Secondary English Language Arts Resources
Independent reading has been a huge part of my classroom practice since I started teaching in 2011. That first year in the classroom, I insisted students spend every spare minute reading books of …
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Every once in a while, I'll see a post on Twitter by a teacher that speaks to who we are as English teachers and how we impact our kids. I first saw this conversation back in June when a teacher in …
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People keep reminding me that summer is almost over (No, I didn't hear that either!), so it's time to start my redecorating projects. That means we're getting a new look here at reThinkELA.com and a …
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Rosie Perez in White Men Can't Jump What do you do when you're 12 years old and your friend's world comes to a screeching halt? Heather and I had met at the beginning of the school year and quickly …
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I know for the first five years of my career, I was bound by the idea that in order to be a great teacher, I needed to be great at teaching the curriculum and checking all the little boxes the …
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We've done it again! Jennifer Williams and I just released the 7th grade Grammar Conversations unit last night! With 86 slides, 18 posters, an MLA Formatting Addendum, and MLA Formatting Checklist, …
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