Adding Physical Locks to Escape Rooms
Classroom Escape Rooms are collaborative games that make engaging review activities for students! Students work together to solve…
April 30, 2019Teaching ideas and resources for Secondary ELA and Drama
Classroom Escape Rooms are collaborative games that make engaging review activities for students! Students work together to solve…
Teaching The Great Gatsby can be transportive and engaging. Students explore a whole new era (Flappers! Jazz! Speakeasies!)…
Author H.D. Hunter joins Danielle for a discussion of Trauma-Informed Teaching and YA books that touch on grief,…
It’s April so y’all know what that means: National Poetry Month! I have compiled a list below of…
When I took American Literature as a high schooler in 2003, we read a range of texts from…
If you’re looking for a gift for Teacher Appreciation Week or for the beloved English teacher in your…
When we arrive at March, we finally talk about teaching Women’s History. Even though it’s something we should…
I love teaching Shakespeare, and I LOVE discovering new and innovative ways to engage students in the material.…
So, you’re teaching argumentative writing again, and you’re looking for something to spice up your unit. I have…
When I say that I give my students time for independent reading or that I believe there’s a…
I’ve talked before about using teaching with puzzles and games and using Escape Rooms in ELA, but I…
Teaching about immigration can be intimidating for a someone without personal experience, but it’s an important topic to…
If your students struggle making deep connections to a text, look no further than Photo Analysis. Students analyze…
Using science fiction poems (or speculative poems) in the classroom can be a great way for students to…
Teaching The Giver. The Hunger Games. Matched. Unwind. Feed. Teaching dystopian literature can be a great way to…
Thou & You: Rank and Emotion My students know well in advance that I love teaching Shakespeare…
Build a Classroom Library with FREE Books! If you want to add new releases to your classroom library…
YATeens love YA thrillers, and I’m constantly getting asked for recommendations of good young adult books with suspense,…
We take a look at online shaming and Leila Sales’ new novel, If You Don’t Have Anything…
So, like you, I spend a lot of time thinking about how to get my teenage students to…
Y’all, I can’t sit still. Throw me in a long meeting or even a long movie, and I…
Spark Imagination with Creative Reading We spend a LOT of time reading books and watching TV and movies…
Teachers, it’s that time of year again. You’ve been handed a piece of paper called an Intent Form…
Teaching Shakespeare: Tips & Tricks Teaching Shakespeare can be a tricky prospect, but here are some tips…
Introducing Danielle & Michelle, Shakespeare in 30 Creators So, I recently worked with my friend Michelle to…
Teaching the Harlem Renaissance (and Black History) with Intention Are you teaching the Harlem Renaissance? It can be…
Using Staged Readings in ELA It’s no secret that I love using drama in the ELA classroom,…
5-Minute Filler Activities for Secondary ELA Although I’m getting pretty good at gauging time in my classes, sometimes,…
Plot, structure, characterization, allusions, foreshadowing… all of the things we work to teach our students are found in…
You gingerly lift a new arrival off the shelf and flip it open, trailing your finger across the…