English Language Arts
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in English language arts.
Building a Culture of Daily Reading
When schools prioritize time for independent reading in class every single day, they can increase students’ stamina, bolster their literacy, and cultivate their love of books.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Why I’m Banning Student AI Use This Year
Chanea Bond will ban AI this year to give her high school English students the opportunity to develop foundational skills that she believes the tech can hinder.How to Create a Values-Driven Classroom
When students name and share their values, they’re better able to grasp the why behind their work.54 Excellent, Low-Stakes Writing Prompts
Across grade levels, engaging and creative writing prompts encourage kids to explore their opinions, reflect on experiences, and build strong arguments.5 Ways to Include Writing in Reading Intervention
Writing sometimes gets short shrift in literacy education. These strategies help foster students’ reading and writing skills in tandem.148Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Movement to Teach Vocabulary
When students explore new words through movement, they understand them better, retain them longer, and feel more empowered to use them.3 Great Discussion Models for High School English
These models move beyond Socratic seminars to provide students with authentic, engaging class discussions.500Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Boosting Middle School Students’ Motivation to Read
To increase interest in reading, teachers can guide students to explore a variety of literacy approaches that support their development.420Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Ways to Support Students Who Struggle With Reading Comprehension
These strategies can help students who are able to decode well but have difficulty understanding what they read—and they’re beneficial for all students.43.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Here’s What the Science of Reading Looks Like in My High School Classroom
Teachers can design lessons around these five components to deepen student understanding of and engagement with reading material.Reading Aloud to Middle School Students
Hearing books read aloud benefits older students, enhancing language arts instruction and building a community of readers.45.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 Reading Strategies to Retire This Year (Plus 6 to Try Out!)
A look at a few popular literacy practices that shouldn’t make the cut—along with fresh strategies that experienced teachers and literacy experts recommend instead.26kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Which Reading Strategies to Try, and Which to Ditch
Research shows that some popular activities for reading instruction don’t actually result in more fluent readers—so we rounded up the most classroom-worthy ones.24.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Power of Therapy Dogs as Reading Partners
A certified reading therapy dog can empower reluctant readers and help all students make huge strides in reading—and they’re cute!Cultivating Deeper Understanding With a Comprehension Clash
In this engaging review activity, students learn to distill the most essential takeaway from a unit through reflection, revision, and debate.