Scaffolded High School English Resources
At first, the idea of Creative Writing activities suitable for high school might cause your brain to crash. I think we’re used to thinking of Creative Writing as more of an elementary school unit when in reality,...
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Sometimes, you just need a good old-fashioned worksheet. After all, nothing beats practice and repetition. In this post, I’m going to share active and passive voice worksheets for high school along with other resources. If you need to teach...
Read MoreMy first thought upon reviewing my school’s World Literature curriculum, frankly, was that it was a disaster. Did Shakespeare really need another unit? (Students would have read two other Shakespearian plays by the time they...
Read MoreStudent writing a little boring? Sentences super short? Or maybe your students aren’t even technically writing sentences at all! You can solve all of these problems! In this post, I’m going to share how to...
Read MoreWhen I was first told I’d be teaching a Creative Writing class, I panicked! There was no curriculum, and creating one from scratch felt impossible. However, over time, I developed my own Creative Writing Curriculum...
Read MoreSo you’re teaching a World Literature class, and you’ve no idea where to start! Totally relatable! In this post, I’ll share three World Literature activities you can use in any high school class. (Really overwhelmed...
Read MoreWhen I became a high school teacher, I was SHOCKED at how many of my students wrote incomplete sentences. It took years for me to figure out the answer to this problem: teach clauses. Teaching...
Read MoreI love sneaking lessons about the importance of education into my units. It’s one of the reasons I chose to teach The Hate U Give, and one of the reasons I absolutely love Marjan Satrapi’s...
Read MoreSo, you’ve just been told you’ll be teaching a high school World Literature class. Congratulations! But now you’re looking at a year of blank lesson plans and don’t know where to begin…. Don’t worry! In...
Read MoreYou’ve just read your students’ first essays of the year, and you’re horrified. You expected some comma errors, but those papers are downright unreadable! Where do you go from here? In this post, I’m going...
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a quick read that’s packed with life-changing lessons for your high school World Literature class, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a perfect choice! Here are some ideas for a few...
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