Middle School Literacy

Level up your game room with this DIY Giant Wall-Mounted Scrabble Game Board. Full tutorial and plans on how to make this fun family game!

This product provides a template for a game I've titled, Literary Jenga. It includes 54 task cards for each Jenga piece. The game is differentiated and competitive with each piece being a different number of points based on question complexity. For example: pink questions are 2 point and focus on...

Classroom discussion techniques to maximize participation. [infographic]

6,884 Likes, 468 Comments - Joanne Miller (@headoverheelsforteaching) on Instagram: “This bulletin board is a simple way to build community and self-esteem in your classroom. I can’t…”

Character's Point of View (anchor chart)

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Direct grammar instruction has become a no-no in the face of more proficiency-based instruction, but there is still one way to teach grammar that is not frowned upon. Teaching grammar inductively...

Reading Log or Shelfie. Perfect for book tracking and 40 book challenge. Color code genres...kids love this.

Free and fun resources for writers: coloring pages, thankfulness journal, wellness worksheet, and story structure reference page. Enjoy!

How to Teach Character Analysis Using Body Biographies | Have you been searching for a really fun, student-centered, interactive way to eliminate their boredom? Here is a student-collaboration activity that will get your students involved and excited for a character analysis for any novel, biography study, mythology, current events, creative writing, and character development. For grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Middle School ELA | High School English #middleschoolteacher…

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Reluctant readers can be challenging. Check out how to get the strugglling reader hooked with this guide to scary short stories for middle school students.

PicBks have great power - not only as stories that teach valuable lessons - but to introduce necessary ELA features.

Teaching the Hero's Journey! This is a fun and engaging middle school ELA and high school English project to use as you teach your students about the Hero's Journey. #middleschoolELA #herosjourney #teachingmiddleschool #teachingliterature #archetype

Where can you find FREE reading test prep passages ? While I absolutely, positively recommend that all teachers use the released tests from their own state’s Department of Public Instruction like I do when I teach my students to “think through” our state reading test (the NC EOG), I know that oft