Creative Book Report Alternatives Students Actually Enjoy

Creative Book Report Alternatives That Nurture Real Readers

I’ve graded a LOT of book reports over my 26 years of teaching. Hundreds of five-paragraph plot summaries and the same “the theme of this book is…” sentence matched across every report. The traditional book report follows a predictable template that never really gives them …

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Teaching about September 11th in middle school

Remembering 9/11 in my ELA Classroom

America has had plenty of tragedies that are not easy to explain to our children. 9/11 is one of those events, but it is also an important part of American history. Here are the activities I utilize to teach and discuss the events surrounding September …

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Language arts word wall activities for middle school

ELA Word Wall Ideas and Activities

Student: “Wait…I know I should know this, but what does that word mean again?” As teachers, we are constantly referring to various terms in our content areas that we want/NEED students to know. To help reinforce the concepts we discuss in our lessons, I designed …

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