Category: Language Arts

Adventure ELA English Language Arts Teaching Writing Writing Activities

The Missing Link In Student Writing

Art in ELA Audience CCSS college readiness Composition Creativity David Theriault digital storytelling Education Reform ELA engagement English Language Arts Pedagogy Presentations Research Student Choice Student Engagement Teaching Tech Tools

Stop Ignoring The Zombie: Bring Research Back From The Dead

AP CCSS college readiness David Theriault ELA English Language Arts Literary Analysis Literary Terms Literature Pedagogy Presentations Reading Theme

Why SCOUTing A Book Will Have You Close Reading Like A Champ

EdTech ELA How To Language Arts Learning Lesson Planning Movies in the classroom Pedagogy Student Engagement Teaching Teaching Tools Tech Tools

Don’t Forget Chekhov’s Gun

1st5days Art in ELA Back To School Building Community Community Creativity Doubt Educational Philosophy ELA Family Language Arts New Teacher Pedagogy storytelling Student Choice Student Engagement Summer Teaching video

First Day Of School: Scared Is Scared

Education Reform Educational Philosophy ELA engagement English Essentials Innovation Language Arts Learning Literature Pedagogy Questioning Reading Student Choice Student Engagement Teaching

Creating Space For Questions

AP Art in ELA Blogging CCSS Common Core Education Reform ELA engagement English Language Arts Literary Analysis Literature Pedagogy Reading

Saving The Heart of Reading: Why We Should Transplant Close Reading

Art in ELA Blogging CCSS ELA English Language Arts Student Blogging Writing

Improve your writing by changing from AM writing to FM writing

Art in ELA Audience CCSS Creativity ELA English Language Arts Poetry

Need to “Kill” a Period? RE/Mix It!

Blogging EdTech Education Reform Educational Philosophy ELA English Flipped Classroom Language Arts Projects Student Blogging Student Choice Student Engagement Teaching

Re:Framed Re:Mixed: Solutions to Student Blogging Issues

AP EdTech ELA Language Arts Movies in the classroom Writing

TWO THUMBS UP: how to use movie reviews to improve student writing

CSU EAP Education Reform English EPT ERWC Language Arts Leadership Pedagogy School Leaders Teaching

The Fog of College Readiness: Alarming facts about the CSU EAP/EPT

AP Educational Philosophy ELA English Kids Language Arts Learning Literature Pedagogy Reading Teaching Uncategorized

Conversation in the Hallway: Why students don’t read and what we should do about it

Educational Philosophy ELA English Language Arts Learning Literature Reading

CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE FOG OF LORE: SparkNotes butchers William the Poet

AP Class Discussion Educational Philosophy ELA Group Work Language Arts Learning Literature Pedagogy Reading Teaching

Let’s BRAWL: Throwing Socratic Seminars out of the ring

AP Educational Philosophy ELA English Kids Language Arts Learning Projects Teaching

The 150 point project: an annual experiment in academic freedom

Book Reports Educational Philosophy ELA English Language Arts Learning Literature New Teacher Reading Teaching

Book reports: perhaps the biggest waste of time

Classroom Management English Group Work Language Arts Learning Teaching

Group Work: don’t drink from the wrong cup

AP Audience ELA English Language Arts Learning Literature Presentations Reading Teaching Tone Writing

Audience Awareness for students

ELA English Kids Language Arts Literature Reading Teaching Writing

Creating children’s books: a how-to guide to create life-long memories

AP English Language Arts Literary Analysis Literary Terms Reading Teaching Theme

SCOUTing a work of art or writing

AP English Language Arts Reading Teaching Theme Uncategorized

T3: How to initially approach a piece of art or writing

AP English Language Arts Reading Teaching

How I teach students to analyze literature: Lesson One