Teaching writing high school

Are you teaching a high school creative writing class, but you're not sure where to begin? This blog post is full of great tips for the first-time creative writing teacher. Click to check them out! #itslitteaching #higschoolenglish #secondaryela #creativewriting

When I teach essay writing in my high school English class, I break it down paragraph-by-paragraph. Check out this blog post for tips on how to teach essay writing in Secondary ELA. Includes tips for brainstorming, outlining, thesis statement, introduction, topic sentences, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Stop at thedaringenglishteacher.com to get more helpful tips for teaching middle & high school students.

Working on balancing reading and writing in your ELA classroom? Here are some specific approaches that will help you tie them together.

Citation acronym: ICE--Introduce, Cite, Explain

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This short story writing project is ideal for the middle school ELA and high school classroom. By using color-coding and collaboration, students will become stronger writers. #teachingactivities #teachingstrategies #highschoolwriting #literaryanalysis #shortstories #teachingshortstories #middleschoolELA #highschoolEnglish #secondaryELA #2ndaryELA

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This collaborative short story review poster project is a great way to get students thinking about literary elements.

Are you teaching high school students how to avoid plagiarism? Students often need this simple, easy lesson on how they...

Assigning a graphic essay in your middle school ELA or high school English classroom will be your never favorite essay writing and multimedia ELAR project! #teacher #essay #teachingwriting #highschoolEnglishideas #highschoolEnglishprojects #highschoolEnglish #graphicessay

Essay Checklist

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Teaching Fourth: Informational Writing Tips- Writing Introductory Paragraphs

Back to School! That exclamatory sentence can be taken a couple different ways - depending on your inclination. Well, regardless of whether you are anxiously anticipating the start or trying to hold on to the last few weeks of summer and sanity, school is in the back of all of our minds; specifically, the amount of work that awaits us between opening week and the first day with students. I turned in my master's capstone a week ago, and then had to immediately attend a department meeting with…

Do you teach writing, but hate the 5 paragraph essay? Here's the teaching tool I use when teaching college writing in my first year composition course. #teachwriting #teachcollege #teacher #collegewriting #writingresource #teachingresource #ELA

Teaching writing? Read about a memorable and meaningful kinesthetic activity that will help your students understand the stages of the writing process on a deeper level. Works great in middle and high school English / ELA classes. #writing process #ELAles

Middle schoolers need a lot of help with how to write a thesis statement. Use my ELA anchor chart to keep it simple. Follow me on Pinterest for more anchor chart ideas!

Framing evidence