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In this blog post by Bespoke ELA, you can find text lists by theme to diversify your British literature curriculum for high school or college English. #Britishlit #Shakespeare #APLit #bespokeela High School, Literary Analysis Essay, English Lesson Plans, Literary Analysis, English Classroom, British Literature, Essay Writing, Writing Workshop, Literature
Adding Diversity to British Literature: Text Lists by Theme — Bespoke ELA: Essay Writing Tips + Les
In this blog post by Bespoke ELA, you can find text lists by theme to diversify your British literature curriculum for high school or college English. #Britishlit #Shakespeare #APLit #bespokeela
Teachers' lives are hectic, and though many of us love to read, we don't always have the time to do it, which can make it tough to make recommendations to students or to select titles for our classroom library. Here's 7 realistic fiction titles that I've Lesson Plans, Middle School Ela, Middle School English, Reading Class, School Reading, Books For Teens, Middle School Student, Teacher Planning
The Literary Maven: 7 Realistic Fiction Titles to Recommend to Your Middle School Students
Teachers' lives are hectic, and though many of us love to read, we don't always have the time to do it, which can make it tough to make recommendations to students or to select titles for our classroom library. Here's 7 realistic fiction titles that I've
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it!  This activity has two parts.  This high-interest nonfiction unit is sure to catch the attention of reluctant readers across levels.  #bespokeela #englishteacher #iteachela #iteachenglish #secondaryela #2ndaryela #tone #bias Serial Killers, Close Reading, Reluctant Readers, Fiction And Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Close Reading Lessons, Language Arts Teacher
Jack the Ripper: Analyzing Tone and Bias in Nonfiction
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. This high-interest nonfiction unit is sure to catch the attention of reluctant readers across levels. #bespokeela #englishteacher #iteachela #iteachenglish #secondaryela #2ndaryela #tone #bias
Why is having a diverse classroom library and reading list so important? Many of us teach in schools with diverse populations and those students deserve to see themselves reflected in our classrooms and the books we read. Many of us also teach in schools Middle School Reading, Independent Reading, Reading Instruction, Class Library, Teaching Literature, Teaching Reading
The Literary Maven: 14 Novels With Diverse Characters to Recommend to Your Secondary Students
Why is having a diverse classroom library and reading list so important? Many of us teach in schools with diverse populations and those students deserve to see themselves reflected in our classrooms and the books we read. Many of us also teach in schools
In this bundle, you will find the top-selling crime units from Bespoke ELA from the Lizzie Borden murder case to the Serial Season One Podcast, these lessons are sure to captivate your students in non-fiction study and target skills in both reading and writing.  For #highschoolela #secondaryela #2ndaryela #nonfiction #englishteacher #bespokeela Serial Podcast, High School Ela, Nonfiction Reading, Reading Workshop
The Ultimate Crime Bundle- Criminals, Serial Podcast, Lizzie Borden, & MORE!
In this bundle, you will find the top-selling crime units from Bespoke ELA from the Lizzie Borden murder case to the Serial Season One Podcast, these lessons are sure to captivate your students in non-fiction study and target skills in both reading and writing. For #highschoolela #secondaryela #2ndaryela #nonfiction #englishteacher #bespokeela
Looking for a new and creative way of having your students learn a new topic or reinforce skills? Breakouts are a great way to make content more engaging and encourage cooperation among students. Learn more about creating your own breakout activities, als Teaching, Education, Computer Lessons, Learning, Coaching, Language Arts Lessons, Math Pbl
The Literary Maven: Resources For Creating Digital Breakouts: Ideas For Making Your Own Activities
Looking for a new and creative way of having your students learn a new topic or reinforce skills? Breakouts are a great way to make content more engaging and encourage cooperation among students. Learn more about creating your own breakout activities, als
This bundle contains 20 activities to use as introductory lessons for any Shakespeare unit. #secondaryela #shakespeare #romeoandjuliet #2ndaryela #englishteacher #bespokeela #hamlet #macbeth #juliuscaesar Ideas, British, Shakespeare Introduction, Macbeth Lesson Plans, Shakespeare, Literature Teacher
The Ultimate Shakespeare Introduction Kit of Activities for Any Unit
This bundle contains 20 activities to use as introductory lessons for any Shakespeare unit. #secondaryela #shakespeare #romeoandjuliet #2ndaryela #englishteacher #bespokeela #hamlet #macbeth #juliuscaesar
