA? Look no further! I’d like to introduce you to…
Are you going to teach The Giver during distance learning? Great choice! Here’s how to make your novel…
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, y’all! We celebrate this every year from September 15th to October 15th, and we…
After the popularity of my 2017 post, 15 TV Episodes to Use In ELA, I thought it was…
When Liliana Cruz gets an opportunity to go to a school in the Boston suburbs, her immigrant mother…
I recently finished Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron and it got me thinking about using inclusive YA…
Are you looking to create a more inclusive classroom library? Are you asking yourself, “What should I read…
Realities of Anti-racism in Secondary ELA What texts do you teach, and what voices are heard? Here…
Hey y’all! Are you looking for diverse texts for secondary ELA? Do you want to grow your classroom…
As some of you may already know, I’m now officially a published author! My first book, The Challenging…
Big news! Please help me welcome The Challenging Riddle Book for Kids to the world! As y’all know,…
You can help your students see beyond the headlines! In this post, nine other teachers and I share…
Looking for a book rec for your sports loving students? I recently read (and loved) After the Shot…
Whew! This year is already flying by, amiright? It feels like just yesterday we were returning from winter…
Take a look inside my completely updated and redesigned Odyssey interactive escape room. New art, new hints, and…
With the decade drawing to a close, it’s time to reflect on the great books released in 2019!…
It’s Native American History Month! How are you celebrating and honoring Native culture in your classroom? One great…
Do you struggle to get students interested in nonfiction? Keep pushing! Fostering a love of reading nonfiction books…
Books can be both mirrors, reflecting students’ lives, or windows into the lives of others. You know the…
Looking for engaging and rigorous Halloween school activities for your Secondary ELA classroom? Look no further! These mini-lessons…
Since we started the YA Cafe Podcast, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about LGBTQ middle-grade novels. This…
Song lyrics can be so versatile in the classroom: Creative writing inspiration, making non-fiction more engaging, etc. Here…
Are you teaching short stories for high school, and all you have is a dusty anthology of “classic”…
We know that our reluctant readers have a skills deficit that grows over time. Whereas a student may…