Welcome to my english classroom!
My name is Ms. L., and welcome to my high school English classroom! Here you’ll find all sorts of resources dedicated to encouraging literacy in literature, writing, and technology.
Ms. L. is a third year education major studying in the south suburbs of Chicago. Her ultimate goal is to teach high school English. Classroom experiences include observation in middle and high school classrooms.
Literacy Strategy Topics
Reading and Comprehension
Writing
Vocabulary
Discourse
Digital Projects
all Resource Links
Reading and Comprehension:
- Cultivating Reflection and Metacognition, from UM LSA (link to PDF)
- Reading/Evidence Log Worksheets and Resources, from TCC (link to webpage)
- 8th Grade Dystopian Literature Unit Overview (link to pdf)
- Lit Circle Role Sheets Template (link to pdf)
- Graphic Organizers for Non-Fiction (link to pdf)
- Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension (link to pdf)
Writing:
- 5-Minute Writing Conferences, from Edutopia (link to webpage)
- Writing Conference Question Guide and Peer Response Guide (link to pdf)
- Peer Revision Checklist with a Final Essay Rubric (link to pdf)
- Peer Review Questions to Consider (link to webpage)
- Peer Review Checklist for Informative Essay (link to pdf)
Vocabulary:
- Bulletin Board-Sized Word Walls, from Reading Rockets (link to pdf)
- Wordsmith AWAD, appropriate for middle and high school (link to webpage)
Discourse:
- Facilitating Student-Led Discussion, from ReadWriteThink (link to webpage)
- Socratic Seminars, from ReadWriteThink (link to webpage)
- 5 Other Ways to Facilitate Engaged Classroom Discussions, from Edutopia (link to webpage)
- Book Trailer Project Step-by-Step Guide (link to webpage)
- Book Report Alternative: Book Trailer, from ReadWriteThink (link to webpage)
- Book Talk Assignment Description (link to pdf)
- Book Review Template, a good starting point, from ReadWriteThink (link to webpage)
Digital Projects:
- Teaching With Blogs, from ReadWriteThink (link to webpage)
- Teacher Tips for Blogging Projects (link to pdf)
- Blog About a Teacher Who Used Blog Projects in Her Classroom (link to webpage)
- Link to Research n Ramblings, a Blog I Created Specifically for School (link to webpage)
- Crash Course for Edublog (link to YouTube video)
- Statistics Survey Project (link to pdf)
- “Turn a Good Survey Into a Great Survey” from Snap Surveys (link to webpage)
- Design a Survey, from Science Buddies (link to webpage)
- The Google Way: Give Engineers Room, from NY Times (link to webpage)
- The 20% Project in Education (link to webpage)
- 20% Project Ideas (link to pdf)
Research and Ramblings 