Ela enrichment activities middle school

Poetry activities for middle school don't have to be boring! I've shared 11 poetry activities middle school teachers can easily bring into their classroom including poetry books for middle school, poetry teaching activities, and game ideas!

Finding engaging TED Talks for middle school students is important task in inspiring and motivating your students. Find them right here!

A blog about teaching middle school ELA and math.

You can use activities like article of the week or seminars to teach current events in the classroom. This supports non-fiction comprehension

There are dozens of ways teachers can address students who finish their classwork early. Over the years I’ve had a binder with small academic tasks (including some from here) for kids to cho…

Vocabulary is the foundation for language development. Vocabulary expansion plays a critical role in reading comprehension, and it is also essential to the improvement of communication skills. Expanding a child's vocabulary impacts his overall writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills which allows him to understand and connect with the world. These assignments for students will provide you with activities to help students at various grade levels achieve essential vocabulary standards.

Learn why one-pagers are one of my go-to activities for breaking down complex topics and texts. Understand what they are, why you and your students will love them, and how to implement them in your ELA classroom. I even have the advice to help you tackle the biggest obstacle you’ll encounter with this activity.

Assigning a graphic essay in your middle school ELA or high school English classroom will be your never favorite essay writing and multimedia ELAR project! #teacher #essay #teachingwriting #highschoolEnglishideas #highschoolEnglishprojects #highschoolEnglish #graphicessay

Filler Activities for ELA (blog post) What can you do with five extra minutes in secondary ELA? Here are a few ideas to engage students until the bell.

As a teacher, I SO looked forward to Halloween. I’m convinced my brain would erase the exhaustion from the previous year leaving only giddy, naive, anticipation. There’s something magic…