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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You know how we teach our students to have a growth mindset, to recognize that just because they can't do something today, doesn't mean they'll never be able to do it? We teach our students that …
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While I did not meet all of my goals in 2015, my blog performed better this year than it did last. For example, this blog last year received abut 130,000 views. This year, I've received about 650,000 …
Note: Please excuse this excessively long post. I have spent weeks writing it and preparing all the graphic elements. Thank you if you read all of it. As a new teacher in the building, it is often …
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When I started thinking about my resolutions for this year, immediately a to-do list of tasks popped into my head. That's how we usually do resolutions, isn't it? We start out confident at the …
Here is an excerpt: The busiest day of the year was October 31st with 8,001 views. The most popular post that day was 21 Scary Halloween Short Stories For Middle School. Click here to view the …
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