Middle School English

Full year lesson plans provide huge time savings to busy teachers. It is important to have lesson structures and assignments in your classroom that can be used all year.

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…

Teaching with games in the classroom is not just “fluff.” Middle school and high school English teachers, learn how you can reinforce core English language arts skills AND engage students with games like Goosechase, Superfight, and more! #highschoolenglish #englishlanguagearts #middleschoolela #ela

Finding engaging TED Talks for middle school students is important task in inspiring and motivating your students. Find them right here!

Using Pixar Short films in the English Language Arts Middle School classroom is the perfect way to engage your students in literary terms, figurative devices and other reading skills. Check out this blog post! #pixarfilms #englishteachers #elaclassroomideas #elaactivities #filmsintheclassroom

Teaching middle school is like no other teaching assignment - like no other task on Earth for that matter. As a teacher, you need to be just the right mix of cool and strict - but most important, calm. You need to have a good relationship with your students overall based on mutual respect. But that's much easier said than done. Here's the thing about middle schoolers in particular: They want to look good in front of their peers. What their peers think of them is of utmost importance to them…

How would you like some ideas to use Wordle in your ELA classroom? In this blog post, you will find Wordle ideas for your classroom that will engage your middle school and upper elementary students in vocabulary activities and word acquisition. Get all these great ideas for your middle school ELA classroom.

My Middle School ELA Class Period and Daily Schedule for Reading Writing and Grammar Lessons I think one of the most frequently asked questions I get is about my schedule. The questions range from my daily, weekly, monthly, and year long schedules, so I thought I would answer some of those questions here. I don’t ... Read more

Hello! Today I share the first post in a series on Interactive Read Alouds. I have so much to talk about and share with you that I decided I couldn’t...

Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.