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Culminating Activities For Use With “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Culminating projects are a good way to engage students in digging deeper into a text. “The Raven” is a good text for engaging reluctant readers, with the dark tone and descent into madness. Here are some culminating projects for “The … Continue reading
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The Best Part of Back to School
I’ve always looked forward to back to school. From those early school days– including the first day at Kindergarten when I jumped off the bus steps in my joy– to, well, this year. The classrooms have changed. The students are … Continue reading
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How to Waste Students’ Time with Binders and Notebooks
Binders, notebooks, interactive notebooks, portfolios and other tools can provide a method to showcase student learning, collect reference materials and teach organization. Or they can be a time-consuming process that fails to do more than provide a sporadic grade. Here’s … Continue reading
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How to Plan for Back to School… When You Don’t Know What You’re Teaching
Summer is a great opportunity for teachers to rest, relax… and prepare for next year. The more that can be prepared ahead of time, the more likely class will run smoothly. There will be less last-minute lesson planning– and more … Continue reading
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Skip the Book Report! Analyze and Create Instead!
After finishing a novel reading, whether whole group or individual, it’s great to have an activity to wrap up. While book reports and other retelling projects, are a common choice, especially when dealing with multiple or student selected books, they … Continue reading
Skip the Book Report: Try these Creative Projects Instead
Book Reports area common sight, still, in many classrooms, including secondary classes. They’re easy to implement, for both whole-class reading, but also for the increase in small-group or individual book choice selections. In fact, book reports (and their close cousin, … Continue reading
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Ways to Group Students (and when to use which)
Group work is a regular activity in many secondary classrooms. It offers many benefits, including collaboration and cooperation. Students show increased learning in well-structured group work, related to the discussion of content and problem-solving. There are also benefits in division … Continue reading
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5 Ideas for Studying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” Speech
Most secondary students are familiar with the speech, or at least the main idea, by the time they are in a secondary ELA classroom. And that’s actually an advantage. That means that additional study can scaffold on what they already … Continue reading
A Fresh Start for Second Semester (for year-long or new classes)
Second semester is a dividing point in many secondary classrooms. More so if the second semester class is separate from first semester. Maybe you have new students from schedule changes or adjustments around semester-based classes. Maybe it’s a whole new … Continue reading
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