Middle school language arts

Try this free, fun, and interactive middle school ELA games in your classroom to teach grammar and literacy ELA skills!

Tired of the same old end of the year activities for middle school language arts? Try these 16 unconventional middle school ELA activities that will challenge your students’ critical and creative thinking. From creating a magazine to designing an interactive exhibit – these creative final project ideas will help you spice things up in your ELA classes!

A great blog of secondary English teachers helping you find great ideas to enhance your classroom!

Freaking out over how in the world can you actually use centers and stations in your classroom without being completely overwhelmed? Concerned that you don’t have enough time, don’t know how to enforce student accountability, don’t know what the stations should look like, or panicking that you simply can’t keep up? These are absolutely valid

A blog about teaching middle school ELA and math.

Middle school reading strategies can be fun and interactive! Get the inside scoop on how I use station reading activities to engage all learners!

Creative yet Common Core ideas, lessons, and inspiration for Engliah Language Arts teachers. Generally 5th to 10th grade levels.

Teaching with games in the classroom is not just “fluff.” Middle school and high school English teachers, learn how you can reinforce core English language arts skills AND engage students with games like Goosechase, Superfight, and more! #highschoolenglish #englishlanguagearts #middleschoolela #ela

Here are SEVEN engaging activities for the first week back to school in middle school and high school English Language Arts. #middleschool #highschool #8thgrade #7thgrade #6thgrade #ELA #english #languagearts

Looking for the best language arts curriculum option for the middle school years? Here’s what you should know about Learning Language Arts Through Literature and why it’s an especially great fit for homeschooling middle school.rn

The good, the bad, and the ugly of what daily silent reading really looks like in my middle school ELA classroom.

Since I don't have a vocabulary book or program that I HAVE to follow at my school, I used to always worry if I was doing enough vocabulary instruction. Even when I was theoretically following best practices or authentically investigating words as they came up in texts, I was concerned about if I was really helping my students become better readers. After a lot of trial and error, I'm now proud of what we do for middle school vocabulary, which falls into four main areas: Specific Words for…

Stations in Middle School ELA that can be taught without constant grading and prepping materials #MiddleSchoolELA

Teaching vocabulary is important in every classroom with every subject, even in middle school. The most effective way to teach vocabulary in the middle school classroom is...

An engaging activity for descriptive writing

Setting up your classroom can be stressful. Use these tips for an easy "recipe" for great classroom set-up ideas.

Creating a middle school syllabus doesn't sound difficult, but I know from experience how hard it is to condense all of your classroom guidelines and

11 of the best short stories to teach in middle school. Stories with good moral lessons and plans to help you teach them!

7th and 8th grade ELA materials and resources for an entire school year covering more than 30 different skills and 40+ activities. This 140+ page product is designed to help your students master a variety of different skills throughout an entire school year. Below, I've highlighted the different skills, activities, and assessments included in the resource. This resource is editable and can be changed to fit your students' needs! NOTE: This resource is completely different than my 6th Grade…

21st-century readers prefer bite-sized information. Outside of school, our students are primarily reading news, entertainment, and information that is highly visual because it's convenient and appealing to the senses. This is why visual literacy is so important. This blog post will show you how to teach visual literacy to your students using an acronym called the OPTIC Strategy - perfect for media literacy, middle school and high school English Language Arts, and AP Language and Composition!