Instructional Strategies

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Stop Making these Seating Chart Mistakes / Moore English
Alison @ Learning At The Primary Pond - Writing Lessons | Reading Lessons for Teachers
Alison @ Learning At The Primary Pond - Writing Lessons | Reading Lessons for Teachers
According to the Sorting Hat, "ambition" is a Slytherin characteristic. In Julius Caesar and Macbeth, ambition plays a part in our heroes' downfalls. After all, ambition is a necessary ingredient in pursuing your goals and holding high expectations for yourself. When I was brainstorming and trying to think of my annual word of the year, I cycled through countless options. However, when I think of 2024, I think of two major goals: to complete both of those goals, I need ambition. Pre Writing, Writing Prompts, Macbeth Ambition, National Board Certification, Wordpress, Quick Writes, Metacognition, Sorting Hat, Julius Caesar
2 Reasons Ambition is My Word of the Year
According to the Sorting Hat, "ambition" is a Slytherin characteristic. In Julius Caesar and Macbeth, ambition plays a part in our heroes' downfalls. After all, ambition is a necessary ingredient in pursuing your goals and holding high expectations for yourself. When I was brainstorming and trying to think of my annual word of the year, I cycled through countless options. However, when I think of 2024, I think of two major goals: to complete both of those goals, I need ambition.
For the past few years, I have participated in the choosing a word to orient my year. Over and over again, I have heard myself saying and thinking, "It's important to protect the habit." In the context of school and teaching, I'm usually talking about protecting classroom habits. This includes classroom procedures and bell work. In my personal life, the habits I want to protect include exercising, sleeping, and organizing. High School Ela, High School English, I School, Classroom Ideas, Note Taking Strategies, Teacher Shortage, Visual Note Taking
My Word of the Year: Protect
For the past few years, I have participated in the choosing a word to orient my year. Over and over again, I have heard myself saying and thinking, "It's important to protect the habit." In the context of school and teaching, I'm usually talking about protecting classroom habits. This includes classroom procedures and bell work. In my personal life, the habits I want to protect include exercising, sleeping, and organizing.
Incorporating movement is an important part of developing engaging instruction. With meaningful, deliberate, and structured movement, students can benefit from spatial recall, collaboration, and development of their speaking and listening skills. Some of my favorite opportunities for meaningful motion in the classroom are essential to student engagement, to pairing movement with content, and to developing classroom community. With these strategies, teachers will have creative, fun lessons! Vocabulary Instruction, Academic Vocabulary, Vocabulary Games, High School Classroom, Middle School Teachers, Inspired Elementary, Student Presentation, High School Language Arts
How to Incorporate Movement in High School Language Arts
Incorporating movement is an important part of developing engaging instruction. With meaningful, deliberate, and structured movement, students can benefit from spatial recall, collaboration, and development of their speaking and listening skills. Some of my favorite opportunities for meaningful motion in the classroom are essential to student engagement, to pairing movement with content, and to developing classroom community. With these strategies, teachers will have creative, fun lessons!
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6 Texts for Introducing Biographical Criticism / Moore English
Data analysis as an important part of instruction and assessment. How you approach student data is an essential part of how growing as a teacher. Sometimes we fall into some tricky data fallacies. Here are three data traps I've fallen victim to, and here are the ways you can avoid them! When teachers avoid these three data fallacies, they are better able to conceptualize student growth, adjust instruction, and meet their goals! This cycle of data analysis helps students visualize their growth! Student Growth, Student Data, Comprehension Strategies, Student Writing, Reflective Practitioner, Writing Feedback
Are You Making These Mistakes in Data Analysis?
Data analysis as an important part of instruction and assessment. How you approach student data is an essential part of how growing as a teacher. Sometimes we fall into some tricky data fallacies. Here are three data traps I've fallen victim to, and here are the ways you can avoid them! When teachers avoid these three data fallacies, they are better able to conceptualize student growth, adjust instruction, and meet their goals! This cycle of data analysis helps students visualize their growth!
I usually introduce Marxist criticism after feminist criticism because students stumble over the "Marxist" title. Students know Karl Marx from their social studies classes, and they know about communism from reading The Crucible. Sometimes that leads students to believe that Marxist criticism is all about communism, so I spend a lot of time upfront addressing this misunderstanding. These 12 essays, poems, short stories, novels, and dramas will help you introduce Marxist criticism in high school! World Literature, Most Famous Poems, Social Studies Class, Drama Class, Literary Theory
10 Titles to Teach Marxist Criticism
I usually introduce Marxist criticism after feminist criticism because students stumble over the "Marxist" title. Students know Karl Marx from their social studies classes, and they know about communism from reading The Crucible. Sometimes that leads students to believe that Marxist criticism is all about communism, so I spend a lot of time upfront addressing this misunderstanding. These 12 essays, poems, short stories, novels, and dramas will help you introduce Marxist criticism in high school!
