Digital grammar activities: we teachers can add meaning to our lessons. In the spring of 2020, I was thrown into online teaching like teachers across the world. The entire process…
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Setting Up the Digital Classroom for Distance Learning
Setting up the digital classroom for distance learning should take into account your community, standards, and your students. No matter what the guidelines are in the future concerning disease control,…
Make Student Revising Meaningful
The time comes in any writing lesson: the time for student revising. In a previous post, Make Student Editing Meaningful, I explain that I don’t draw a hard line between…
Authentic Assessments with Media Literacy
Authentic assessments with media literacy require bringing pieces of life to the classroom. Authentic assessments can involve showing connections from language arts to the bigger world and students’ lives. When…
Teaching Clauses: Quick Teaching Tips
Teaching clauses: independent and dependent clauses are an important part of sentence structure lessons. By teaching clauses, you’ll also be teaching important punctuation rules. I always explain grammar lessons to…
Ten Digital Writing Activities for Distance Learning
Looking for digital writing activities for distance learning? You do NOT need to overwhelm yourself or students. With these ten activities, you can meet standards and fairly assess students. I…
Sigh Gone: Book Review
Sigh Gone: book review. Phuc Tran’s new memoir is a perfect addition to your secondary classroom. Read on for classroom use ideas, student recommendations, and potential discussion areas. Plot Spoilers!…
Encouraging Literacy During Distance Learning
Are you encouraging literacy during distance learning? Here are my ideas for encouraging students to read while we’re not in the classroom. After a bit of the dust settled with…
Group Work in the Secondary Classroom
Group work in the secondary classroom can greatly benefit students. With a bit of foresight, you can make the most of this time. With guidelines and structure, group work can…
Alternatives to the Literary Analysis Essay
Looking for alternatives to the literary analysis essay? I’ve found that a digital literary analysis project provides the perfect amount of scaffolding. Years ago, I wanted students to complete a…