Here are six activities to keep on your desk to mix things up when interpreting a novel with your students.

There are all kinds of things English teachers can do to prevent the use of AI, but the most important is to provide verbal feedback while they write.

Instead of unit and thematic-based units with essential questions, you could try media and genre-based units where students study and then create podcasts, poetry, video essays, short fiction, and personal essays.

I used two modern short stories to open up conversations about violence, technology, gossip, and surveillance. Students posted links to make connections to two different short stories.

Preparing to write an essay means finding as many quotes as possible to help answer a question, but it can be a fun activity with these five activities.

Bring a new energy to your class with a year-long project that will inspire all of your students and get every hand up in the air. Students deserve a chance to express their thoughts about the world without the pressure of academic analysis. My new online course just opened and you can find it at Teacher's Workshop.

ELA teachers have a ton of work including grading essays, class notes, reading notes, and quizzes, not to mention lesson planning, emails, and meetings. Let's think about how to handle it all.

Students love to talk about how a character grows and changes because they also experience a lot of change in high school.

It seems like it's getting harder and harder to get students to speak in front of the entire class. Learn some strategies to make it easier for kids to share their thoughts.

Instead of listing literary techniques, students should focus on determining their purpose and function. I reduce it to three main purposes to make it easy.