Secondary English Language Arts Resources
Just in time for the holidays, we're making some changes around the reThink ELA website. In the interests of providing better services, we're switching the push notification provider to one that will …
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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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