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How Erica Used the AI PBL Project to give her Students Voice

Have you tried out the project-based learning unit I designed about the ethical use of artificial intelligence yet? Erica Kempf tried out the project-based AI unit, and along the way, she and her students made it their own and became the go-to sources for AI in their district. They learned a lot in the process and she’s sharing her story today! You can grab the free PBL AI curriculum set that Erica and her students used in this post so you can give it a try, too.

The Secret to Class Discussions where Everyone Joins

Ready for full class participation during your class discussions? Discussions are not easy, and with the combination of 30 moods, levels of preparedness, confidence, and everything else, it's no wonder.⁣ Silent discussions can help! Click through to get my best tips for holding a class discussion where everyone feels comfortable participating.

Teaching SciFi & Fantasy as an ELA Elective Class

Looking for some new, creative ideas for teaching SciFi and Fantasy in your ELA elective? You won’t want to miss this podcast episode and blog post with guest Caitlin Lore who is sharing great ideas for teaching SciFi and Fantasy as we continue our series on creative electives across the country. Caitlin is sharing how she has split the elective into two mini-courses, one on fantasy in the fall term, one on sci-fi in the spring. Click through to get all of the great lesson ideas today!

Celebrate AAPI Month in your ELA Classroom

Are you looking for ready to use resources that will help you celebrate AAPI heritage month in your secondary English classroom? Click through to get these resources that you can prepare once and then easily refer back to without lots more research and prep. The goal of these displays is to lift up the voices being celebrated that month, and provide quick activities for early finishers, stations, or bell ringers.

Easy Classroom Management Tips for ELA Classes

You probably didn't get into teaching for the joy of classroom management. If you're looking for some easy to implement strategies that will help you manage your classroom so you can actually teach your students with minimal interruptions, you'll want to check out this quick post with some fast tips. Pod guest C.J. Reynolds brought sooo many fun, doable, helpful ideas and you can see some of the top favorites here.

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Hexagonal Thinking Kit: Editable for Any Novel

Want to encourage quality discussion with hexagonal thinking as you read your next class novel, but unsure how to get started? This strategy can yield inspiring results, so let me help you launch it with this easy-to-use, resource-packed toolkit. You'll get editable hexagons, teacher and student instructions, student reflection sheets, and so much more! Download your copy today to encourage great discussions in your classroom.

The First Chapter Friday Series: Nancy Tandon Reads

Today we’re hearing from Nancy Tandon, reading from her book, The Way I Say It. If you’re looking for a new story to share with your students for first chapter friday, welcome Nancy into your classroom to read to your students! My hope is that you’ll play this episode to your students on an upcoming Friday, sharing the guiding sketchnotes handout in this post with them so they can jot down their key takeaways as they listen.

Trying to create a culture of reading in your secondary ELA classroom? With book talk podcasts, students find an authentic audience for their choice reading check-in and their peers find inspiration for their next book! You’ll find everything you need to help students prep and record a creative book talk podcast episode without any tech hassles with this curriculum set. You can then use the episodes for book reviews to help all of your students choose their next book. English Language Arts, Teacher Resources, Education, Book Talk, Reading Activities, Teacher Guides, Student Created, Podcasts, Student

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The Book Talk Podcast Project (50% off for the first week)

Trying to create a culture of reading in your secondary ELA classroom? With book talk podcasts, students find an authentic audience for their choice reading check-in and their peers find inspiration for their next book! You’ll find everything you need to help students prep and record a creative book talk podcast episode without any tech hassles with this curriculum set. You can then use the episodes for book reviews to help all of your students choose their next book.

