Managing study time is a difficult set of skills to learn - especially if nobody has ever taken the time to teach you. Many middle and high school teachers assume that students are being taught organizational skills at home (such as how to plan study time), but often...

Have you ever had that circular argument with your students about using class time wisely?  You know the kind. They have a paper or project due in a week. They haven’t done much about it. And they’re sitting in class goofing off, talking to their friends, and doing...

Have you heard the terms metacognitive skills or metacognitive strategy bandied about at work or in the staff room and wondered, hmmmm, what am I missing? If so, read on because in this post we’re going to look at what is metacognitive strategy and how you can use it...

It’s getting to that time of year again.  You know the time.  Students are bored and restless.  You are stressed and frantic with reporting.  And you all need a break!  Today I’m going to give you a break - I have some easy, low-to-no prep end-of-year activities for...

How to teach note-taking skills is one of those topics that just never seems to come up when you’re in university or college.  And it’s often one of those skills that fall off the radar when teachers are planning out their curriculum.  Or they get bumped from the plan...

Now, our previous post was about how to teach your students to do a literary analysis or critical analysis.  By now, you might be wondering if you can easily find a literary analysis practice worksheet to help your ELA students learn critical analysis skills.  I...

Are you looking for easy American literature worksheets to use in your ELA classroom?  Or have you last-minute landed an American literature class and need you ideas pronto?  Either way, you’ll find something useful in this blog post. Today I’m not going to lay out a...

Are you looking for British literature lesson plans for your ELA classroom?  New to teaching British literature?  Or just on the lookout for some quick new activities to add to your existing British literature curriculum? Look no further, just grab a coffee, or tea,...

Today we’ve got 20 of the best of Shakespeare quotes for you to use in your ELA classroom. If you haven’t heard about my first time teaching Shakespeare, you might not know that I made ALL the rookie mistakes.  I had absolutely no idea how to teach Shakespeare, let...