Writing – Teaching English Language Arts

Train Essays and Pie Paragraphs

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 by admin

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Seeing is Believing Sometimes, when students SEE how essays work, they can write their own with more confidence and competence. One thing that has worked for me is using colors, metaphors, and formulae. USING COLORS: If you can locate colored pencils or highlighters in different colors, enough for three colors…

Writing about Poetry with T.I.M.E.

March 20, 2021March 21, 2021 by admin

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Poetry T.I.M.E. Review elements of T.I.M.E. in this brief slide presentation. Complete an analysis by telling the T.I.M.E. of the poem. (See page 5 in handout packet at this link.) Click Writing about Poetry w-Grading Guidelines for printable assignment sheets. Introduction What is the most memorable idea, image, or literary device you recall…

Women’s History Month – Research and Poetry

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 by admin

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In the United States, March is Women's History Month. 2021 National Women's History Month Theme and Honorees: "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced" 2021 Honorees Here's a link https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/ Click the link for resources to plan lessons to complement those suggested below. What an opportune time to feature…

Experience Poems and Pictures w/Four Languages!

November 9, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

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Poems and Pictures to inspire writing and create more art. EXPERIENCE POEMS AND PICTURES combines original poetry, pictures of artwork by diverse teens and adults from the United States and Sri Lanka, with prompts for viewing and writing about artwork and exploring poetry to create new art. The poems, written…

Writing One Act Plays

November 1, 2020May 20, 2021 by admin

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Following workshops presented by the then, California Playwrights Project, I adapted what I'd learned into this set of notes used for writing one-act plays based on literature students already have read. I first used ideas as the culminating activity for a unit on mythology and adapted the assignments another time…

October Celebrations

September 20, 2020September 15, 2020 by admin

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More than HALLOWEEN Learning about and celebrating the cultures of others is a wonderful reason to write. And, October is a great time to start. For many, October is a time for Harvest Festivals, an ancient celebration revived in many church and community groups as an alternative to Halloween; or…

Hispanic Heritage Month – Day TWO – Challenge to Write

September 20, 2020May 19, 2020 by admin

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Day Two: Honor a Leader (Honrar a un Líder) Hispanic Heritage month, September 15 -- October 15 is a time of year to pause and reflect on the rich history, heritage, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino (LatinX) Americans to the United States. The goal this week is to expand…

Hispanic Heritage Month – Day ONE – Challenge to Write

September 19, 2020May 19, 2020 by admin

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Day ONE – A Salute to Hispanic Stories (Un Saluda a las Historias Latinas) Hispanic Heritage month, September 15 -- October 15 is a time of year to pause and reflect on the rich history, heritage, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino (LatinX) Americans to the United States. The goal…

Pulling Ideas Together

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 by admin

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Writing Better Essays One useful strategy for getting started is to permit students draft in first person and then revise to third person. When they realize that they are invited to present their own ideas, reflections, observations, the students tend to relax a bit and write more honestly about the…

Teaching Whole Books

September 4, 2019 by admin

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Resources for Teaching Texts View resources for Middle School and High School Traditional Texts, find lesson plans and ideas, articles and much more Middle and High School Resources for Specific Works A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret…

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