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Karena Nelson

Karena Nelson

nexttimeteaching.com

Evanston, IL, USA / High school English teacher & mama, creative & curious. Check out my blog at nexttimeteaching.com for more ideas.

Karena Nelson

classroom discussion

classroom discussion / high school ELA discussion and questioning strategies and activities

teaching strategies

teaching strategies / Strategies for engagement and critical thinking in high school English

teacher meme humor

teacher meme humor

educational leadership

educational leadership / teacher leadership and instructional coaching

teaching media literacy

teaching media literacy / 21st century research strategies and digital media literacy for high school English

teaching race, class, and gender

teaching race, class, and gender / social justice, privilege, and awareness in the high school ELA classroom

teaching shakespeare

teaching shakespeare / teaching Shakespeare in high school English, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, Elizabethan English

teaching writing

teaching writing / argumentative, narrative, writing process, high school ELA

writing prompts

writing prompts / intriguing stories to prompt creative writing or research projects

beginning teachers

beginning teachers / tips for student teachers, internship, practicum, new teachers, novice teachers

teacher burnout

teacher burnout / Avoiding burnout, veteran teacher issues, career issues

teaching dystopian and banned books

teaching dystopian and banned books / YA dystopian literature, Handmaids Tale, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, banned and challenged books, censorship

teaching odyssey and myth

teaching odyssey and myth / Joseph Campbell, heroes, Greek myths, Homer in the high school ELA classroom

teaching coding

teaching coding / coding across the curriculum, computer science, programming

storytime and literacy

storytime and literacy / ECE books, emerging readers, read alouds, developing literacy

teaching poetry

teaching poetry / poetry analysis, especially for AP literature and composition

Bean Trees / Barbara Kingsolver, Bean Trees, refugee and sanctuary issues

social emotional learning

social emotional learning / SEL, social emotional learning, mindfulness, classroom anxiety, CBT, stress reduction

teen reading / YA reading lists, teaching reading at the high school level

teaching STEM / activities and teaching strategies for science, technology, engineering, and math

teaching environmentalism

teaching environmentalism / nature writing, ecocriticism, literary theory

museum and cultural education

museum and cultural education / museums, multicultural education, anthropology, Islamophobia, learning about other cultures, cultural representation and appropriation

teaching social studies

teaching social studies / history, critical thinking, classroom activities, thinking like a historian, primary sources, SS lesson plans

public speaking

public speaking / speech, classroom activities, body language, public speaking, lesson plans, free speech and censorship

vocabulary grammar language

vocabulary grammar language / teaching vocabulary, teaching grammar, academic language, word love, code switching

college career readiness

college career readiness / college readiness, career education, job skills, generational issues, soft skills

preschool activities

preschool activities / play based learning, activities for toddlers and preschoolers, ECE, kindergarten and preschool

teaching inquiry

teaching inquiry / research, problem based learning, genius hour, critical thinking and inquiry in middle and high school classroom

teacher reads / Books for teachers, professional development and learning, pedagogy, curriculum, teacher memoirs

teaching film / movies for the classroom, teaching film terms, film as literature

raisin in the sun

raisin in the sun / Teaching Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, segregation, redlining, home ownership, racism

learning spaces

learning spaces / setting up classrooms and other learning spaces for children, play based learning, stations, furniture, classroom environment

traveling with kids

traveling with kids / educational travel, travelling with toddlers and preschoolers, field trips

kids in the kitchen

kids in the kitchen / educational activities for kids, cooking, toddler recipes, preschoolers, learning through cooking

natural playscape

natural playscape / backyard, natural playscapes, play based learning, outdoor education, forest kindergarten ideas

knit felt crochet

knit felt crochet

holidays and seasons

holidays and seasons

nature inspiration

nature inspiration

quotes and lettering

quotes and lettering

collage and paper arts

collage and paper arts

cartography cryptology asemic

cartography cryptology asemic

built-ins and furniture

built-ins and furniture

textile art techniques

textile art techniques

textile art inspiration

textile art inspiration

arrangements and curiosities

arrangements and curiosities

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