Secondary English Language Arts Resources
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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Jennifer Williams and I are proud to announce the release of the 6th grade Grammar Conversations unit! We’ve poured our blood, sweat, and tears into it–and also drove three hours from home to …
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Experienced adult writers are intimidated by the NaNoWriMo project, which entails writing a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Who thought up such an event when writing is usually a much …
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Dr. Stephanie Hinton, founder of the Passing Notes podcast, and I finally met in person (I think we hadn't met before?!) at EdCampOKC this year, and naturally we decided a podcast episode was in …
Education stakeholders who have never lead a classroom often want to know what kind of impact a teacher is having on a student this year. Those of us in the classroom often buy into the idea that we …
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