Teaching Middle School ELA Podcast
1) Episode 356: Stop Staring at the Mountain in Front of You: Do This Instead
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Feeling overwhelmed by everything on your plateâlesson planning, grading, or just making it through the week? Youâre not alone. In this Tuesday episode, Cait...Show More
2) Episode 355: ELA Games Series: Why Bluffing Might Be the Most Fun Way to Practice ELA
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Today on the Teaching Middle School ELA Podcast, weâre bringing you one of our favorite high-energy classroom activities: The Bluff Game â Language Arts Edit...Show More
3) Episode 354: ChatGPT Series: 3 ChatGPT Shortcuts Every ELA Teacher Needs to Save Hours on Prep
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Tired of spending endless hours planning, grading, and creating materials? In todayâs episode, Caitlin shares three powerful ways to use ChatGPT to cut prep ...Show More
4) Episode 353: The Shortcut Narrative Unit: How to Get Powerful Stories in Just 10 Days
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Narrative writing is such an important skill for middle schoolersâbut letâs be honest, it often feels like it takes forever to teach. Before you know it, wee...Show More
5) Episode 352: ChatGPT Series: Differentiation Without the Extra Work
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Differentiation doesnât have to mean staying up late making three different versions of the same lesson. In this weekâs Teaching Middle School episode, I sha...Show More
6) Episode 351: Balancing Creative and Academic Writing in the Middle School Classroom
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! How do we strike the right balance between fun, engaging creative writing and the academic writing skills our students need to succeed? In this episode, let'...Show More
7) Episode 350: ChatGPT Series: Communication & Admin Tasks Made Easier
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Emails, newsletters, behavior documentation⊠oh my! Communication and admin tasks can easily eat up hours of your weekâbut they donât have to. In todayâs epi...Show More
8) Episode 349: Scaffolding Evidence: How to Help Students Choose Quotes That Actually Work
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Ever had a student pick a random quote just because it âsounded goodâ? đ Youâre not alone! In todayâs episode of Teaching Middle School ELA, I talked about ...Show More
9) Episode 348:ChatGPT Series: Planning Support Without the Overwhelm
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Planning doesnât have to feel overwhelming. In todayâs episode of Teaching Middle School ELA, I am sharing how ChatGPT can be your planning partnerâhelping y...Show More
10) Episode 347: From Summary to Justification: Teaching Students to Go Beyond the Obvious
Iâd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Todayâs episode tackles a challenge every ELA teacher knows well: getting students to move beyond simply summarizing a text and into true analysis. This epis...Show More