How to Alternate Your Units in Middle School ELA
Every year, one of the biggest stressors is looking at pages of standards and knowing you have 180 days to teach it all. It can
Every year, one of the biggest stressors is looking at pages of standards and knowing you have 180 days to teach it all. It can
Any quick Google search on teaching author’s purpose with nonfiction in middle school will result in lots of PIE related content. As a middle school
Back to school is always a strange time of year. Getting to know brand new students. Adapting to changes in the new school year. Deciding
If you’ve had a chance to check out my Nonfiction and Literary Nonfiction Book Clubs Unit, then you know how complex nonfiction can be so I breaking
When you think of the traditional middle school nonfiction unit, it’s probably with all your students reading and analyzing the same nonfiction text at the
When I teach literary analysis, I always give the example of a lawyer in a courtroom. A good lawyer can present their facts and make
There is the running joke about English teachers that we love to dig for meaning in a text, when there simply isn’t one. This joke
Teaching author’s craft used to be something that intimidated me. Author’s craft sometimes feels like a whirlwind of vocabulary and information. How was I going
Each year when I begin to talk about poetry activities with my middle school students, I am met with a lot of groans. To be
A few years ago, I had one of those moments in the middle of a reading lesson where you think, “I am really not explaining
Middle School Realistic Fiction Unit for Literature Analysis Using Mentor Texts Young adult fiction novels are perfect for teaching literature concepts, literature terms, and literature
If you’ve had a chance to check out my Literary Analysis Writing Unit, then you know I spent months making sure I broke down the complexity
My ELA scope and sequence guides break down every single middle school ELA standard and concept for reading, writing, and language in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Use the guides and resources exactly as is or as inspiration for you own!
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