Middle school english

Start back to school on the right note with these first day activities for middle school ELA and high school English class!

Looking for games to play with a classroom? This list of English games in the classroom is exactly what you need to engage students!

Engage your middle school students from Day 1 with a unique approach to teaching your policies and procedures. End the monotony by changing your approach to the First Day of School!

Fun reading activities for middle school and high school English language arts! | Lindsay Ann Learning English Teacher Blog

A Pre-Reading Activity for Your Middle School English Classroom -

By Presto Plans I first realized the power of bell ringers years ago, thanks to a particularly unruly class that would bounce off my walls after lunch. After consistently wasting the first ten minutes of class getting students seated, settled, and ready to learn, I decided to give bell-ringers a try. They were immediately a classroom game-changer. Bell-ringers—sometimes referred to as “warm ups” or “do nows”— are questions, tasks, or other warm up activities that students complete at the…

Your students will love this collaborative short story review poster project. Ideal for middle school ELA or the high school English classroom, this poster project places students in charge of the review and gets them thinking about literary elements. #collaborativelearning #shortstoryunit #middleschoolELA #highschoolEnglish #teachingELA

Since I don't have a vocabulary book or program that I HAVE to follow at my school, I used to always worry if I was doing enough vocabulary instruction. Even when I was theoretically following best practices or authentically investigating words as they came up in texts, I was concerned about if I was really helping my students become better readers. After a lot of trial and error, I'm now proud of what we do for middle school vocabulary, which falls into four main areas: Specific Words for…

By grading all student work in class I am able to stop bringing grading home and I can provide feedback consistenly on student's writing.

There are three kinds of teacher-decorators: those who were born for Pinterest, those who can’t, and all the ones in between (such as the broke, the tired, and the I-have-no-time-to-decorate). However, making a classroom appeal to middle and high school students doesn’t HAVE to involve serious crafting or expensive, time-intensive projects. Check out these tips from me and Bonnie from Presto Plans as you prepare your classroom for the fall (or at any time of year that you want to give it a…

7 Effective Ways to Teach Vocabulary in the Middle School Classroom

15 exit ticket ideas for any subject or grade level!

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

9 valuable lessons I've learned about Classroom Management as a middle school teacher!

Fun and educational middle school ELA games for grammar and literacy

Loving Language Arts: My Rule #1 for Teaching Middle School

When you were a kid people told you "sticks and stones will break your bones but words will never hurt you." Wrong. The one word project...

Writing prompts for middle school

Ever wondered what silent reading or independent reading looks like in a middle school English language arts classroom. Come read about how I implement reading conferences, status of class, choice, and my classroom library organization and check out system. See the Good, the bad, and the ugly of doing silent reading in my middle school or upper elementary classroom.