Are you looking for creative ways to teach vocabulary in creative ways that make it a part of the curriculum you and your students can look forward to? These new ideas will help you add vocabulary into your curriculum in a way that makes it feel like a part of the curriculum rather than an add-on. #highschoolvocabulary #secondaryvocabulary Classroom Décor, Teaching, Vocabulary Activities, Curriculum, Activities, Classroom, Teacher

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Creative and Colorful Vocabulary Activities for ELA

Are you looking for creative ways to teach vocabulary in creative ways that make it a part of the curriculum you and your students can look forward to? These new ideas will help you add vocabulary into your curriculum in a way that makes it feel like a part of the curriculum rather than an add-on. #highschoolvocabulary #secondaryvocabulary

Ready to ditch the teacher overwhelm? Sick of planning from scratch and always searching for new materials to engage your students? You need the Lighthouse! You'll get access to 30 curriculum themes, 33 sub plans, 10 anytime tools to inspire you, 15+ poster and display sets to create easy bulletin boards, 20+ seasonal activities, 6 guest expert workshops, 10 tech video tutorials, and more! Click through to gain access to this helpful community today. Teachers, Teaching Strategies, Teacher Inspiration, Overwhelmed Teacher, Teacher Tired, Lesson, History Projects

Ditch the Overwhelm with this ELA Teacher Membership Community

Ready to ditch the teacher overwhelm? Sick of planning from scratch and always searching for new materials to engage your students? You need the Lighthouse! You'll get access to 30 curriculum themes, 33 sub plans, 10 anytime tools to inspire you, 15+ poster and display sets to create easy bulletin boards, 20+ seasonal activities, 6 guest expert workshops, 10 tech video tutorials, and more! Click through to gain access to this helpful community today.

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The Easy Guide to Blackout Poetry

Using Blackout Poetry in the classroom is a great way to help students see the point of poetry and give them easy ways to connect to it before bringing out the poetic canon. In this blog post, you will find an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to help students create blackout poetry that will help build student confidence and leave you with a great bulletin board display as well! #teachingwriting #poetryactivities

Looking for fun new poetry lessons to use to get students excited about poetry? Blackout poetry, book spine poems, performance clip tournaments, digital drag-and-drop tiles, and more... there are dozens of fun ways to incorporate poetry into class these days.⁣ Don't want to design from scratch? I get that! Every single one of these options is available inside The Lighthouse. Click through to get more details about how to join today! Lesson Plans, Design, Poetry Lessons, Teaching English, Teaching Practices, Learn English, Teaching Resources, Poetry Month

7 Poetry Lessons Your Students will Love

Looking for fun new poetry lessons to use to get students excited about poetry? Blackout poetry, book spine poems, performance clip tournaments, digital drag-and-drop tiles, and more... there are dozens of fun ways to incorporate poetry into class these days.⁣ Don't want to design from scratch? I get that! Every single one of these options is available inside The Lighthouse. Click through to get more details about how to join today!

You'll never look at book covers the same way by the end of this post! ⁣Wondering what bookface is and you you can use it with your students to ignite their interest in reading? You can grab the free guide to get your students started creating their own bookface images by clicking through to this post today. Reading, English Classroom

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Use Bookface to Build Student Interest in Choice Reading

You'll never look at book covers the same way by the end of this post! ⁣Wondering what bookface is and you you can use it with your students to ignite their interest in reading? You can grab the free guide to get your students started creating their own bookface images by clicking through to this post today.

Looking for a free blackout poetry activity to use with your students? This activity makes a great hook or supplemental activity for any poetry unit. It also leads to an AWESOME display and is the perfect way to celebrate Poetry Month. The instructions are simple, and they are laid out step-by-step with photo examples of each in this assignment. Don't miss out. Grab your FREE copy of this blackout poetry resource today. Writing, Poetry Unit, Writing Poetry, Fear Factor

Blackout Poetry: Creative Poetry Activity for any Poetry Unit

Looking for a free blackout poetry activity to use with your students? This activity makes a great hook or supplemental activity for any poetry unit. It also leads to an AWESOME display and is the perfect way to celebrate Poetry Month. The instructions are simple, and they are laid out step-by-step with photo examples of each in this assignment. Don't miss out. Grab your FREE copy of this blackout poetry resource today.

Free One-Pager Templates for Secondary Teachers

Looking for free resources to use in your secondary ELA classroom? Check out this great collection, which includes free one-pager templates, free editable syllabus templates, free attendance questions, a free Ethical AI use PBL Unit, a fre hexagonal thinking template, and so much more! Click through to grab your free download today.

