In this episode we interview teaching powerhouse Iris Crankfield who is currently in her 23rd year of teaching high school English. This is one of those conversations that makes you feel like you've known the person forever, because everything she says is so poignant, insightful, and caring as she shares her experiences and lessons learned as a classroom teacher who holds her students to high expectations with warmth and empathy - we are sure you'll be nodding your head along as you listen. Enjoy!

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In this week's episode we share our top 4 strategies for simplifying and streamlining classroom management. These are the strategies that have COMPLETELY CHANGED OUR CLASSROOMS FOR THE BETTER, and we are excited to share them with you! We also put these strategies into a handy pdf to keep on hand - head over to our show notes to get your hands on it!

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Today's episode is one of our favorite kinds because we get to share the voices and ideas of some of our favorite teachers out there. This month, we recruited six phenomenal English teachers to share their favorite ways of taking inspiration from the season to create engaging, challenging, and fun lessons for their students. We hope you are inspired by their ideas and can implement them in your classroom this season (or any time of the year, really!)

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On this episode we are joined with our good friend Amanda Werner from Amanda Write Now, who talks to us about her journey into practicing mindfulness regularly, introducing mindfulness practice with students, and all the ups and downs in between. Enjoy!

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This week's episode takes you through what we are both currently planning and teaching in our respective classrooms. We are dealing with the same essential question in completely different courses, teaching different materials and texts, but still using very similar techniques - namely, text pairings. There is a LOT here, so grab your notebook and enjoy!

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If you know anything about us, you know that we are not ones to sugar coat things... This episode is no exception. We share the strategies we are using to cope with teaching right now, how we are allowing ourselves to feel what we feel, and how we are moving  forward through it all. Enjoy!

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In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we bring you a celebration of some of the Latinx writers we feature in our classrooms throughout the year. Make sure to head over to the show notes to get a free activity to use with students for analyzing voice in literature, as well as some activities for developing their own voice. Enjoy!

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If you are teaching virtually in part or whole this school year, THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU. Grab a notebook and writing utensil, and get ready for our top tips and strategies for saving you time and (more importantly) energy when teaching from a distance. Enjoy!

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Get ready for another episode where we walk through a couple of close reading passages and the lessons we would use with our students. This time, we are discussing the literary element characterization, and how we approach this in our own classrooms. Enjoy!

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In this interview with Tanesha Forman (@love.tanesha) we dive into the importance of teaching poetry and other forms of art in the classroom, how to encourage students to make personal connections in a low-threat way, and how poetry is the perfect entry point to classroom conversations surrounding social justice. Enjoy!

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