Handling upset parents as a teacher—because this will happen. So, it happens: a parent is upset with you. Dealing with angry parents as a teacher is often part of the…
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Ways to Scaffold Grammar
Scaffold grammar lessons and provide students with meaningful instruction. Grammar and usage in the classroom can be taught successfully with purposeful scaffolding. Make ELA scaffolding a part of purposeful strategies…
Julius Caesar Lesson Plan Ideas
I add to my Julius Caesar lesson plans every semester! Why? I love teaching Julius Caesar, and creating Julius Caesar activities stretches me as an educator. Of all literature, Julius…
Parts of a Sentence Activities
Parts of a sentence activities: more than parts of sentence worksheets. Identify parts of a sentence with students! You can (and will) identify parts of a sentence with your classes…
Make Student Editing Meaningful
Let’s tackle student editing! Teaching students to edit their writing can be accomplished! Edit: to revise or correct, as a manuscript. Student editing includes correcting and fixing grammar and usage…
Verbals Lessons: Grammar Sorts, Task Cards, Mentor Sentences
Verbals lessons: more than verbal worksheets, actual engaging verbals practice. Teaching verbals can be a fun part of meeting language standards. Verbals, those tricky little words that look like verbs…
6 Must-Teach Novels in Secondary ELA
Must-teach novels are here! March is National Reading Month, and today, my friend and I are covering ideas for ELA books. I’ve teamed up with Melissa from Reading and Writing…
Learn How to Teach Sentence Structure Effectively
Looking for helpful support for how to teach sentence structure? In this post, I’ll share ideas for teaching sentence structure with simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Since I have…
Bell Ringers for High School Language Arts
What bell ringers for high school language arts will help your class? I begin each of my high school classes with “bell ringers.” These work well for secondary students; they…
Discover the Best Middle School Grammar Curriculum
“Discover the Best Middle School Grammar Curriculum” is part ten of a part-ten series about a practical approach to teaching grammar. You may want to begin with part one. In…