Send parents and guardians a grammar newsletter or email, and build relationships. Including grammar at your school, perhaps a new part of the ELA curriculum, or a contested one? If grammar…
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3 Things Teachers Know About Education Standards
Teachers… know things about education standards. Even though the *new* Common Core standards were launched in 2009 (six years ago at this writing), they still stump people. Friends complain about…
Setting Activities for Any Novel
Looking for setting activities, a way to discuss or study the setting of a story during literary analysis? The setting of a novel or short story is important, but sometimes…
October Language Arts Activities
October language arts activities: have fun with your secondary students while still providing meaningful lessons. As a teacher, you want students to enjoy the seasons. They are, after all, still…
High School Grammar Worksheets: Engaging Activities
Looking for high school grammar worksheets that review common concepts? High school grammar practice can be engaging and analytical. Grammar worksheets for high school can be part of your language arts…
Grammar for High School
Grammar for high school theoretically should activate higher level thinking processes. Standards for high school students are difficult, but with a strong presentation, students will see the power in understanding…
Change Testing into Recalling
Can teachers change “testing” into “recalling”? I’ll spoil the surprise: yes. Of course. Teachers accomplish so much with so little. Often this process is called retrieval practice. What is this…
Writing Assignments for High School: Getting Started
What writing assignments for high school students will you introduce to a new class? High school writing assignments can shape the learning environment you want and provide important data. The…
5 Mistakes I Made the First Time I Taught Public Speaking
Becoming a public speaking teacher is a huge responsibility. It’s rewarding, and your lessons are vitally important for the future professionals of the world. Still, speech is a touch subject…
First Year Language Arts Teacher Guide: Ultimate Tips
You’re a first year language arts teacher. You’re probably excited. Hopefully you have a few ideas—and more than a few plans. That’s a joke. I know you’re brimming with everything…