Download the complete language arts freshmen curriculum. Then… read below to understand the process behind the lesson plans. When I created this language arts freshmen curriculum, I started with the…
Building student relationships is the foundation of strong teaching. If you are unsure of building teacher student relationships, I have ideas. You know how terms in education change? “Classroom management”…
Weight training… taught me about teaching? It did. For my birthday last year, my husband asked me what I wanted. He almost bought me a purse, but he wasn’t sure.…
Looking for short story lesson plans and short story activities? You can easily add a sprinkling of these stories to your curriculum. If you are looking for ideas for how…
Are you building a short story unit plan with student choice? I never teach the same short story unit twice. I begin standard English classes with short stories which allows…
Grammar matters: a grammar pep talk. Many teachers today never experienced grammar lessons as students. Some teachers never took a language class in college. Some English teachers tell me that…
I’m Lauralee, writer and creator at Language Arts Classroom, and a real high school English teacher. I’m also the author of The English Grammar Workbook for Grades 6, 7, and 8. Here, we understand the complexities of teaching language arts, and we know that teachers need support.