Teaching ELA

Read These Violent Delights for a Clever Reimagining of Romeo and Juliet

Teaching in the Uncertainty of a Pandemic

Thoughts for teachers on reopening schools

How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

A review of the new reading guide by Thomas C. Foster

Combatting “I Don’t Know How to Begin” in Student Writing

Acknowledging a valid struggle and a…

Teaching Students to Write with a Reader in Mind

How the audience influences the choices we make in…

Teaching Students to Develop Fresh Writing Ideas

A six-step process for creating a unique controlling…

A Common Weakness in Student Writing

And how to eliminate it

Learning to Write Through Imitation

Teaching writing through mentor texts

The Distinction Between Author’s Purpose and Author’s Practice

The strategies we teach students to…