Ela lesson plans

Grab your copy of FREE ELA Curriculum Maps grades 6th-8th and save yourself a year's worth of planning! Digital maps with a planner, calendar, and more!

Get an outline for teaching all the reading and writing standards in your Middle School ELA class.

Transform your English classroom with engaging lesson plans and ice breakers! Discover creative strategies and activities designed for the first six weeks of middle and high school ELA. Perfect for setting the tone for a successful school year!

Read about eleven different ways to meaningfully incorporate art in ELA class. Keep the focus on students' learning, not their artistic abilities.

The beginning of the school year is a time to reintroduce students to routine, classroom procedures, and the habits of homework and studying…. but I don’t need to tell you that! For us as English teachers, the beginning of the school year means reviewing and reteaching skills that our students will

Full year lesson plans provide huge time savings to busy teachers. It is important to have lesson structures and assignments in your classroom that can be used all year.

Ten Things You Need DAILY in ELA. This educational blog post is going to cover 10 things you need daily in your ELA block including best practices and organizational tips.We’ll cover learning targets, whole group lessons, small group time, assessments, read alouds, etc. These are all of the things that you have to consider when planning your ELA block. Learn more here.

Get organized with a daily and weekly ELA plan so that you feel confident and prepared. Planning the structure of a class period varies by unit. Start here!

As students head back to school, ELA teachers everywhere are considering how they are going to begin the school year, so I wanted to walk you through one of my favorite lesson plans entitled, “Why do we read?” As an educator, there are few things as exciting and rewarding as introducing a young person to […]

This blog post explores innovative and engaging lesson plans for any novel unit... ranging from task cards to book instagram pages to a novel podcast project. Student choice is key here, and students can find something they would like to complete in order to convey their reading, comprehension, and