One of my favorite hobbies is power walking and podcasts! I love listening to podcasts so much, I decided to turn that passion into one strand of my professional research. With my expertise in literacy, this endeavor was a natural pairing. Podcasting combines oral storytelling with listening ...
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Free Literature Circle Role Worksheets for English Teachers
Literature circles are a great way to engage students in a whole class or choice novel unit. If you haven't tried literature circles before, in short, they are a literary analysis, group discussion activity designed for small groups. Each group member has an individual role that they complete on a ...
Free Editable All About Me Teacher Template
In my methods courses, we always take time to introduce ourselves to the class. Being a college professor of future teachers, it's important for me to provide different forms for doing so. That's why my first activity in my methods courses is an engaging and creative meet the teacher and all about ...
The Best Halloween Activities for High School Students
It's haunted house and candy corn season, which can only mean one thing: it's Halloween time! Although many Halloween celebrations are brought to elementary students, it's actually the perfect time to spice up your lesson plans for middle school students and high school students! Having taught AP ...
How to Teach Vocabulary to High Schoolers
I don’t remember much from high school, but I do strongly remember how much I despised those orange vocabulary books. If you didn’t experience these books as either a student or teacher, you’ve probably seen something similar in your time. They were leveled stand alone vocabulary workbooks that ...
The Six Key Aspects to Successful Classroom Management in a High School Classroom
Since August 2022, I have been teaching pre-service secondary education students who are preparing to teach middle and high school. Overwhelmingly, their biggest concern moving into their field work and student teaching (and eventually their own classrooms) is classroom management. With ...