What about the students that need a break from snow. What poems can be taught in isolation or paired with a unit and taught on the fly in a teachable moment. Some that may even create a bit of irony or focus on tomorrow. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost. (Yes, it means theContinue reading “Great poem alternatives on snow days.”
Tag Archives: figurative language
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”–What paired text unit can I teach with that poem?
Teachers tell me they love teaching with that poem but ask, what can I teach with it? Sometimes we have favorite pieces. Well, we always do. If your district teaches with a textbook, why not add one of your favorites that pair with it to make the unit exciting for you and the students. HereContinue reading ““Nothing Gold Can Stay”–What paired text unit can I teach with that poem?”
Literature spotlight – “The Pearl” for Upper Elementary and Middle School
Essential Questions are essential. Educational research in recent years has termed the start of a themed/paired-text unit with the beginning introduction having a broad set of questions that are ESSENTIAL to making connections, analyzing texts and terms, etc. Many teachers have done it for years and called it this and that, but the point is–takeContinue reading “Literature spotlight – “The Pearl” for Upper Elementary and Middle School”
Wednesday Tech Tip for the classroom-Control F + F aids when teaching online lengthy novels
When teaching a lengthy novel it is an expectation that we would like for students to “be on the lookout” for figurative language, foreshadowed moments, character’s traits and actions and emotions, evidence for ____, etc. By using the shortcut for FIND the students can recall dialogue or lines of text and plug them in theContinue reading “Wednesday Tech Tip for the classroom-Control F + F aids when teaching online lengthy novels”
ELA On The Move 