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A Poem A Day: 30 Poems for Secondary Students During National Poetry Month (or Any Other Time of Year)
Looking for new poetry for your middle school and high school students? These 30 poems, recommended and tested by secondary ELA teachers in their own classrooms, are sure to engage and inspire your students during National Poetry Month or any time of year.
High-Interest Nonfiction Middle School Passages
Literacy & Math Ideas: High-Interest Nonfiction Middle School Passages
Institute of Play at the Connected Learning Alliance
Socrative Smackdown - Interesting game approach to teaching argument and debate http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/projects/print-play-games-2/socratic-smackdown/
‎If Shakespeare Could Tweet: Transforming Literature with iOS
Apple Distinguished Educator Lawrence Reiff modernizes Shakespeare in the high-school classroom with “If Shakespeare Could Tweet.” His lesson helps students understand point of view using apps like iAnnotate and Notability to manipulate original text. Imagine students reducing Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be…” soliloquy to a 140-character tweet! They then move on to using iMovie to create a film, complete with voiceover soundtrack —or they can create a graphic novel using ComicLife.
Close Reading Strategies That Work
Close reading strategies for the secondary classroom. High school close reading. Middle school close reading.
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HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH: Stations for grammar, independent reading, discovering theme, essay revision, story writing and more.
Home - ELA Buffet
Have tone and mood been stumbling blocks for your middle grade students? One of the most frequent questions I get from teachers is about how to teach tone. Now, I no longer have to reply, "I'll be darned if I know!" ;) Here's an awesome trick to teach kids what tone means and how to include it in writing!
Teaching Students to Analyze Text
Teach your students how to analyze text--check out some tips on my latest blog post! Room 213
A Close Look at Close Reading: Teaching Students to Analyze Complex Texts, Grades 6–12
Here are a few questions middle and high school students ask themselves during the close reading process.
Introducing Text Annotation Using the Gradual Release Process
Students can struggle with reading for a variety of reasons: rich vocabulary, lack of background knowledge, the author's writing style. To scaffold difficult texts, teach students to annotate through the gradual release process.