I have a confession: grammar is not my thing. My own Father was an English teacher that loved diagramming sentences. I loathed it. So it probably comes as no surprise that I have looked for ways to make it less painful. Years ago, I stumbled upon the concept of pulling out especially well-w…
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My room is ready, I've attended all the meetings, and the first day is imminent, but what should I do on that first day of middle school? It might seem tempting to just hand out the syllabus and jump into the content, but that won't set the best tone for the rest of the year. I want to …
My Middle School Students have a way of looking like they understand something, can even verbally tell me what something like the theme of a text is (definition wise), but then struggle to pull it out of a text. So, I set out to 1. Deconstruct the standards (the first 8 reading anchor standard…
As an ELA teacher, I am tasked with teaching reading and writing in one 45-minute period. They also ask me to incorporate conventions and grammar when I teach writing. At the beginning of the year, it seems like I have sooooo much time to do all of this and it will be "no problem". Bu…