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Looking for more resources? Check out these podcasts and articles that have featured my work.

The Teaching Middle School ELA Podcast with Caitlin Mitchell, Picture Books in Middle School ELA with Jenna from Doc Cop Teaching – 032

U.S. News and World Report article by Alexandra Pannoni, “Instagram for High School Teachers 101”

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, 027: Turn your Class into a Discussion Panel with Audience Tweeters

The Watson Unplugged Podcast, Ep. 42 Dr. Copper

Email me at jennacopper@jennacopper.com, if you would like to feature my work.

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I'm Dr. Jenna Copper, a high school English teacher who empowers educators to engage their students in critical thinking and spark a little wonder in their classrooms!

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⬇️ Grab my free MLA/APA Resource!

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🎉 DOORS ARE OPEN! 🎉

Today is your last chance to join my course Grade School & get lifetime access to:

1️⃣ My 3-hour training that will show you exactly how to plan a writing unit for student and teacher (ahem, grading) success

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3️⃣ An EXCLUSIVE editable writing workbook for any essay

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❌ Don't fight the auto-generated bibliographies!

❌ Don't fight the auto-generated bibliographies! ❌

🥊 Honestly, this is a fight not worth fighting!

Hear me out!!!

😅 Every single year, I've had to teach and re-teach MLA (or APA) depending on the class because hey, it's hard to remember!

🤷‍♀️ Even as someone who uses APA all of the time for research writing, I still have to check my resources to make sure my format is correct.

🗓️ For one, it changes yearly, so you're going to have re-learn anyway.

📋 Also, the style depends on the task (I wrote a whole blog post about this last year--search bibliography at jennacopper.com), so students will have to adapt anyway if they're going to research in college.

⁉️ So what should we do instead?

⭐Instead, teach students *how* to find and use the best resources to create bibliographies and citations.

💡 They need to know how to find quality resources to create and confirm their format, but they don't need to memorize the format.

🏁 If you want a really fun way to have your students practice, click the link in my bio for my MLA (or APA) Race!

#teachingwriting #writingteacher #Iteachwriting #elateacher #secondaryela

😴 Did you enjoy your extra hour this morning?

😴 Did you enjoy your extra hour this morning?

💆‍♀️ Reminder: Today is your day.

📋 Your to-do list will never be done.

📝 There will always be something else plan, grade, or do.

🗓️ So, schedule in your rest first and work the rest around it. For me, it's Sunday.

💻 When I made the Grading-Free Weekend pledge, I realized that I was actually more productive during the week because I felt recharged. #stopteacherguilt

📢 Grade School doors close tonight, so if you're ready to take the Grading-Free Weekend pledge, click the link in my bio!

Tag a friend who needs to hear this!

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Grade School Sneak Peek. 👀 Here’s a sneak pee

Grade School Sneak Peek. 👀 Here’s a sneak peek inside my new professional development course, Grade School!

📝 Grade School is the only program of its kind that not only shows you exactly how to plan and deliver effective writing instruction, but how to do it better and do it faster.

⏳ But, doors are closing on 11/7 so join now!!

🔗 Click the link in my bio or go to GradingFreeWeekend.com to join us!

#secondarlyela #secondaryteacher #writingteacher #teachertips #gradingtips

I promise it’s TRUE… 🙌 I haven’t graded

I promise it’s TRUE…

🙌 I haven’t graded an essay at home in YEARS!

😓 But, it wasn’t always that way.

📚 It took a lot of planning and researching to

✅ realize I had to redesign my writing units to start with the end goal. This also meant simplifying my rubrics and assignment to target those goals.
✅ design a plan that could be replicated in all of my writing units
✅ research the best strategies for leaving comments quicker, targeting with mini-lessons, and utilizing strategic conferences and revision notes

Now that I have these plans in place, I don’t know how I survived so long doing it the old way.

🚫 STOP 🚫 doing it the old way, if the old way isn’t working for you!

🥰 I’m here to help!

🔥 Join me in Grade School to learn exactly how I stopped grading essays at home once and for all! But, don’t delay! Doors close on 11/7!

🔗 Click the link in my bio or go to GradingFreeWeekend.com!

#gradingfreeweekend #gradingproblems #englishteacherproblems #teachersonbreak #iteachtoo

✍️ Grading Hacks ✍️ 🔥 I'm sharing 5 aw

✍️ Grading Hacks ✍️

🔥 I'm sharing 5 awesome grading hacks that will make grading essays so much easier!

👉 Swipe through to learn my favorite grading hacks.

🤩 And here's a BONUS HACK to help you even more:

➡️ Join my PD course, Grade School. Inside, I explain these hacks & SO much more! But, hurry because doors will be closing soon! Go to GradingFreeWeekend.com or click the link in my bio!

📱 & tag a friend who could benefit from this too!

#gradinghacks #writingteacher #iteachwriting #secondaryteacher #teachertips

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