by Kristin | Sep 12, 2023 | Reading Comprehension, Teaching the Standards
Reading is such a tough issue to tackle as a middle/high school English, Language Arts, and/or Reading Teacher. So often, schools are inundated with reading intervention programs that promise success but cost a lot of money, are superscripted, or rely on 1:1...
by Kristin | Aug 29, 2023 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Teaching the Standards
Do you need a spooky story to teach during the Halloween season, your short story unit, or at the end of the year when you are just DONE with your upper middle and younger high school students? Check out “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs! This short story tells...
by Kristin | Aug 15, 2023 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Teaching the Standards
Theme seems like an easy concept to understand. I mean, students are exposed to theme through the main or central idea at a very young age in some way, especially when it comes to theme for short stories, poems, or fairy tales. Kids watch and read stories all of the...
by Kristin | Aug 8, 2023 | Poetry, Reading Comprehension, Teaching the Standards
The word “poetry” for many middle and high school students causes immediate fear, panic, and/or apathy. The language, syntax, form, style, topic, etc. can be quite difficult to consume. Plus, reading poetry with a theme in mind instead of merely attempting...
by Kristin | Aug 1, 2023 | End of Year, Reading Comprehension, Teaching the Standards
I LOVE watching movies more than grabbing a book or turning on a podcast or listening to the radio. Even as an English teacher, my first go-to when I need to completely relax after a tough day of teaching is to turn on a movie and eat chocolate…or consume really...
by Kristin | Jul 25, 2023 | Reading Comprehension, Homeschool Ideas, Teaching the Standards
After teaching high school English for the last seventeen years, I can honestly say that there is not a huge difference between teaching my kindergartener and teaching teenagers. Both have attitudes, depending on the day. Both get frustrated when some concept does not...