Teaching writing is one of the most meaningful, challenging, and important parts of teaching English language arts. Writing covers so much: informative texts, persuasive and argumentative writing, narrative, and organization. Finding meaningful resources for such a variety of content can be challenging, which is why I put all of this together for you. Now elementary, middle, and high school English teachers have a place for best practices in writing assessment and teaching the writing process!
Ideas for Teaching Writing #moore-english @moore-english.com
Teaching writing is one of the most meaningful, challenging, and important parts of teaching English language arts. Writing covers so much: informative texts, persuasive and argumentative writing, narrative, and organization. Finding meaningful resources for such a variety of content can be challenging, which is why I put all of this together for you. Now elementary, middle, and high school English teachers have a place for best practices in writing assessment and teaching the writing process!
Teaching reading is one of the most rewarding and challenging parts of being an English language arts teachers. Teaching reading (whether in elementary, middle, of high school) involves so many skills, including close reading, context clues, word work, text structure, inference, theme, plot, story elements, figurative language, point of view, and synthesis. For this reason, I've put together a collection of best practices for teachers eager to help students engage in meaningful texts and love it
Ideas for Teaching Reading #mooreenglish @moore-englis.com
Teaching reading is one of the most rewarding and challenging parts of being an English language arts teachers. Teaching reading (whether in elementary, middle, of high school) involves so many skills, including close reading, context clues, word work, text structure, inference, theme, plot, story elements, figurative language, point of view, and synthesis. For this reason, I've put together a collection of best practices for teachers eager to help students engage in meaningful texts and love it
Choosing classroom discussion strategies can be tricky because discussion is a cornerstone of reading literature. Each time students interact with a text, they engage in a conversation that began long before they will born and will continue long after graduation. My favorite discussion strategies engage students across the board. Students make unique (and sometimes unexpected) contributions during classroom discussion. For this reason, teachers have to carefully choose discussion strategies Discussion Strategies, Discussion Topics, Anticipation Guide, Classroom Discussion, Awkward Silences, Reading Literature
4 Easy Discussion Strategies for HS ELA
Choosing classroom discussion strategies can be tricky because discussion is a cornerstone of reading literature. Each time students interact with a text, they engage in a conversation that began long before they will born and will continue long after graduation. My favorite discussion strategies engage students across the board. Students make unique (and sometimes unexpected) contributions during classroom discussion. For this reason, teachers have to carefully choose discussion strategies
Teaching writing and teaching the writing process are some of the most important parts of being an English language arts teacher. As an English teacher, these are the 8 myths I know that every teacher needs to combat in order to help students be successful writers and critical thinkers. This includes using evidence, brainstorming, being ethical writers, avoiding academic dishonesty, and emphasizing creativity . Writing Resources, Teaching Writing, Student Teaching, Teaching English, Ela Writing, Teaching Grammar, Middle School Ela
8 Myths to Overcome in Teaching Writing #mooreenglish
Teaching writing and teaching the writing process are some of the most important parts of being an English language arts teacher. As an English teacher, these are the 8 myths I know that every teacher needs to combat in order to help students be successful writers and critical thinkers. This includes using evidence, brainstorming, being ethical writers, avoiding academic dishonesty, and emphasizing creativity .
Meaningful movement promotes collaboration and cooperation. The motion also provides students with opportunities to refocus and readjust. Plus, associating learning with movement is a great retrieval strategy. Gallery walks have become one of my favorite strategies for meaningful movement. Gallery walks promote motion but not chaos. The clear procedure keeps students feeling safe enough to take academic risks. Gallery walks promote collaboration. Teachers can easily differentiate too!
6 Great Ways to Use Gallery Walks in Language Arts
Meaningful movement promotes collaboration and cooperation. The motion also provides students with opportunities to refocus and readjust. Plus, associating learning with movement is a great retrieval strategy. Gallery walks have become one of my favorite strategies for meaningful movement. Gallery walks promote motion but not chaos. The clear procedure keeps students feeling safe enough to take academic risks. Gallery walks promote collaboration. Teachers can easily differentiate too!
The more often you practice modifying and abridging a text, the more comfortable you will become. In particular, I now know exactly what I want an abridged or modified text to look like. For example, I prefer to have the text on one side of the page and guiding questions on the other. More importantly, there's really no wrong way to start abridging or modifying a text. Sometimes the best learning comes from practice! Response To Intervention, Guiding Questions, Summative Assessment, Instructional Strategies, Surefire, What I Want, Differentiation, One Sided, Learners
Abridge a Text When You See These 4 Surefire Signs
The more often you practice modifying and abridging a text, the more comfortable you will become. In particular, I now know exactly what I want an abridged or modified text to look like. For example, I prefer to have the text on one side of the page and guiding questions on the other. More importantly, there's really no wrong way to start abridging or modifying a text. Sometimes the best learning comes from practice!