High school ela

In today’s society, it is important that students can use their critical thinking skills in their everyday lives. The perfect place for students to learn how and to practice critical reading, writing, arguing, and even listening is the high school English classroom. Here are 10 critical high school English lessons and skills that teachers should be teaching their students!

Finding English activities for high school that engage and excite your students can be a challenge! Here are five that should do the trick.

Have you been wanting to try stations in your Secondary ELA classroom but aren't sure where to start? Read through this quick post where we share 8 station ideas and how to use them with your ELA students.

Much like students who spend more hours on the hook of an essay than they do the bulk of an essay, I often found myself with a case of English teacher writing block when it came to planning my first day of school activities. Though I have ten years (x two semesters each) of ... Read More about First Day of School Activities for High School and Middle School English

Using Micro Teaching--stories students can read in under 10 minutes--is a great way to introduce skills, techniques and so much more in high school English classes. For AP® Literature and all ELA classes 9-12.

Now that the 2017-2018 school year has come to a close, I am spending some time reflecting on my practice as an educator. While there were some lows of the

One of the most important goals of any English class should be to help students learn how to express themselves to an audience -- how to tell their own stories, how to provide much-needed information, and how to convince others to see things from a different perspective. Below are some…

Tips and resources for creating an engaging true crime unit in your high school English Language Arts classroom.

When you were a kid people told you "sticks and stones will break your bones but words will never hurt you." Wrong. The one word project...

Trying to find a meaningful way to scaffold students' understanding of literary analysis? Here are some tips for reading and writing in middle and high school ELA.