Are you looking for fun, easy poetry activities to use in ELA? Wondering how to teach poetry in the classroom but can’t figure out how? Check out this post for more fun poetry activities to use in your ELA lessons. Before we begin, let's have a look at that old,...

Are you wanting your students to cultivate a growth mindset? Trying to use ideas from a growth mindset in your ELA class? Check out these 10 engaging growth mindset journal prompts and find out more about why a growth mindset is so important in your classroom. Growth...

Are you teaching study skills in junior high? Looking for easy activities and essential skills to cover in your study skills classes in middle school? Read on to find out more about how to teach students study skills in junior high. Teaching study skills is such an...

Teaching Macbeth? Looking for some fun activities for Macbeth? Use this Macbeth escape room for a fun revision lesson. I have fond memories of the first time I studied Macbeth. It was during Grade 12 English, and we read the play and watched a video adaptation of the...

Are you looking for a fun way to review Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? Runing out of Frankenstein lesson ideas or looking for some new teaching resources for Mary Shelley’s classic tale? Read on to find out how to do this fun Frankenstein escape room. Escape rooms are...

Before we get started explaining one pager ideas, let’s take answer the first question you might have, what is a one pager assignment? (Just in case you are unfamiliar or need to be convinced that they’re a great teaching and learning tool). What is a one pager...

I’ve talked about this before in a previous blog post, but when I was in high school I really had no idea how to study. Let alone knowing the spaced repetition learning method. The first time a really studied properly for an exam (so I used a strategy to prepare and...