English Language Arts
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in English language arts.
Question: What’s the Value of Teaching Shakespeare in High School?
A question from teacher Christina Torres Cawdery: What are your thoughts on teaching Shakespeare in high school?How to Make One-on-One ELA Conferences Work
Middle school teachers and students can both benefit from individual conferences, and this routine makes them manageable.Exploring Narrative Elements Through a Drama Game
Using an improv exercise to practice the parts of a story gets ideas flowing for students—and helps them add structure to their writing.21 Effective Learning Games for ELA Classes
Developing students’ language skills can be more engaging with games that address vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, reading, and writing.658Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.54 Excellent, Low-Stakes Writing Prompts
Across grade levels, engaging and creative writing prompts encourage kids to explore their opinions, reflect on experiences, and build strong arguments.3 Great Discussion Models for High School English
These models move beyond Socratic seminars to provide students with authentic, engaging class discussions.500Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Movement to Teach Vocabulary
When students explore new words through movement, they understand them better, retain them longer, and feel more empowered to use them.Why I’m Banning Student AI Use This Year
Chanea Bond will ban AI this year to give her high school English students the opportunity to develop foundational skills that she believes the tech can hinder.5 Ways to Support Students Who Struggle With Reading Comprehension
These strategies can help students who are able to decode well but have difficulty understanding what they read—and they’re beneficial for all students.43.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Which Reading Strategies to Try, and Which to Ditch
Research shows that some popular activities for reading instruction don’t actually result in more fluent readers—so we rounded up the most classroom-worthy ones.28.5kYour content has been saved!
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Hearing books read aloud benefits older students, enhancing language arts instruction and building a community of readers.45.1kYour content has been saved!
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Experimenting with different genres and grammar conventions allows students to see why we follow certain rules—and which ones they can break.4 Reading Strategies to Retire This Year (Plus 6 to Try Out!)
A look at a few popular literacy practices that shouldn’t make the cut—along with fresh strategies that experienced teachers and literacy experts recommend instead.25.9kYour content has been saved!
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Sometimes students need a little push to activate their imaginations.47.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.What Doesn’t Work: Literacy Practices We Should Abandon
The number one concern that I hear from educators is lack of time, particularly lack of instructional time with students. Although we can't entirely solve the time problem, we can mitigate it by carefully analyzing our use of class time.49.8kYour content has been saved!
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