Managing study time: 7 easy tips to teach your students study skills
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...
Avoiding procrastination: 10 tips to teach your students how to stop procrastinating
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...
What is metacognitive strategy? Plus 6 easy tips for teachers to use it
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...
10+ easy end of year activities for students
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: 10+ tips
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...
10+ literary analysis practice worksheets + activities for your ELA class
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...
Literary analysis: how to teach your ELA students to analyze
.At some point in their career, every ELA teacher will try to teach students to do literary or critical analysis. The first few times teaching it can be a nightmare. You aren’t always sure what strategies will work best for your class, the text you’re students will...
15+ American literature worksheets for your ELA classroom
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...
10 easy British literature lesson plans for your ELA classroom
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,...
20 best of Shakespeare quotes for your ELA classroom
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...