Simple Strategies for Empowering Girls in the Secondary ELA Classroom
Women’s History Month is a great time to acknowledge the accomplishments of women and discuss the many obstacles they’ve overcome, along with the many issues
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Roundtable Discussion – Turning Book Discussions Over to Students
How do teachers get students to talk about their reading in a meaningful way? As a high school English teacher, I have often been reluctant
Flipgrid Book Club
Teens Aren’t Reading Books Most secondary English Language Arts teachers know that it’s very challenging to get teens to read entire novels these days. In
Getting Teens to Read
Did you know that humans have a need to read? Some of my students don’t always agree with this sentiment, so every semester I begin
Rethinking The Great Gatsby: How I Learned to Love (and Teach) a Classic
Most high school English teachers would consider what I’m about to say complete sacrilegious: I didn’t like reading The Great Gatsby in high school, and
Honor Multiple Intelligences with Book Projects
How do you assess the reading of novels in your classrooms? I try to vary my assessment throughout the semester and use reading logs, literature