Highschool english teacher

Someone posted a whisper, which reads "I am an English teacher in high school. If I have students who shows up late, I ask them to write a story about why they were late. If it has decent grammar&ok spelling I don't mark them tardy"

A great blog of secondary English teachers helping you find great ideas to enhance your classroom!

This past semester I had the honor of meeting Megan Ryan, who began her teaching journey in the school where I teach. My first year was a long time ago 😉 — another place and another time. So, when the year came to a close, I really wanted to pick her brain about being a new teacher. Learning from each other’s experiences — successes and struggles — is what makes us grow as teachers. For this blog post, I’m breaking my traditional “fast five” format to bring you Ms. Ryan’s responses in…

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Sure, all teachers learn and improve their practice each school year. That's especially true when a veteran teacher changes courses, grade levels, or school buildings. But that first year or two brings special challenges. I *thought* was prepared. I had all kinds of tangible and theoretical tools from my grad program; I'd had a good student teaching experience. But there are a few things that no mentor teacher, master's degree, or orientation told me. Let me save you the trouble of finding…

There are so many positive classroom ideas for high school that high school teachers should steal from the elementary world...