This bundle takes high school students through the college essay writing process. Use these mini-lessons to guide writing workshop in English Language Arts in grades 9-12. #writingworkshop #collegeessay #essaywriting #highschool #englishlanguagearts #elateacher #secondaryela Workshop, English, Admissions Essay, College Admission Essay, College Essay, Sample Essay
The Ultimate COLLEGE ESSAY Writing Workshop Bundle for HIGH SCHOOL
This bundle takes high school students through the college essay writing process. Use these mini-lessons to guide writing workshop in English Language Arts in grades 9-12. #writingworkshop #collegeessay #essaywriting #highschool #englishlanguagearts #elateacher #secondaryela
This high-interest nonfiction project takes a look at bias in the media surrounding the Amanda Knox case and how this bias may have led to her convictions in the murder of Meredith Kercher. Students will create a case notebook, debate Knox's guilt or innocence, and analyze bias in the news article coverage of the case. Great for distance learning, remote teaching-- for high school English Language Arts. #distancelearning #remoteteaching #project #ELA Parents, High School Students
The Amanda Knox Case: A High-interest Project on Bias in the Media
This high-interest nonfiction project takes a look at bias in the media surrounding the Amanda Knox case and how this bias may have led to her convictions in the murder of Meredith Kercher. Students will create a case notebook, debate Knox's guilt or innocence, and analyze bias in the news article coverage of the case. Great for distance learning, remote teaching-- for high school English Language Arts. #distancelearning #remoteteaching #project #ELA
Building an anti-racist and anti-biased classroom, providing students with source material and texts to watch and read is critical.  The 13th Documentary on Netflix is a great way to start.  Pair it with your units that deal with injustice as a place to start talking about racism and it's historical roots.  This is a must watch for English teachers. Middle School Curriculum, Middle School English Classroom, Secondary Resources, English Teachers, Teaching Practices
13th Documentary: Student Viewing Guide & Lesson Plans
Building an anti-racist and anti-biased classroom, providing students with source material and texts to watch and read is critical. The 13th Documentary on Netflix is a great way to start. Pair it with your units that deal with injustice as a place to start talking about racism and it's historical roots. This is a must watch for English teachers.
For this interactive notebook assignment, students are to take a spiral notebook and create a "Literary Devices Notebook” or “Handbook" that they can reference throughout the year as they read and analyze works of literature.  With 20+ devices, students can use this handbook as a reference tool for reading and writing workshop all year long!  #bespokeela #englishteacher #iteachela #writingworkshop #literaryanalysis #readingworkshop Amigurumi Patterns, How To Memorize Things, Literary Devices, Reading Lessons
Literary Devices Interactive Notebook-Handbook for Secondary ELA
For this interactive notebook assignment, students are to take a spiral notebook and create a "Literary Devices Notebook” or “Handbook" that they can reference throughout the year as they read and analyze works of literature. With 20+ devices, students can use this handbook as a reference tool for reading and writing workshop all year long! #bespokeela #englishteacher #iteachela #writingworkshop #literaryanalysis #readingworkshop
This bundle contains 20 mini-lessons in 22 files/ 200+ pages to help guide your high school English students to success on the Literary Analysis Essay. #secondaryela #teachwriting #essaywriting #writingworkshop #bespokeela #2ndaryela #englishteacher #literaryanalysis Teaching Writing, Writing Activities
MEGA BUNDLE: The Literary Analysis Essay Guide in 20 Mini-lessons
This bundle contains 20 mini-lessons in 22 files/ 200+ pages to help guide your high school English students to success on the Literary Analysis Essay. #secondaryela #teachwriting #essaywriting #writingworkshop #bespokeela #2ndaryela #englishteacher #literaryanalysis
Teaching poetry is a staple in the ELA classroom and an important component in building an anti-biased and anti-racist curriculum.  These nine poems speak to Black excellence in language, social injustice, and more.  These poets are both historical and modern and pair nicely with your English units and lesson plans. England, Teaching Poetry, English Language, Learning To Pray
Nine Poems from Black Poets for English Teachers
Teaching poetry is a staple in the ELA classroom and an important component in building an anti-biased and anti-racist curriculum. These nine poems speak to Black excellence in language, social injustice, and more. These poets are both historical and modern and pair nicely with your English units and lesson plans.
