Middle school language arts
Discover Pinterest’s 10 best ideas and inspiration for Middle school language arts. Get inspired and try out new things.
Free poetry book and posters to help you students learn important terms. Great for learning centers.
11 of the best short stories to teach in middle school. Stories with good moral lessons and plans to help you teach them!
Melissa saved to English and Reading
See and use these argumentative essay topics for middle school to teach the process of delivering well-researched, evidence-based arguments to their peers.
Valerie Goff saved to Adult Education
Blog post - 7 tips for decorating an English classroom for middle or high school, written by Secondary Sara and Presto Plans!
Brittany Neubert saved to Teaching
This blog post is packed with tips for successful middle school literature circles. Learn how to create groups, select books, get your students to collaborate, set up a schedule, and assessment. Start Using Literature Circles with the easy tools for guided collaboration. Find out how to easily implement literature circles with grades 5-8. Don't run reading time for your students to be, "just another group member." Give opportunities for discussion, accountability, and creative fun!
The British playwright W. Somerset Maugham once said “the crown of literature is poetry.” For the English teachers out there who have spent a good part of the year teaching complex novels, grammar rules and how to write a constructed response, this probably rings true! Teaching poetry can be such a treat. It’s fun to have the students interpret ever-deeper meanings from even the shortest of stanzas. And it’s satisfying to find just the right poem to complement the theme or unit you’re…
(712) 490-4218 saved to English Language Learners
PRINTABLE Standards-Based Middle Grades Language Arts Cornell Notes - a FULL YEAR SET covering EVERY standard - now available for you!!!
Christine Cain saved to Educational Ideas
What really happened in 19th century hospitals? What are some of the odd abilities of plants? Your students will enjoy finding out the answers to these questions and more as they read these high-interest nonfiction passages that align to ALL the Common Core Nonfiction Reading Standards (an optiona...
Dionna Farmer saved to middle school ela
Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.
Caroline Black saved to ELA Ideas
Shhh! Did you hear that? It was the second bell. They’re COMING. Skipping, tripping, sauntering and marching right down that hallway. Are you ready for your students? Because make no mistake, they are ready for you! In an instant, the classroom goes from empty and silent to bursting with energy. Let’s face it: we teachers ... Read more
Kenzie Larsen saved to 6th grade classroom