Mar 18, 2025
In this episode of Two Middle School ELA Teachers by ELA Core Plans, Shannon shares a fun and competitive review game called "Sink or Swim" that’s perfect for engaging middle school students in ELA practice. Learn how to use this game to review important concepts like comma rules, test prep, and more. Shannon also...
Mar 4, 2025
Test prep season is here, and middle school ELA teachers know the struggle—students zoning out while reading passage after passage. In this episode, we’re sharing high-impact comprehension strategies that actually work! We’ll talk about five strategies that that work for fiction and nonfiction to help students...
Feb 19, 2025
Grading essays can be overwhelming, especially with a large class. In this episode, I share how I used ChatGPT to provide detailed, consistent, and unbiased feedback on my middle school students' writing. I’ll walk you through the exact process I used, how it saved me hours of grading time, and why my students...
Feb 4, 2025
In this episode of Two Middle School ELA Teachers, Shannon takes you through an engaging, hands-on activity called "The Great Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt"—perfect for introducing nonfiction to your middle school students. Say goodbye to zoning out during note-taking and hello to interactive stations that keep students...
Jan 14, 2025
Episode Description:
Get your students up and moving with this fun and engaging ELA
activity! In this episode, we’re diving into the Context
Clue Walk About, where students work in pairs to decipher
word meanings using context clues in a hands-on, interactive way.
Learn how to set it up, teach context clue strategies...