This is a fun social activity that I have adapted for practicing rhetorical skills in the secondary English #ELA #RLA classroom.  Check out this blog post from #bespokeela for ideas on how to implement this strategy as an engaging activity for practicing #rhetoric .  #aplang #englishteacher #rhetoricalanalysis #essaywriting #argument Middle School, Teaching High School, Secondary English, Free Lesson Plans, Teaching Ideas, High School Teacher, Rhetorical Analysis
PowerPoint Party: A Fun Persuasion Game — Bespoke ELA: Essay Writing Tips + Lesson Plans
This is a fun social activity that I have adapted for practicing rhetorical skills in the secondary English #ELA #RLA classroom. Check out this blog post from #bespokeela for ideas on how to implement this strategy as an engaging activity for practicing #rhetoric . #aplang #englishteacher #rhetoricalanalysis #essaywriting #argument
Here's an easy and low-tech way to keep track of significant annotations while reading whole-class novels or independent reading.  Pair it with traditional annotation or ditch the highlighters altogether.  #englishlessonplans #highschoolenglish #annotation #readingstrategies Online Teaching, Teaching Strategies, Online Education
Teaching Annotation with Google Keep — Mud and Ink Teaching
Here's an easy and low-tech way to keep track of significant annotations while reading whole-class novels or independent reading. Pair it with traditional annotation or ditch the highlighters altogether. #englishlessonplans #highschoolenglish #annotation #readingstrategies
Here are three strategies to enable your students to become their own editors and learn from their own mistakes. #editing #revising #writingworkshop #writing #essay Academic Essay Writing, Guided Writing, Writing Instruction
You are NOT an editor! How to Get Students to Edit & Revise Their Own Work — TeachWriting.org
Here are three strategies to enable your students to become their own editors and learn from their own mistakes. #editing #revising #writingworkshop #writing #essay
Digital breakouts are a fun and creative way to reinforce skills, preview or review a text, or even start off the school year that require no preparation or special equipment. These online activities make content more engaging and encourage cooperation among students. Read on to learn more about different ways to incorporate digital breakouts into your classroom. Online Learning Tools, Time Management Skills, Online Learning, Instructional Strategies, Online Activities
Using Digital Breakouts to Engage Secondary Students: 3 Ways to Gamify Learning
Digital breakouts are a fun and creative way to reinforce skills, preview or review a text, or even start off the school year that require no preparation or special equipment. These online activities make content more engaging and encourage cooperation among students. Read on to learn more about different ways to incorporate digital breakouts into your classroom.
Digital breakouts are a fun and creative way to reinforce skills, preview or review a text, or even start off the school year that require no preparation or special equipment. These online activities make content more engaging and encourage cooperation am
The Literary Maven: Using Digital Breakouts to Engage Secondary Students: 3 Ways to Gamify Learning
Digital breakouts are a fun and creative way to reinforce skills, preview or review a text, or even start off the school year that require no preparation or special equipment. These online activities make content more engaging and encourage cooperation am
Digital breakouts are a fun and creative way to reinforce skills, preview or review a text, or even start off the school year that require no preparation or special equipment. These online activities make content more engaging and encourage cooperation am Online School
The Literary Maven: Using Digital Breakouts to Engage Secondary Students: 3 Ways to Gamify Learning
Digital breakouts are a fun and creative way to reinforce skills, preview or review a text, or even start off the school year that require no preparation or special equipment. These online activities make content more engaging and encourage cooperation am
Poe pun memes are super popular on the Internet, so I decided to have my students create their very own versions to practice satire and have fun with Gothic literature.  Check out this activity with a FREE template to use with your students.  #satire #poe #englishteacher #secondaryELA #bespokeELA #2ndaryela #satirewriting #creativeproject Literature Lessons, Language Arts, Punny, Lesson, Engaging Lessons
Poe Puns: A Punny Satire Activity — Bespoke ELA
Poe pun memes are super popular on the Internet, so I decided to have my students create their very own versions to practice satire and have fun with Gothic literature. Check out this activity with a FREE template to use with your students. #satire #poe #englishteacher #secondaryELA #bespokeELA #2ndaryela #satirewriting #creativeproject
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way. Play, Middle School Literature
The Ultimate Star-Crossed Love Stories Unit with Romeo and Juliet + Paired Texts
In this unit, students will close read and discuss key star-crossed love stories such as “Orpheus and Eurydice” and “Layla and Majnun.” I have also included an excerpted version of Romeo and Juliet that includes the major scenes / moments from the play to make it more palatable for students and also easier to read in a short amount of time. Excerpts from the play are accompanied by close reading tasks, questions, and discussions to help students interact with the text in a meaningful way.
