“Fine” Writing Activities for Grade 6
HMH Collections is often a difficult textbook for students to understand, so here are some helpful hints on how you can teach this great story by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Sunday Night Lesson Planning Blues
Sunday Night Lesson planning blues for middle school English Language Arts classes, especially on Sunday nights, can be exhausting. Especially if you are trying something new – a new unit, a new teaching approach, a new story or a new writing technique. To help...
Vocabulary Word Games to Play with Middle Schoolers
Vocabulary word games to play with middle schoolers- Word Work, Vocabulary Diction. All of these terms make learning new words so borrring! That’s why these 5 word games to play with middle schoolers will make your ELA class a lot more engaging. Vocabulary study...
“Black Ships Before Troy” Excerpt Activities
Activities for Black Ships Before Troy grade 6: It is important to engage students when reading this rigorous text. It has a lexile level of 1220. This is several grade levels above the independent 6th grade reading level; therefore, the more preparation…