Done-for-you middle school ELA curriculum—rigorous, standard-aligned, and designed to engage even the least-likely reader or writer. 

Teach effectively and rescue your work-life balance.

DAILY LESSON PLANS | MONTHLY RESOURCE BUNDLES | COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Enrollment opens once a year in July.

You got into teaching to spark growth and imagination—not to feel buried under a pile of standards, behavior issues, and last-minute lesson plans.

Quit cobbling together lessons you hope 
will inspire someone to start reading.

MAKE YOUR PLANNING PERIOD COUNT

★ why are your evenings spent eyebrows-deep in Google Docs?

★ Why are you reworking the same units every year?

★ Worst of all … why are you doing it all alone?

→ Try to fit grammar, reading, writing, and discussions into a 50-minute period.

If every quarter feels like a race you didn’t train for … If you love teaching but wish someone would just tell you what works …

YOUR CURRENT ROUTINE ISN’T SUSTAINABLE

it's time to fill in the gaps. You’re not the only one who knows what it’s like to:

→ Teach 150 kids, grade 150 essays, and still need sub plans for next week.

→ Love this job and not want to quit on your students—but also need to take care of yourself.

That's why I built the Hub:

TO HELP YOU Develop a classroom rhythm that fosters a love of reading & a sense of self-determination



Feel confident in your lesson plan—without spending hours on it



Gain insight & camaraderie from fellow teachers

The Hungry Teacher Hub is for you!

Time is always scarce.
You love your life and your job, but there aren’t enough hours in the day for both.

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Curriculum options are a scattershot. Sure, you could buy 37 resources from TpT—but what will tie them all together?

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Writing doesn’t come easy.
Most students aren’t born writers, and it’s a notoriously tricky skill to teach—you’d love some proven ideas to use.

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If you’ve been feeling like…

(If you laughed because that sounds low, keep reading.)

If a typical workweek is 40 hours—plus commute—where are you borrowing 13 more hours?  Probably from the people you love most. Let’s get those extra hours back, and make the most of the ones you must spend on school.

Teachers work an estimated 53 hours per week.*

WE CAN’T CHANGE YOUR SALARY, BUT WE CAN FREE UP YOUR SCHEDULE.

* Source: 2023 State of the American Teacher Survey 

A one-stop membership with scaffolded lessons, time-saving resources, and real-talk teacher support—so you can teach confidently and go home on time.

the Hungy Teacher Hub

INTRODUCING

From Martina Cahill (a.k.a. The Hungry Teacher)

4–6 live workshops annually (yep, you can get PD credit for those, too!) to keep you inspired and up-to-date (Value: $597/year)

✔︎ 4–6 live workshops annually 

On-demand access to 10+ professional development trainings full of candor, classroom strategies, and take-it-and-teach-it tips (Value: $400/year)

✔︎ Professional Development Trainings

Six full curriculum scope + sequence plans to organize your year in a way that actually works (Value: $97/year)

✔︎ Six Full Curriiculum Plans

A monthly collection of brand-new, themed ELA lessons—ready to teach, no guesswork required (Value: $397/year)

✔︎ Monthly Themed ELA Lessons

See What's All Inside The Hub:

✨ A $2,537 annual value ✨

35% off all other resources in The Hungry Teacher Shop (Value: unlimited)

✔︎ 35% Off  All Hungry Teacher Resources

Two monthly credits to spend on additional done-for-you resources from the ever-growing Hub Library (Value: $697/year)

✔︎ Two Monthly Credits

Monthly giveaways, fun surprises, and behind-the-scenes resources I only share with members (Value: unlimited)

✔︎ Monthly Giveaways

A teacher-only online community for questions, wins, and yes-you-can moments (Value: unlimited)

✔︎ Teacher-Only Community

and because everyone loves a good epilogue...

A middle school ELA teacher planner (printable and digital), plus printable sub plans value: $30

BONUS!

Credit guides to help you spend your monthly credits wisely and build out your personal curriculum library over the course of the year
value: $12

BONUS!

Resource library with some of my favorite tools, templates, and teacher hacks
value: $60

BONUS!

$100 discount if you decide you want to unlock the full ELA curriculum right away
value: $100

BONUS!

Four units from the Masterful Mentor Text Core Curriculum
value: $147 

BONUS FOR ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

A middle school ELA teacher planner (printable and digital), plus printable sub plans value: $30

BONUS!

Credit guides to help you spend your monthly credits wisely and build out your personal curriculum library over the course of the year value: $12

BONUS!

Resource library with some of my favorite tools, templates, and teacher hacks value: $60

BONUS!

