Teaching secondary

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Looking to #engage students in the secondary classroom? Middle and high school students will love these lesson plan ideas for provoking thought and engagement. #middleschool #teaching #lessonplanning

How to facilitate successful Socratic Seminars in the secondary ELA

“It’s them not me.” “Kids today don’t care.” “I’m not their tour guide, I’m their teacher.” There are so many things wrong with the above statements that it would be a whole other post to explain i…

New to teaching high school? These 5 tips from History Gal will make your life easier!

Implementing bell-ringers into my middle and high school English language arts classroom was a game changer. They jump start student learning, calm classroom chaos, reduce uncertainty, and make transitions smoother, all the while allowing the teacher to maximize their time and maintain their sanity. Learn all the tips and tricks for using them successfully in this post by Presto Plans on The Secondary English Coffee Shop.

Build a strong teaching foundation with these 12 science-backed middle and high school instructional strategies. From lesson hooks to teacher directions to higher level thinking, this list has you covered with use-tomorrow ideas.

Are you ready to move beyond your staple TED talks for high school English? Here are 15 talks (aside from The Danger of a Single Story) that you can use as writing prompts, as a part of a Socratic Seminar or discussion assignment, as a stand-alone lesson or as a part of a larger unit or speaking assignment. They are sure to engage and entertain! #englishlanguagearts #highschoolenglish #tedtalks #googleclassroom

Blog Post - Decorating an English classroom for middle and high school doesn't have to be overwhelming. Get ideas from Secondary Sara & Presto Plans for your classroom makeover.

Teaching can be hard. But I don’t have to tell you that. You get it. That’s why sometimes it’s good to just chat with another teacher about some things that work well for them. So that’s what this post is, really, just a little chat, from me to you, that I hope will offer you some simple teacher survival ideas to save your sanity this year.

5 creative first day of school activities for high school English so you can ditch the syllabus and start getting to know your students!

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

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 […]

In this post, you’ll discover four possible creative options for teaching your students to write better theme statements in your Secondary ELA class. Chances are, one will jump out at you as something you and your kiddos could really enjoy doing. One that suits their current needs and will help them become more successful with their writing. #englishteacherideas #iteachela

Put up your hand if you love nothing more than spending your Sunday afternoon grading a pile of student papers. What? No takers? Of course not. As much as we know the importance of assessment in the learning process, we all want to spend less time doing it, right? So, in the hopes of helping you all out with that grading beast, we thought we'd compile some of our best tips. 1. USE RUBRICS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT As a first-year teacher, I spent tons of time writing meticulous notes on each…

63: 8 Station Ideas for Secondary ELA - Spark Creativity

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

Get some helpful ideas on how to decorate your ESL classroom. Check out the top 5 classroom decoration ideas to work on with your students!

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 different high school English lessons and skills that teachers should teach in 2023! Includes: rhetorical appeals, logical fallacies, systhesis writing, email etiquette, paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing, text annotation. peer editing & more! See www.thedaringenglishteacher.com for more engaging Secondary ELA resources and tips!

Creative and engaging ways to bring art into your middle school ELA classroom.