This week, my students chose novels for literature circles. Under normal circumstances, I stack piles of books around my classroom and...

It started with First Chapter Fridays. Like many teachers, I was looking for ways to continue connecting with my middle school ELA...

Book reports and summaries are a thing of the past. Engage your middle and high school students with five book report alternatives that...

Tired of asking your students the same old question-and-answer, paper-and-pencil style reading comprehension questions? Here are five...

Let students design their own standards based projects, and watch the magic happen! As secondary ELA teachers, we often feel like in...

"We need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being...

Imagine being able to encourage your student readers from home. Even better, imagine your student readers encouraging other student...