English & Language Arts Teachers

Debate happening between my colleagues right now....does listening to audiobooks count as reading? I've been listening to Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong on Audible but apparently some people thin… more

I've wanted to be an English teacher since middle school, but I just started student teaching and I'm feeling totally disillusioned. I'm student teaching at a low income school and the tea… more

What are you reading for pleasure over the break? I'm starting Botanical Folktales of Britain and Ireland.

I'm 24 and will be teaching my first HS English class in January. What do you wish you knew on the first day of teaching? And what are some really strong ways to start the year? I'm teaching 9… more

Is hangman still appropriate? I've been doing some holiday themed spelling and word search games all week to finish up the day, and today admin warned me that a parent complained about her child p… more

hello there! i’m newbie here!! i need advice on my title proposal:(

Any English teachers in here have recommendations for great high school age books/authors? For the first time since I started teaching 5 years ago my admin is not only asking me but requiring me to ad… more

What do you assign for homework over winter break? Or do you support this new generation of no-homework educators? I always send kids home with a book list to choose something off of and a project to … more

What's the best present you've gotten from students or parents? I love when students bring me punny English or grammar joke gifts. I got an I before E mug last year and I use it all the time �… more

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Best book YOU read in high school (for me that's a shocking amount of years ago) and why it was the best! Go!

Is anyone else a first year teacher here?

Have you ever written a personal project? Before I started teaching I wanted to be a novelist and secretly that dream is still alive! How many of us have worked on or are working on some outside-of-sc… more

Has anyone tried Empowering Writers?

Anyone else feel like their students are seriously behind where they should be? I'm really discouraged by my kids critical reading and comprehension development, and it feels like we need to go ba… more

I feel like we're affected more than anyone else (except maybe history teachers) by the censorship and critical theory debate. Dealing with books coming on and off the banned list and angry parent… more

I'm getting presents for the other English teachers at school, but a STEM teacher in my hall found out and now I feel like I've hurt her feelings. I wasn't trying to exclude anyone, I just… more

What are you or the district using to challenge Gifted & Talented students in reading, L/A for RTI ? Vocabulary? Does your district use SORA in library?

NOT ELA, but ELA... How do you handle 504 meetings when you are not in agreement with what the parents claim is necessary. And the requests are specific to MY class and assignments.

“Teaching is not a 9-5 job, it can’t be, even if you’re the most effective teacher…”

Agree or disagree? Heard an admin say this (generally have a good relationship with them) and am curious for input…

I’m a high school English teacher who’s suddenly teaching one section of Honors English 7, I’ve Ed NEVER taught 7th grade before, in over 30 years of teaching. I’d like to encourage reading by reading… more

What are some projects you’ve had students do to show the influence of classical works in a genre?

What are some reading centers you do with your 5th - 6th graders while you pull a small group?

Are any of the ELA teachers here also directing school plays, either by choice or by obligation?

I happily directed three plays a year for all 28 years of my career, but I know some teachers get "… more

How do you best support your students who do not speak English? I have four ELL’s in my 6th grade ELA class and they don’t receive push-in or pull-out Bilingual support during my class. Do you pull th… more

Are there any schools in the US that follow the British education system? Asking for my SO as she has experience teaching English lit in the UK.
Thank you!

The skills & academic stamina of students in adv. classes are the lowest my colleagues and I have ever seen across ALL subjects. Students also seem not to care about the quality of their work, goa… more

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Upper elementary teachers: when you do read alouds, do you read a whole chapter to the class each day, or do you just read for a set number of minutes?- I.e: 10 minutes a day. (Please factor in books … more

I read about the banning of “Anne Frank” and “Maus” and I got a sinking feeling in my soul. Anyone out there have any thoughts on this? Does this call “Fahrenheit 451” to anyone else’s mind, or am I… more

What sections do you have students create in their reader/writer notebooks, if any? Alternatively, do you find it easier for kids to go in chronological order from beginning to end of notebook and not… more

How do you engage your students in more reading outside of what is required in the classroom? With each passing year I am finding an ever shrinking population of students, including honors students, w… more

I'm assigned to teach an 8th grade Modern Film & Literature elective F2F -- I've been teaching online with an established curriculum for the past two years, and I'm a history person-- not so much a literary guru, or modern for… more

Which of Shakespeare’s comedies works best with grades 9-10? I really like “Twelfth Night” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” I’m wondering if anyone has ever used “The Taming of the Shrew” or “The Merc… more

How many of you have a set curriculum and how many of you get to choose the literature/create your own content? Which do you prefer?

What’s the consensus on CRT in this bowl?