If you need an engaging lesson for the days before Thanksgiving break, this episode has you covered! Listen to hear a creative writing assignment that your kids will remember forever! Plus, we will share some other fun Thanksgiving worthy lesson ideas. Be sure to visit our blog https://elacoreplans.com/middle-school-ela-thanksgiving-lessons/for the links mentioned and the free printables!

Today's episode is all about games you can play in your middle school ELA classroom. We'll tell you all about six super fun games that you can take back to your classroom immediately! Be sure to visit our blog for all show notes and printables! https://elacoreplans.com/review-games-for-the-ela-classroom/

Listen up to hear a great idea to motivate middle school students when it comes to reading independently or learning new vocabulary words. With an easy printable BINGO card, ELA class can become much more fun! Be sure to check out all of our shownotes, including links to free printables on our blog at https://elacoreplans.com/bingo-cards-in-middle-school-ela/

Listen to hear our favorite middle school ELA Halloween stories and activities that we've tried over the years. You'll walk away with so many ideas, it will be hard for you to choose which one to try in your own ELA classroom this Halloween! All printables mentoned in today's show can be found on our blog at https://elacoreplans.com/middle-school-ela-halloween-lesson-our-collection/

This episode will provide you with a quick and super fun narrative writing lesson that can be completed in one class period! The lesson focuses on creating suspense. It would be perfect for a spooky October day, but can be used any time of year. Be sure and find all of our shownotes and free printables and links on our blog at https://elacoreplans.com/how-to-create-suspense-writing-lesson/

This is the first episode in a series on using short narrative writing exercises in your middle school ELA classroom. We will be telling you all about strong verb paragraphs - how to write them, why they work, and how you can impliment them immediately. Check out all of the mentioned freebies in our show notes at https://elacoreplans.com/strong-verb-paragraphs-effective-narrative-writing-exercise-for-middle-school-ela/

We will share two of our favorite tips that help keep us sane throughout the school year! You can implement these simple and effective ideas into your classroom today! Read our shownotes at www.elacoreplans.com.

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Walk away from today's show with a lesson to teach your middle school ELA students to effectively analyze the development of theme! This quick narrative writing exercise will put your students in an author's shoes and require them to reflect on the process of developing a theme. The lesson will incorporate group work, fun, engagement, and standards! Find all shownotes and mentioned handouts on our blog, www.elacoreplans.com.

Using bell ringers in the middle school ELA classroom can help you keep your sanity when it comes to trying to fit everything in! This episode will help you learn the advantages of using bell ringers or warm ups at the beginning of class, and we will talk about the ones that we rely on in our own classrooms! Be sure and check out our show notes at https://elacoreplans.com/three-reasons-using-bell-ringers-in-the-middle-school-ela-classroom-makes-sense/

We will put a link there to ten FREE bell ringers that we believe work for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade!

Learn four ways that you can make grading easy in your ELA classroom. There is so much to teach in ELA, and this often means too much to grade. As ELA teachers, we simply cannot grade everything. We must work smarter, not harder when it comes to grading!

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