In search of a fun new book PR project to inspire your students to pick up a new choice reading book? Want to have a schoolwide contest? Have an extra day between units that you need a fun, meaningful activity for? Give #bookface a try! In this quick episode, I’m diving into what Bookface is and how you might use it as a vehicle for building reading enthusiasm. Of course, it’s a fun visual strategy, and you’ll get to see some fun examples as well! Find A Book, Books To Read, School Librarian, Book Pr

#Bookface is Well Worth a Look

In search of a fun new book PR project to inspire your students to pick up a new choice reading book? Want to have a schoolwide contest? Have an extra day between units that you need a fun, meaningful activity for? Give #bookface a try! In this quick episode, I’m diving into what Bookface is and how you might use it as a vehicle for building reading enthusiasm. Of course, it’s a fun visual strategy, and you’ll get to see some fun examples as well!

Are you struggling with how to deal with your students' use of AI in your classroom? It doesn't have to be us vs. it. What if we include students in the conversation about how AI should be used at school? ⁣It's a huge chance to let them take part in a conversation that is crucial to their generation.⁣ I have a free resource to give your students a chance to use research to be a part of the conversation of using AI in your school. Click through to grab the link to the free AI PBL unit. High School, Teaching Tips, Secondary English

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Address Your Students' Use of AI with this FREE AI PBL Unit

Are you struggling with how to deal with your students' use of AI in your classroom? It doesn't have to be us vs. it. What if we include students in the conversation about how AI should be used at school? ⁣It's a huge chance to let them take part in a conversation that is crucial to their generation.⁣ I have a free resource to give your students a chance to use research to be a part of the conversation of using AI in your school. Click through to grab the link to the free AI PBL unit.

Teaching Research to Digital Natives

Are you looking for new research techniques to teach students who have grown up as digital natives? The days of traditional research and using stacks of books and notecards seems to be a thing of the past. This post and podcast episode are going to share some new ideas for reaching our students who are digital natives to support their learning and how to teach research in a new way that fits the world we’re living in. You’ll also find a link to a free AI PBL curriculum.

Are you looking for creative ways to assess your ELA students that do not involve a formal essay? These inspiring ideas will not only engage your students in their creativity, but they will also entertain you while grading! These specific ideas will help you to assess your students and their reading comprehension, while avoiding the traditional essay assessment. Click now for 25 creative ideas. #creativeela #choicereading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Writing Practice, Bullying Prevention, Essay

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25 Creative Assessment Ideas for ELA

Are you looking for creative ways to assess your ELA students that do not involve a formal essay? These inspiring ideas will not only engage your students in their creativity, but they will also entertain you while grading! These specific ideas will help you to assess your students and their reading comprehension, while avoiding the traditional essay assessment. Click now for 25 creative ideas. #creativeela #choicereading

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Need printable library displays to encourage choice reading in your classroom? Grab this colorful set of foldable display headers, as an easy way to keep your library displays fresh and interesting for your students all year long. Simply print and then fold along the center of your chosen display theme table tent to create a display topper that stands up along a shelf. You can download these and then use them to inspire your students to pick up a new book today! Fresh, Library Book Displays, Library Displays, Book Display, Classroom Decor, Library Books

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Printable Book Display Headers for your Classroom Library

Need printable library displays to encourage choice reading in your classroom? Grab this colorful set of foldable display headers, as an easy way to keep your library displays fresh and interesting for your students all year long. Simply print and then fold along the center of your chosen display theme table tent to create a display topper that stands up along a shelf. You can download these and then use them to inspire your students to pick up a new book today!

Hexagonal Thinking Hack: Free Dry Erase Hexagons (Any Discipline)

Want to experiment with hexagonal thinking? Not interested in manufacturing dozens of cards for every discussion? I hear you. With these five pages of beautiful rainbow hexagons, you can prepare for any hexagonal thinking discussion. Simply print, cut, and laminate. Then let students fill in key ideas for the discussion using dry erase markers and add a few key ideas yourself. When the discussion is over, have everyone wipe off the cards.

