General – Teaching English Language Arts

Appreciating Shakespeare

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 by admin

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What a delight to introduce you to Doctor Gideon Rappaport, another retired educator who keeps sharing his insight and knowledge with those currently teaching. Doctor Rap, as his students call him, is a former English Department colleague from a school in Southern California. Dr. Rappaport is a Shakespeare scholar, the…

Vocabulary Words for Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 by admin

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My friend and respected colleague, Bill Younglove, an Anne Frank scholar, offers these ideas for incorporating more intentional vocabulary study in your lessons as you explore with your students, this canonical memoir. (based upon Trans. B. M. Mooyaart- Doubleday. NY: Doubleday, 1952/the 1947 Dutch Contact Publisher Otto Frank- compiled “c”…

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November 16, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

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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…

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…

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15, 2020May 7, 2020 by admin

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Hispanic Heritage Month What an exciting time to feature the contributions of LatinX Writers, Speakers and Movie Makers! Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with culturally relevant texts, video, and speeches that give students opportunity to expand and explore their emerging ELA skills. Read about Historically Significant Events then invite students to share what they've…

Remember 9/11 While Teaching ELA

September 1, 2020May 20, 2020 by admin

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Reading and Viewing, Writing and Talking About 9/11 Here's link to resources to use as you stay on track teaching ELA skills while honoring those men and women who stepped in to assist those in need and the civilian and military leaders who work so hard to maintain domestic and…

Students Starters Enhance Teaching

August 10, 2020November 22, 2020 by admin

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Student Starters in Virtual Setting Now is a good time to plan on releasing more responsibility for learning to your students. The first quarter/semester is when you model reading and writing strategies, making, connections, incorporating a wide variety of examples in your own instruction, and also informing the students that…

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…

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