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Use these poetry analysis prompts to get students reading and analyzing poems quickly.  These bell ringers can also be used for individual learning, group work, or learning stations.  The prompts require middle school or high school English students to use close reading as they identify themes and text support. #poetry #secondaryela #poetrymonth Reading, Middle School Ela, English, High School, Close Reading, Reading Comprehension, Middle School English, Teaching Poetry, Middle School Literature
Poetry Bell Ringers
Use these poetry analysis prompts to get students reading and analyzing poems quickly. These bell ringers can also be used for individual learning, group work, or learning stations. The prompts require middle school or high school English students to use close reading as they identify themes and text support. #poetry #secondaryela #poetrymonth
Maximize focus and efficiency with these vibrant classroom timers. Stay on track and create a motivating workspace! #ProductivityTips #ClassroomDecor #TimeManagement #MotivationMonday #ColorfulDesign Education, Teachers, Classroom Timer, Efficiency, Ap Language, Focus, Classroom, Ap Literature
STARBUCKS MODE with Classroom Timers & Chill Vibes Music
Maximize focus and efficiency with these vibrant classroom timers. Stay on track and create a motivating workspace! #ProductivityTips #ClassroomDecor #TimeManagement #MotivationMonday #ColorfulDesign
Make real-world connections with this free rhetorical analysis activity using a speech from the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The rhetorical analysis graphic organizer guides students through analysis of rhetorical features including diction (word choice), rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), structure, author’s craft and purpose, tone, and central ideas (themes). #highschoolenglish #argumentation #americanlit #ushistory #rbg #ruthbaderginsburg Common Core Reading, Teaching American Literature, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Teaching English, Rhetorical Analysis, Comprehension Strategies, Context Clues
Free Speech Analysis Lesson
Make real-world connections with this free rhetorical analysis activity using a speech from the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The rhetorical analysis graphic organizer guides students through analysis of rhetorical features including diction (word choice), rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), structure, author’s craft and purpose, tone, and central ideas (themes). #highschoolenglish #argumentation #americanlit #ushistory #rbg #ruthbaderginsburg
📚💡 Ready to revolutionize the way your students learn? Tired of battling plagiarism and quick-fix essay generators like ChatGPT? We've got the solution! Introducing innovative Socratic Seminar, Annotation, and Visual Note-taking tools - explicitly designed for ELA middle and high school students. Transform the reading comprehension process into an engaging journey of discovery.  Let's empower our students to think critically, not copy mindlessly🚀🧠 #CriticalThinking #SocraticSeminar Learning, School, Gain Followers, Empowerment, Ready, Seminar, Quick
Socratic Seminar, Annotation, and Visual Note-taking tools
📚💡 Ready to revolutionize the way your students learn? Tired of battling plagiarism and quick-fix essay generators like ChatGPT? We've got the solution! Introducing innovative Socratic Seminar, Annotation, and Visual Note-taking tools - explicitly designed for ELA middle and high school students. Transform the reading comprehension process into an engaging journey of discovery. Let's empower our students to think critically, not copy mindlessly🚀🧠 #CriticalThinking #SocraticSeminar
Building an anti-racist and anti-biased classroom, providing students with source material and texts to watch and read is critical.  The 13th Documentary on Netflix is a great way to start.  Pair it with your units that deal with injustice as a place to start talking about racism and it's historical roots.  This is a must watch for English teachers. Lesson Plans, Middle School Curriculum, Middle School English Classroom, Secondary Resources, English Teachers, Teaching Practices
13th Documentary: Student Viewing Guide & Lesson Plans
Building an anti-racist and anti-biased classroom, providing students with source material and texts to watch and read is critical. The 13th Documentary on Netflix is a great way to start. Pair it with your units that deal with injustice as a place to start talking about racism and it's historical roots. This is a must watch for English teachers.