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Reading Quiz Alternatives to Encourage Student Participation in Whole Class Novels

Are you wondering what to do when your students won’t do the reading? If you’re looking for tips on how to balance independent reading and class discussions about assigned material, this post will give you practical tips to avoid spending too much valuable class time reading aloud while still encouraging your students to read the assigned material, as well as how to still provide valuable learning experiences even if all of the reading wasn’t completed.

Are you sick of hearing crickets when you try to have a class discussion in your ELA classes? It doesn't have to be that way! In this post, I'll show you creative ways to encourage students to participate in class discussions in a productive and confident manner. Click here to read more and get the steps you need to help your students feel confident in your next classroom discussion. Discussion Strategies, Classroom Discussion, How To Find Out, High School Students

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How to Use Harkness Discussions in ELA Classes to Encourage Participation

Are you sick of hearing crickets when you try to have a class discussion in your ELA classes? It doesn't have to be that way! In this post, I'll show you creative ways to encourage students to participate in class discussions in a productive and confident manner. Click here to read more and get the steps you need to help your students feel confident in your next classroom discussion.

Looking for a new graphic novel to recommend to your ELA students? Check out this new graphic novel from Laura Lee Gulledge, called The Dark Matter of Mona Starr. It combines stunning art with a story that addresses teen mental health in positive ways.⁣ In a time of youth mental health crisis, this book is a beautiful way to help struggling students feel seen, validated, and hopefully, hopeful.⁣ Books, Mental Health, Graphic Novel, Struggling Students, Mental Health Crisis, Matter

A Graphic Novel to Help Students Feel Seen, Validated, and Hopefully, Hopeful

Looking for a new graphic novel to recommend to your ELA students? Check out this new graphic novel from Laura Lee Gulledge, called The Dark Matter of Mona Starr. It combines stunning art with a story that addresses teen mental health in positive ways.⁣ In a time of youth mental health crisis, this book is a beautiful way to help struggling students feel seen, validated, and hopefully, hopeful.⁣

Tips to Create Digital Magnetic Poetry Activities

Ready to create a digital poetry activity all of your students will love? Try using this step-by-step guide to create one of these digital magnetic poetry activities to add to any unit, any choice board, or as a fun filler activity between units or before breaks. It's easy to make digital poetry sets for Google Slides, let me show you how! Plus, sign up for a free "Gratitude" themed digital magnetic poetry kit you can use tomorrow. #englishteacher #teachpoetry

Trying to find new ideas for ELA elective classes? If you’re looking for a fresh idea for an ELA elective that is so powerful for the world we live in today - you’re in luck. Read this quick post where we chat with Amanda Beal about her new electives course called “Socratic Method: Seeking to Understand.” You’ll find fresh ideas and inspiration that you can apply to your classroom. Click through to read all about it today. Inspiration, Understanding, Method, Seminar

How to Teach Conversation through Socratic Seminar in a Polarized World

Trying to find new ideas for ELA elective classes? If you’re looking for a fresh idea for an ELA elective that is so powerful for the world we live in today - you’re in luck. Read this quick post where we chat with Amanda Beal about her new electives course called “Socratic Method: Seeking to Understand.” You’ll find fresh ideas and inspiration that you can apply to your classroom. Click through to read all about it today.

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Free Download for ELA Teachers: 8 Common Paper Issues Handout

Sick of spending every free minute grading essays? Use this free download to save yourself time and energy.Simply print this free handout. Have students tape it in their notebooks. Put it up on your wall. Pass it out before editing workshops. If your students can master correcting these eight issues, they will be well on their way to college level writing, and your red pen will finally get a break. Happy teacher appreciation week!

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15 Freebies Secondary ELA Teachers will Love

Looking for some creative inspiration at the end of the school year? In this quick post you'll find 15 of my favorite TPT freebies just in time to celebrate yourself during teacher appreciation week. Click through to find all of the links to download these creative and inspiring ideas to make teaching ELA easier.