Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers remain a staple in English language arts classrooms because they help students visualize a variety of content, making connections and synthesizing across ideas and texts. A graphic organizer can support any Bloom's level in any content, including science, reading, writing, brainstorming, and social studies. And graphic organizers can support elementary, middle, and high school learners!
371 Pins
·
5mo
6 Favorite Reading Strategies I Love for High School ELA
Recently, I watched a YouTube video about a basic makeup kit. The premise was "if you could only have a few makeup products, what would you keep?" I'm no makeup expert, but I do know what reading strategies I would keep. These are my ride-or-die reading strategies. Perhaps these are not the trendiest or most glamorous or buzziest strategies, but these are tried-and-true, truest blue reading strategies. I have taught pretty much everything 9-12 ELA, and these work. every. single. time.
Editable Canva SOAPSTone Graphic Organizers
SOAPSTone is a classic way to analyze texts, and it's an acronym I use often, especially when students are reading nonfiction, informational, and argumentative texts.How I choose to use this acronym depends on the students I have and their familiarity with rhetorical analysis. Sometimes we're building an anchor chart, sometimes we're practicing with SOAPSTone, and sometimes students are applying these strategies independently.
Everything You Need to Teach American Literary Realism
Realism is a unique period in American literature. With these essential questions and text pairings, students are sure to be engaged! I love this unit because students are so invested in classroom discussion. I choose two poems, two films, and two short stories to guide students through this unit. I even sneak in some Calvin and Hobbes to keep students engaged. Everything you need to help students understand the historical context of American literary Realism is here for you!
How to Teach Context Clues in Secondary ELA #mooreenglish @moore-english.com
By the time they arrive in high school, students know the words "context clues." But do they really know any specific context clues strategies? Probably not. Knowing specific skills to decode words is essential to reading and succeeding on standardized tests. With these simple skills and steps, even secondary ELA teachers can help students master using context clues!
Never Say Never: My Growth as a Teacher
Experience is the best way to gain perspective. Perspective reveals truth. In fact, perspective has a way of revealing mistakes, misunderstandings, and misconceptions. For me, some of my greatest teacher misconceptions were laid bare my first year of teaching. There were concepts, strategies, and ideas that I flatly rejected. Things I vowed never to do. Some teaching techniques I viewed as ludicrous and refused to touch. Let me be clear: this was a terrible attitude. I had no humility. I had nev
Writing Resources for Teaching Secondary English Language Arts
Teaching writing is one of the most important and challenging parts of being an English language arts teacher. Writing helps students learn to express themselves in a meaningful and organized way, including using evidence and examples, providing citations, researching, and following the writing process. To help students practice these skills, I have put together a variety of resources for teaching writing, including mentor texts, task cards, and rubrics.
10 Memorable Poems for Teaching Main Idea
Determining and analyzing main idea is an important part of reading comprehension. Because of its brevity and all the inferences students must make in the reading, poetry is a great tool for analyzing, determining, and supporting main idea. The diversity in poetry also provides students with the opportunity to analyze theme, author's purpose, point of view, text structure, and figurative language. Perfect for secondary language arts and ELA classrooms.
8 Little Changes that Transformed My Classroom
If a lesson flops or a unit feels sluggish, my first instinct is often to overhaul the entire thing. Sometimes that's the right choice: lessons fail sometimes. Sometimes, though, big change is not the right choice. Sometimes all you need is an adjustment. Tweak this. Trim that. In the long run, little changes are an important part of continuing to grow as a teacher. Little changes are often more sustainable and manageable. Here are 8 little changes that transformed my classroom!
How To Scaffold Annotation For Independent Learning
Annotation is the record of a students' conversation with a text. As sophomores, my students usually have some previous experience with annotation, but they are not independent. Because annotation is so valuable, one of my goals is to help my students become independent in annotations. However, my students aren't always excited about annotation and close reading. For this reason, I have developed 5 Commandments of Teaching Annotation: relevance, freedom, organization, scaffolding, and focus.
8 Opportunities to Promote Curiosity and Creativity in ELA / Moore English
Creativity and curiosity are important parts of the learning process. Incorporating increased levels of curiosity and creativity into the learning process will engage students and promote higher levels of critical thinking. Creative and curious students will be better invested in classroom readings, in making inferences, in visualizing writing, in researching, annotating, and applying literary criticism.
American Literature Activities / Moore English Education Blog
American literature is a wide and varied canon. So my favorite activities, lesson plans, and ideas for teaching American literature are diverse. Includes #edtech activities, focus on literary movements, close reading, poetry analysis, rhetorical analysis, and classroom freebies. Lots of opportunities to provide inspiration for the language arts, secondary ELA, or English classroom.
4 Ways to Add Writing to Your Drama Unit
My units on Julius Caesar unit and The Crucible are two highlights of the year! Each class brings its own unique perspectives and insights to each drama and its characters. While I love teaching each drama unit, sometimes it's tricky to incorporate writing in a reading-heavy unit. However, ELA requires that students be constantly engaged in writing in some form. Because I know how hard it can be to find the right moments to incorporate writing, I put together this list of suggestions!