Here are six tech tools ready for secondary English teachers that are worth the time to learn and implement in a digital classroom or distance learning environment. From Google Classroom at the… More Apps, Social Studies, Online Teaching, Online Learning, Teaching Technology, Social Studies Teacher, Secondary English, Digital Learning
Using the Kami Chrome Extension for Distance Learning
Here are six tech tools ready for secondary English teachers that are worth the time to learn and implement in a digital classroom or distance learning environment. From Google Classroom at the… More
Looking for resources to teach The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for your high school ELA classes? Here it is! This The Great Gatsby Unit Bundle includes interactive lesson plans, pre-reading lessons, close reading activities, no prep assessments, distance learning resources, and more! Your high school English students will enjoy these hands-on, engaging resources while diving into this literary classic! Scott Fitzgerald, Ideas
Teaching the Great Gatsby: A Unit Bundle | Mud & Ink Teaching
Looking for resources to teach The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for your high school ELA classes? Here it is! This The Great Gatsby Unit Bundle includes interactive lesson plans, pre-reading lessons, close reading activities, no prep assessments, distance learning resources, and more! Your high school English students will enjoy these hands-on, engaging resources while diving into this literary classic!
Have you ever considered the power of close reading? In our classroom discussions, we dive into texts the way a book club might—with varied recall but rich analysis. It's not about reading every page; it's about understanding every idea. This approach cultivates literary and rhetorical analysis skills, fostering a shared deep reading experience that's truly transformative for students. Inspiration, Middle School English Language Arts, Critical Thinking
Revolutionizing Literature Education: A New Approach to Critical Thinking
Have you ever considered the power of close reading? In our classroom discussions, we dive into texts the way a book club might—with varied recall but rich analysis. It's not about reading every page; it's about understanding every idea. This approach cultivates literary and rhetorical analysis skills, fostering a shared deep reading experience that's truly transformative for students.
Teach American Literature with TED Talks in your high school English classes.  Students will love the engaging lessons and connections to classic American authors that are described in this blog post.  #highschoolenglish #americanliterature #americanlit #tedtalks American Literature, Ted Talks, High School Literature, English Class
Make More Awesome Connections to American Literature with These TED Talks
Teach American Literature with TED Talks in your high school English classes. Students will love the engaging lessons and connections to classic American authors that are described in this blog post. #highschoolenglish #americanliterature #americanlit #tedtalks
Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Teaching Props Kit - Teacher Made - Teacher Approved Gothic, Theatre, Literature Lessons, High School Ela, Shakespeare
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Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Teaching Props Kit - Teacher Made - Teacher Approved
This teaching props kit for Hamlet is the best engagement tool that I have used. I have 28 years of experience and my students ask to read Shakespeare when I take out my props.
Shakespeare Hamlet Teaching Props Kit Teacher Made Teacher Approved - Etsy
This teaching props kit for Hamlet is the best engagement tool that I have used. I have 28 years of experience and my students ask to read Shakespeare when I take out my props.
Teaching Shakespeare can be easy when you know you're headed the right direction. Between using an evidence tracker, a symbolism tracker, and using a reliable film version of the play, you'll have the most successful and engaging unit plan for Macbeth ever! Films, Play
Three Must-Do Activities for Teaching Shakespeare's Macbeth
Teaching Shakespeare can be easy when you know you're headed the right direction. Between using an evidence tracker, a symbolism tracker, and using a reliable film version of the play, you'll have the most successful and engaging unit plan for Macbeth ever!
With Artificial Intelligence permeating every facet of our lives, infusing critical thinking into school curriculums is absolutely necessary. Do you need a simple approach to teaching Critical Thinking at the High School and College levels? This FREE product will show any teacher how to teach dialectics and help students make reasoned arguments. High School Resources, Teaching Critical Thinking, Language Arts Resources, Middle School Teachers
THINK CRITICALLY NOT DIGITALLY
With Artificial Intelligence permeating every facet of our lives, infusing critical thinking into school curriculums is absolutely necessary. Do you need a simple approach to teaching Critical Thinking at the High School and College levels? This FREE product will show any teacher how to teach dialectics and help students make reasoned arguments.
HS teachers need a solution for bell ringer grading?  Here you go!  This is how to start your class:  Chrombooks out, digital notebook open, respond to prompt on the screen!  Collect and grade notebooks on Google Classroom - stop lugging 125 spiral bound notebooks home! $ Pre K, Teaching, Teacher Resources, Teacher Tools, Teacher Hacks
Why I'm Using GOOGLE for Bell Work (and going digital for good!) — Mud and Ink Teaching
HS teachers need a solution for bell ringer grading? Here you go! This is how to start your class: Chrombooks out, digital notebook open, respond to prompt on the screen! Collect and grade notebooks on Google Classroom - stop lugging 125 spiral bound notebooks home! $