$100 discount if you decide you want to unlock the full ELA curriculum right away value: $100

BONUS!

Four units from the Masterful Mentor Text Core Curriculum value: $147 

BONUS FOR
ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

A $2,537 annual value

all for just $337/year or $35/month

The Hungry Teacher’s Hub only opens once a year 👀

and it’s where hundreds of ELA teachers go to stop spinning their wheels, teach with purpose, and fall back in love with the job.

Monthly Collections

A few different examples of what you might get:

A fully-loaded, 8-station poetry extravaganza, with everything you need to either print or go completely digital. Send your students on a journey inspecting, interacting with, and even finding joy in poetry. All student instructions and resources, plus teacher keys, are included.

Poetry Stations

A six-lesson nonfiction close reading and written analysis unit—meant to engage the true crime podcast listener, the gamer, the Escape Room enthusiast, the Sherlock-at-heart—while continuing to develop the critical thinking skills crucial to your students’ long-term success.

Unsolved Mysteries

Develop your students’ expository writing skills (and maybe uncover a few budding journalists) in this XX-day lesson plan that includes teacher slide decks, newspaper articles, printable interactive notes templates, and teacher keys.

Newspaper Articles

You’re a new teacher who wants support getting started—you could use some help with logistics, structuring your class period, and making sure you hit all the standards while also making learning fun.

How to know if the Hub is right for you:

You’re a new ELA teacher—this isn’t your first classroom rodeo, but you know middle school ELA is a whole new ball game. You know there’s lots to fit in and so little time. Plus, you don’t want to accidentally suck the fun out of reading and writing, so you’d love some tried-and-true guidance & activities.

You’re an experienced ELA teacher who knows and loves what you’re doing. Still … you’re ready to try something new, and have a less-stress year with more time to do the things you love outside of school.

You want resources that work without making a million changes—but that also give you the flexibility to customize materials based on what your students need.

You love going deep into literature and helping students integrate everything they’re learning—you don’t want to teach concepts in isolation that are going to gather mental cobwebs in your students’ brains.

You have an administration that’s reasonably supportive of you developing your own lessons.

I wasn’t sure if the materials would be confusing to me or if the materials would take too much time for me to implement, but everything is explained and easy to use. I love hearing you explain what I need to do to utilize the materials fully!

"I love hearing you explain what I need to do to utilize the materials fully!"

leslie

6th grade ELA teacher

The Hungry Teacher’s Hub moves in a logical sequence and is very grade-level appropriate. It allows me to teach the needed topics in a fun way. A major win in my classroom since joining: my students continue to score higher than their building peers in language arts!

"My students continue to score higher than their building peers in language arts!"

melissa

6th grade ELA teacher

Martina Cahill | Founder

You deserve real support.

I’m a middle school ELA teacher turned curriculum creator who helps teachers plan smarter, teach better, and still get out the door by dinnertime. When I’m not inside The Hungry Teacher Hub or leading live workshops, I’m chasing my three kids with my husband/middle school sweetheart (yes, really!) and enjoying the quiet moments that used to get swallowed by grading. 

My goal? To help you love teaching and love your life outside the classroom.

TAKE IT FROM THEM:

Here's what teachers love about the Hub

MONEY-BACK 💸 GUARANTEE

I’m proud to honor the Teacher Preview Promise.

To address the elephant in the room … you didn’t get into teaching for the money. And whether you’re convincing your principal to pay for this or you’re considering purchasing for yourself, I take your investment seriously. That’s why, if you get inside The Hub and decide it’s not going to be helpful for you, I’ll give you a full refund within 48 hours of purchasing.

A one-stop membership with scaffolded lessons, time-saving resources, and real-talk teacher support—so you can teach confidently and go home on time.

the Hungy Teacher Hub

INTRODUCING

From Martina Cahill (a.k.a. The Hungry Teacher)

4–6 live workshops annually (yep, you can get PD credit for those, too!) to keep you inspired and up-to-date (Value: $597/year)

✔︎ 4–6 live workshops annually 

On-demand access to 10+ professional development trainings full of candor, classroom strategies, and take-it-and-teach-it tips (Value: $400/year)

✔︎ Professional Development Trainings

Six full curriculum scope + sequence plans to organize your year in a way that actually works (Value: $97/year)

✔︎ Six Full Curriiculum Plans

A monthly collection of brand-new, themed ELA lessons—ready to teach, no guesswork required (Value: $397/year)

✔︎ Monthly Themed ELA Lessons

See What's All Inside The Hub:

✨ A $2,537 annual value ✨

35% off all other resources in The Hungry Teacher Shop (Value: unlimited)

✔︎ 35% Off  All Hungry Teacher Resources

Two monthly credits to spend on additional done-for-you resources from the ever-growing Hub Library (Value: $697/year)

✔︎ Two Monthly Credits

Monthly giveaways, fun surprises, and behind-the-scenes resources I only share with members (Value: unlimited)

✔︎ Monthly Giveaways

A teacher-only online community for questions, wins, and yes-you-can moments (Value: unlimited)

✔︎ Teacher-Only Community

A middle school ELA teacher planner (printable and digital), plus printable sub plans
value: $30


BONUS!