Dive into the fascinating world of identity with this one-of-a-kind Essential Question Adventure Pack! This pack is filled with engaging, thought-provoking activities designed to spark curiosity and deepen understanding. Explore identity through a variety of fun and creative exercises, perfect for kids and adults alike. Pin now to unlock a treasure trove of self-discovery and connection! Anchor Charts, Discovery, Reading Writing, Curiosity, Essential Questions
Ignite Curiosity with the Essential Question Adventure Pack: Identity
Dive into the fascinating world of identity with this one-of-a-kind Essential Question Adventure Pack! This pack is filled with engaging, thought-provoking activities designed to spark curiosity and deepen understanding. Explore identity through a variety of fun and creative exercises, perfect for kids and adults alike. Pin now to unlock a treasure trove of self-discovery and connection!
Teachers' lives are hectic, and though many of us love to read, we don't always have the time to do it, which can make it tough to make recommendations to students or to select titles for our classroom library. Here's 18 realistic fiction titles that I've Book Lists, Books Young Adult, Book Suggestions, Struggling Readers
The Literary Maven: 18 Realistic Fiction Titles to Recommend to Your High School Students
Teachers' lives are hectic, and though many of us love to read, we don't always have the time to do it, which can make it tough to make recommendations to students or to select titles for our classroom library. Here's 18 realistic fiction titles that I've
As high school teachers, we spend most of our drama units on Shakespeare or the standard classics such as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, or Our Town.  While there is nothing wrong with ANY OF THESE CHOICES, here are three plays that we don’t teach as often but make fantastic selections for high school students. #bespokeela #secondaryela #2ndaryela #drama #shakespeare Dance, Teaching Drama
Three Engaging Plays for High School Students — Bespoke ELA
As high school teachers, we spend most of our drama units on Shakespeare or the standard classics such as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, or Our Town. While there is nothing wrong with ANY OF THESE CHOICES, here are three plays that we don’t teach as often but make fantastic selections for high school students. #bespokeela #secondaryela #2ndaryela #drama #shakespeare
Add some fun to your next novel, play, or short story unit with this FUN and mysterious iPhone characterization activity for Google Slides.For this activity, students will create an iPhone for a selected character from a text. Then, students will SWAP their Google Slides presentations with a classmate and attempt to guess WHOSE phone it is! Afterwards, they can check with the iPhone creator to see if they guessed the correct character. #characterization #literaryanalysis #englishteacher Literature Circles, Rhetorical Device, Google Slides, Resources, Book Club Books, Book Club
The iPhone Mystery: A Characterization Activity on Google Slides for ANY TEXT!
Add some fun to your next novel, play, or short story unit with this FUN and mysterious iPhone characterization activity for Google Slides.For this activity, students will create an iPhone for a selected character from a text. Then, students will SWAP their Google Slides presentations with a classmate and attempt to guess WHOSE phone it is! Afterwards, they can check with the iPhone creator to see if they guessed the correct character. #characterization #literaryanalysis #englishteacher
Here are FIVE ways to target commentary in essay writing for writing workshop in high school and middle school English Language Arts. #writingworkshop #literaryanalysis #commentary #analysis #essaywriting #teachwriting
Five Ways to Target Commentary for Essay Writing — TeachWriting.org
Here are FIVE ways to target commentary in essay writing for writing workshop in high school and middle school English Language Arts. #writingworkshop #literaryanalysis #commentary #analysis #essaywriting #teachwriting