Adding The Beatles to a Lesson on Cause and Effect

Free Verse from A Particular Point of View

My go-to writing task is a free verse poem written from a particular perspective. I learned this idea from my boss, Sandi, who learned it from Joan Franklin Smutny (I think!). You can use ANYTHING as your prompt. A piece of art works well to introduce the idea, but you can move to writing once […]

A Depth and Complexity ELA Worksheet with Problems

Here’s a Depth and Complexity worksheet I used to use with my students: I look at it now and shudder. I was making so many mistakes here. Let’s just zoom out and imagine that I asked the same questions at a book club with fellow adults. Me: What is this story’s main theme? Him: Oh, […]

Adding The Beatles to a Lesson on Cause and Effect

Think Like A Psychologist

Free Verse from A Particular Point of View

A Depth and Complexity ELA Worksheet with Problems

Uplevel Grammar By Examining (And Then Creating) Another Language

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Book Study Ideas

Evaluating Characters on a Graph

Classic Halloween Stories

Language Arts

Adding The Beatles to a Lesson on Cause and Effect

Think Like A Psychologist

Free Verse from A Particular Point of View

A Depth and Complexity ELA Worksheet with Problems

Uplevel Grammar By Examining (And Then Creating) Another Language

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Book Study Ideas

Evaluating Characters on a Graph

Classic Halloween Stories