10 High School Summer Reading Novels to Recommend to Your Students
Summer reading is required for many high school students and your school may ask that...
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Vignettes and Vocabulary Practice
I must admit that formal vocabulary hasn’t been a core aspect in the classes I...
Teaching Context Clues to Improve Reading and Writing
Vocabulary is one of the biggest struggles my students face in my room. They often...
Vocabulary Instruction that Makes Sense
I clearly remember the days when I would introduce a list of vocabulary words on...
5 Activities for Summary Writing
Summaries are something every teacher does year after year to introduce and then to reinforce...
5 Steps to Better Opinion Writing
Teaching students to write opinion pieces can be challenging for a number of reasons. For...
Book Recommendations for the Classroom Library
One year ago, a group of dedicated middle school and high school ELA teachers got...
Quick-Win Activities to Assess Learning and Engage Your ELA Students
Are you looking for easy ways to increase student engagement and assess learning without spending...
March Madness: Poetry & Analysis Skills
Happy March ELA Matters! March 1st means that March Madness is around the corner on...
Students Benefit from Reading Response Journals
Writing as a response to reading benefits students in several ways. It allows them to...