“The Bells”. Let’s take a walk down Bell Lane! Listen to the following and tell me how you feel after each. happy bells distressed bells scary bells danger bells Any others you can think of… Next…. Tactile/kinesthetic activity while listening, choral reading, of the poem, “The Bells”. A little secret device of fun the students love toContinue reading “Literature Spotlight- Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells” for upper Elementary all the way to high school years”
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How to encourage classroom bookworms! Steps to successful readers.
Achieving successful lifelong readers to have a love of reading before they leave your classroom, you really need to be a reader yourself. That’s the first rule. If that is a struggle for you, maybe teach another subject. I once knew a reading teacher who told her students almost every day how much she hatedContinue reading “How to encourage classroom bookworms! Steps to successful readers.”
Using Quotes and Paraphrase in Literary Analysis – Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare — Nouvelle ELA Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 15 File Size: 1 MB PREVIEW Using Quotes and Paraphrase in Literary Analysis – Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare — Nouvelle ELA Teaching Resources So glad to find escape rooms for ELA. I have been anxious to try one. Looking forward to several sources to try on this site. Affordable too.
Poetry Spotlight-“Life ain’t no crystal stair”
Langston Hughes poetry is always packed full of life lessons and quotes lines to live by.“Life ain’t no crystal stair.”There have been so many times when a student gave the proverbial foot stomp and said or had the look of “That’s not fair!” that a wonderful reply came of “Life ain’t no crystal stair.”That poemContinue reading “Poetry Spotlight-“Life ain’t no crystal stair””
Movie Clip Intros-Monkey*s Paw teaching tone and suspense
Movie clips always help to motivate no matter your age. Remember the last training you went to and told yourself when they said, “You need to engage your students, motivate them, keep them interested” you murmured to yourself, “Then do something other than worksheets in the training.” Maybe they could use a few clips atContinue reading “Movie Clip Intros-Monkey*s Paw teaching tone and suspense”
Mistakes are proof that we are trying. Try changing around classes to motivate you and your students.
Try and try again. For those who have taught in a block schedule or changing classes situation, we know that our first class of the day are the guinea pigs. They are where we first try something out. And those teachers also know that by the last class of the day we have extra timeContinue reading “Mistakes are proof that we are trying. Try changing around classes to motivate you and your students.”
Welcome to ELA On The Move
Please stay awhile and look around. ELA is on the move in today’s world. The reality is we have a diversity of students to teach, but we also have a diversity of teachers who have their own preferences and teaching styles. Some prefer classics, some prefer modern. Some get elated at teaching poetry, some findContinue reading “Welcome to ELA On The Move”
ELA On The Move 