Literary elements middle school

Starting off the school year with teaching short stories is a great way to engage the learners in your classroom as soon as you are ready to start instruction

Teaching with the Story Mountain Plot Diagram bulletin board set for students makes teaching books and stories much simpler.

This past school year was a great one. With every school year that passes, I like to take a moment and reflect on activities that were successful in the

Teaching literary analysis to secondary students can be fun! Both middle school students and high school students can struggle with literary analysis, but an easy way to trick them into analyzing literature is by practicing with short films.

Teaching the elements of fiction doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming. See how I break it down and teach through stations!

Looking for even more short stories to read with your middle school and high school students? There are so many options out there, many of which can be used to teach a variety of literary elements and lead into interesting discussions and activities. Read on for 15 recommendations from secondary English Language Arts teachers.

These best 5 videos for teaching theme will be great additions to your ELA lesson plans for middle school or high school. Theme is a literary element students need practice with, so click to view these helpful visual aids for learning. #teachingtheme #middleschoolela #secondaryela #elalessonvideos

At the end of each novel I teach, I like to have my students participate in some sort of culminating literary analysis project that allows me to assess their understanding of the novel, its major literary themes, and other elements of literary significance. Sometimes the end-of-novel literary analysis assessment will be the literary analysis essay and sometimes it is more of a hands-on project. Teaching Literary Analysis | High School English | ELA Project | Literary Analysis Project

Over the years, my students have come to sessions seeking help with literary devices. They have expressed confusion over the terms: literary devices, literary terms, literary elements and figurative language, and they also struggle with the many definitions. What are Literary Devices, Literary Terms, Literary Elements and Figurative Language? Literary Devices are creative writing strategies used by an author to convey his or her message(s). When used well, literary devices help readers to…

Try this free, fun, and interactive middle school ELA games in your classroom to teach grammar and literacy ELA skills!