Bespoke ELA: Innovative Lessons to Spark Student Engagement is a new professional development book, specifically for secondary English teachers. I was fortunate enough to sit down (virtually) with the author,…
Teaching historical fiction allows for reading and writing opportunities. Readers love historical fiction. Students devour my classroom library selection of this genre. Sometimes, a student will read every historical fiction…
Fall 2025 First Chapter Friday picks are here! In an effort to organize myself and to encourage other teachers to read aloud every Friday with their older students, I have…
Real support for teaching The Great Gatsby is here—no fluff! Once in awhile, teaching a book shocks me. This American classic is over a hundred years old, and students still…
What do you need to know about the Science of Reading in high school ELA? I (Lauralee) want proficient readers, and I know my audience does too. Literacy instruction, phonological…
Ah, ELA test prep resources. Let’s help our students, shall we? No standardized test is perfect, and one test is not capable of explaining everything about a student. Still, colleges…
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