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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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We did it, and you totally can too! 🥳 Thank yo

We did it, and you totally can too! 🥳

Thank you for your advice on facilitating group work with in person and remote students in the same groups! A special thank you to @thecaffeinatedclass for her advice! It worked beautifully today so I wanted to share what worked for us.

First, background on our unit: we’re doing literature circles for The Turn of the Screw. It’s my fav for lit circles because it’s so great for discussion and multiple interpretations! I asked students to fill out a Google Form to request who they’d love to work with. Some said they didn’t care and some requested a few friends. I was able to make it so they could work with at least one person whom they requested.

Here’s how we made it work for the discussion:
1) choose ONE person in each in person group to join the Google Meet.
2) The remote students and the ONE in person student from each group in breakout rooms.
3) Put the students in class in their groups (I just had them relocate to desks near each other).
4) Set up the device that is in the breakout room on an empty desk . Turn on the camera so they can see each other and the microphone so they can talk. You won’t get any feedback this way.
5) if you can spread them out in some way, that’s ideal! We moved to the resource center bc it was empty and we were able to spread out the groups all throughout big room that is filled with desks.

I was so happy with how well this worked!

P.S. I bailed on the Haunting of Bly Manor after two episodes (despite having read the book and knowing what was going to happen) bc I’m a huge scaredy 😺! 😂 Have you seen it??

#literaturecircles #remotelearning #hybridlearning #booktalks #iteachliterature #readingteacher #englishteacher #secondaryela #iteachhighschool #iteachhs #2ndaryelachat

Want to a guess why I’m attempting a crane pose

Want to a guess why I’m attempting a crane pose in my classroom? 🧘🏼‍♀️

(Honestly shocked I could do this in a blazer...lol)

But the reason is that I’m going live with @weareyogaed’s co-founder, Brynne Caleda, tomorrow here on IG at 4pm EST to talk about yoga in the classroom!!

This is one of my favorite topics because it combines two of my passions: yoga and teaching!

I hope you can join us!

What questions do you have about @weareyogaed and yoga in the classroom so we can answer them tomorrow?👇🏼

#yogaed #yogaeducation #yogaintheclassroom #iteachhighschool #highschoolteacher #secondaryteacher

Remember that one time you ate my diploma (Teddy)

Remember that one time you ate my diploma (Teddy) and chewed a hole in our couch (Champ)? 😅

They’re lucky so dang cute!! How could we possibly mad at these sweet boys?! #nationalpuppyday

So as you know I’m in this extra empty classroom

So as you know I’m in this extra empty classroom, and it was feeling pretty sad compared to my usual classroom. So, some artists decided this empty classroom needed a mural. 🎨 They’re trying fill all of the chalkboards, which is two whole walls. So please tell us which one should be next (in my IG stories)!! We’re obviously going with a Disney/DCOM theme. So far, we have Cloud 9, HSM, Frozen, Incredibles, Moana, and Monster’s Inc.

P.S. They don’t know I’m doing this, and they’re going to love it! So thank you!

P.S.S. This dress has pockets!! 👌🏼 Thought you should know! 🤣 (Linked in my @liketoknow.it)

#classroom #classroomdecor #classroomdecorations #iteachhs #iteachhighschool #secondaryteacher #2ndaryela #teacherfashion #teachersofinstagram #whatteacherswear

I avoided essay revision for a long time because I

I avoided essay revision for a long time because I mistakenly thought it would mean double grading. 🥴 Because let’s face it, grading once is overwhelming enough. But, I realized if I set up the assignment in the same way my professors worked with me through much of the dissertation process, the grading would actually be more manageable AND help my students build confidence as writers. Swipe through to read some tips and go to jennacopper.com/revision to read the entire post!

#iteachwriting #essaywriting #writingteacher #2ndaryela #secondaryela #highschoolteacher #gradingtips #hsteacher #nctegram #nctevillage #iteachtoo

Heyyyy 👋🏼 It’s been a while, and I’ve mi

Heyyyy 👋🏼 It’s been a while, and I’ve missed you!!

I’ve enjoyed this little IG break though and filling up my would-be IG time working on this pretty little *complete* manuscript you see here. ✨ @keepingthewonder

And I’ve been blogging weekly!! 👩‍💻 This series is all about teaching writing, which has quickly become my favorite topic.

I also made a New Year’s goal to make sleep a priority. (I know, I know resolutions 🥴) But, I’ve stuck to it really well, and part of that has been turning my phone into a brick after 7pm. Literally, if you need to get ahold of me, you’re going to have to call Mike. 😆

I’m telling you it works!! And with my free time, I started a meditation practice. 🧘🏼‍♀️ I’ve done one with the Peloton app or the Calm app every single day in 2021!!

One last thing, I haven’t felt inspired to take pictures lately. I usually love photography, and sharing on IG, but my inspiration is z.e.r.o. If you missed it, I’ve been in a different classroom since January, and I really miss *my* classroom. To be honest, there are no good backdrops in here, as you can see by my background here. 🤣

So that’s where I’ve been/what I’ve been doing.

What have you been up to? 🤍

#teacherswhowrite #secondaryela #englishteachers #iteachtoo #iteachhighschool #iteachhighschoolenglish #secondaryela #keepingthewonderworkshop #weareteachers #teachersofthegram #writingteacher

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