Credit guides to help you spend your monthly credits wisely and build out your personal curriculum library over the course of the year
value: $12

BONUS!

Resource library with some of my favorite tools, templates, and teacher hacks
value: $60

BONUS!

$100 discount if you decide you want to unlock the full ELA curriculum right away
value: $100

BONUS!

Four units from the Masterful Mentor Text Core Curriculum
value: $147 

BONUS FOR ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

and because everyone loves a good epilogue...

A middle school ELA teacher planner (printable and digital), plus printable sub plans value: $30

BONUS!

Credit guides to help you spend your monthly credits wisely and build out your personal curriculum library over the course of the year value: $12

BONUS!

Resource library with some of my favorite tools, templates, and teacher hacks value: $60

BONUS!

$100 discount if you decide you want to unlock the full ELA curriculum right away value: $100

BONUS!

Four units from the Masterful Mentor Text Core Curriculum value: $147 

BONUS FOR
ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

A $2,537 annual value

all for just $337/year or $35/month

The Hungry Teacher’s Hub only opens once a year 👀

Say hello to easier days teaching & more relaxed evenings.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Nope! All of the curriculum materials you need are included in your Hub membership.

Here’s how it works: every month, you receive a brand-new ELA lesson collection (ready-to-use for a full week of teaching). You also get two credits to spend in the Credit Shop, which is packed with over 100 middle school ELA resources. You can use these monthly materials to build your own full-year curriculum that fits your students, your school, and your district’s requirements.

And don’t worry—you’re not left on your own to figure it out! We’ve created detailed curriculum and pacing guides, as well as credit guides to help you map out and customize your curriculum.

The system isn’t designed to be stingy or make you “nickel and dime” your way to a full curriculum; it’s designed to give you maximum flexibility so you can choose what works best for your classroom. It’s a great fit whether you want a complete, done-for-you curriculum or just supplemental materials to enhance your required content.

In short: you don’t need to purchase anything extra unless you want to grab something beyond the huge library already included!

Yes! Any resources you download while you’re an active Hub member are yours to keep and use forever, even if you cancel your membership later.

The only thing you lose when you leave is access to future updates, new releases, the Credit Shop, workshops, and the private member tools—but anything you’ve already downloaded stays yours. Just make sure to download everything you want to your computer or drive before your cancellation date, because you won’t be able to log in after your membership ends.

Also, keep in mind: when you’re an active member, you’re locked in at your current price—even if membership prices go up in the future. If you cancel and decide to rejoin later, you’ll need to enroll at the current (and possibly higher) price. We only open Hub enrollment once a year, but when the doors open, we’d love to welcome you back and reactivate your membership!

No, we don’t mail or ship any physical/printed materials to you. Everything inside The Hub is delivered digitally—but you can easily print it yourself if you want!

Every resource comes in a digital format that you can use directly with students (Google Slides, PowerPoint, PDFs, etc.), and many are designed to be both printable and digital so you can choose the format that works best for your classroom.

Whether you’re a paper-and-pencil teacher or prefer a digital setup, you’ll have full access to both.

Most members report that joining the Hub actually reduces the time they spend prepping each month. The ready-to-use resources, workshops, and trainings are designed to fit into your contract hours—not add more to your plate.

You’ll likely spend:

 ✅ 1–2 hours/month watching any workshops or trainings you choose (optional, but highly recommended)

 ✅ 1–2 hours/month exploring and downloading resources to prep for your next unit

 ✅ Minimal additional prep because the materials are already structured, scaffolded, and aligned—meaning you can jump right in with little customization

Overall, the goal is to give you time back, not take it away. Most members say they save hours each week compared to how much time they used to spend piecing lessons together on their own.

I feel you!

Other teachers in the Hub come from just about every type of school—but we all know some admins make it easier than others to get creative, introduce new books, and stray from a prescribed curriculum. I provide examples of ways to work within a lot of constraints, from the politics of your district to the types of books allowed in your classroom library. But if you have a required textbook and other required materials designed to take up your entire year, this might not be the best fit for you. Feel free to email me about your specific situation, and I’ll give you my honest answer about whether I think you’d benefit from The Hub!