Writing can be overwhelming for middle school and high school English Language Arts students, but adding low stakes writing activities to your teaching arsenal can help. Samantha from Samantha in Secondary has 10 ideas to add to your teaching toolbox. Low stakes writing activities are a great way to get those creative juices flowing without …
Are you looking for some fun Halloween writing activities to add to your unit this October? Maybe you’re in the middle of a narrative unit that could use a few skill-building tasks that incorporates the spooky season or maybe you run a creative writing elective (lucky!) that could use some fun this season. No matter …
Summer reading is required for many high school students and your school may ask that you recommend novels for your students to read this year. Samantha from Samantha in Secondary is bringing you a list that will help you update your arsenal. Instead of recommending novels that have been done time and time again, refresh …
We all know that incorporating writing into our middle school or high school English Language Arts classrooms can sometimes be difficult to do every day. There is always a plethora of material to cover and writing every single day doesn’t always make the cut, but it should. Writing daily will not only improve students’ writing, …
Adding a classroom library to my classroom was one of my best strategies I’ve used to promote literacy and connect with students about the books I was reading. It doesn’t matter how big or small your classroom library is! Even a few books on a shelf is incredibly powerful to foster a community of readers. …
Writing instruction can be difficult under the best of circumstances. Among the challenges 2020 has ushered in has been teaching writing in a variety of formats. Whether you are teaching face-to-face, hybrid, or fully virtual, writing instruction has needed a serious upgrade to keep up with the obstacles this year has presented. Below are five …
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