ISO of quotes, essays, articles that speak to the importance of making art / creating / imagination during dark times. Let me know what you have and I'll share as well.
(also, still getting my footing around here and not sure with # s to use? #edusky #DisruptTexts #ELA ?)
(also, still getting my footing around here and not sure with # s to use? #edusky #DisruptTexts #ELA ?)
January 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
July 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Looking for a meaningful, memorable end-of-year project?
Here’s an idea from @biblio-phile.bsky.social—with some inspiration from @heymrsbond.com, @ncte.org, and @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social. 💡
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
Here’s an idea from @biblio-phile.bsky.social—with some inspiration from @heymrsbond.com, @ncte.org, and @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social. 💡
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
A Curation Project to End the School Year
Teachers can give students a creative opportunity to use their analytical skills and make meaningful connections to different forms of media.
edut.to
April 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Looking for a meaningful, memorable end-of-year project?
Here’s an idea from @biblio-phile.bsky.social—with some inspiration from @heymrsbond.com, @ncte.org, and @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social. 💡
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
Here’s an idea from @biblio-phile.bsky.social—with some inspiration from @heymrsbond.com, @ncte.org, and @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social. 💡
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
Collaborating with your school librarian can be even more enriching when you design a literacy project around a shared interest! Find out how. 📕⬇️
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
The Benefits of Collaborating With Your School Librarian
Working with a peer to develop projects for your students can enrich your instruction and support student engagement.
edut.to
July 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Collaborating with your school librarian can be even more enriching when you design a literacy project around a shared interest! Find out how. 📕⬇️
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
“Some of the best literacy learning can happen through collaboration among colleagues and peers,” @wordsimagesworlds.bsky.social says.
Here’s how he teamed up with his school’s media specialist to design a powerful student project pairing graphic novels and research. 📖
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
Here’s how he teamed up with his school’s media specialist to design a powerful student project pairing graphic novels and research. 📖
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
The Benefits of Collaborating With Your School Librarian
Working with a peer to develop projects for your students can enrich your instruction and support student engagement.
edut.to
July 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“Some of the best literacy learning can happen through collaboration among colleagues and peers,” @wordsimagesworlds.bsky.social says.
Here’s how he teamed up with his school’s media specialist to design a powerful student project pairing graphic novels and research. 📖
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
Here’s how he teamed up with his school’s media specialist to design a powerful student project pairing graphic novels and research. 📖
#EduSky #ITeachELA #TLSky
The trick to teaching middle schoolers irony? Picture books!
In her first article for Edutopia, educator Kim Howard explains how to use them. 📙📗📘
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
In her first article for Edutopia, educator Kim Howard explains how to use them. 📙📗📘
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
Teaching Irony in Middle School With Picture Books
Using picture books as mentor texts is the perfect way to teach verbal, dramatic, and situational irony to middle school students.
www.edutopia.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The trick to teaching middle schoolers irony? Picture books!
In her first article for Edutopia, educator Kim Howard explains how to use them. 📙📗📘
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
In her first article for Edutopia, educator Kim Howard explains how to use them. 📙📗📘
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
🌎🌍🌏 Celebrate Earth Day with some EcoPoetry! 🌱
Check out this blog post with ready to use poetry lessons for composing poems about the world around us.
www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2024/09...
#poetry #edtech #EcoFriendly #EarthDay #EduSky
Check out this blog post with ready to use poetry lessons for composing poems about the world around us.
www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2024/09...
#poetry #edtech #EcoFriendly #EarthDay #EduSky
15+ Free Lesson Activities For Teaching Ecopoetry & Climate Change Education
www.bookwidgets.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Words are magical, but also slippery and shape-shifting, educator Lydia Friedman Siddique realized with her students. 🔮
Here’s how she used a year-long word journal to help spark their interest in reading:
#literacy #ITeachELA
Here’s how she used a year-long word journal to help spark their interest in reading:
#literacy #ITeachELA
Teaching a Deeper Understanding of Language With a Yearlong Word Journal
Guiding elementary students to dive into learning about how a single word can boost their curiosity and vocabulary skills.
edut.to
July 19, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Words are magical, but also slippery and shape-shifting, educator Lydia Friedman Siddique realized with her students. 🔮
Here’s how she used a year-long word journal to help spark their interest in reading:
#literacy #ITeachELA
Here’s how she used a year-long word journal to help spark their interest in reading:
#literacy #ITeachELA
@mraleosays.bsky.social recently defended his dissertation, and I'm grateful that he now has a bit more time to engage in this particular kind of way. Highly recommended. #literacy #iteachELA #EduSky trevoraleo.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Welcome to Becoming Literary!
Reimagining how we teach language, literature, and literacies one stack at a time
trevoraleo.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:36 PM
@mraleosays.bsky.social recently defended his dissertation, and I'm grateful that he now has a bit more time to engage in this particular kind of way. Highly recommended. #literacy #iteachELA #EduSky trevoraleo.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Surprise and engage your middle school students with a medium that is sure to be not only accessible but also memorable as they learn and apply their knowledge of irony! 📖
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
Teaching Irony in Middle School With Picture Books
Using picture books as mentor texts is the perfect way to teach verbal, dramatic, and situational irony to middle school students.
www.edutopia.org
January 31, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Surprise and engage your middle school students with a medium that is sure to be not only accessible but also memorable as they learn and apply their knowledge of irony! 📖
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
#MiddleSchool #ITeachELA #EduSky
Take poetry outside! ☀️
Nature can spark creativity while helping elementary students grow as confident readers and writers.
#Literacy #ITeachELA
Nature can spark creativity while helping elementary students grow as confident readers and writers.
#Literacy #ITeachELA
A Field Trip Focused on Art and Poetry
Going outdoors can inspire elementary students to tap into their creativity and produce poems with a visual twist.
www.edutopia.org
July 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Take poetry outside! ☀️
Nature can spark creativity while helping elementary students grow as confident readers and writers.
#Literacy #ITeachELA
Nature can spark creativity while helping elementary students grow as confident readers and writers.
#Literacy #ITeachELA
Tired of class discussions of novels falling flat? Try rethinking your questioning—starting with SEL: edut.to/4nuJ6Zj
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
July 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Tired of class discussions of novels falling flat? Try rethinking your questioning—starting with SEL: edut.to/4nuJ6Zj
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
Ready, set, go! Reading instruction can be fun for everyone when you integrate movement and games. 📖
#literacy #ITeachELA
#literacy #ITeachELA
3 Games to Amp Up Reading Instruction
Gamifying literacy and phonics lessons teaches students valuable social-emotional skills, gives them regular movement breaks, and increases their engagement.
www.edutopia.org
June 19, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Ready, set, go! Reading instruction can be fun for everyone when you integrate movement and games. 📖
#literacy #ITeachELA
#literacy #ITeachELA
Deemphasize the final product. Reemphasize the process.
@mrsuteachestech.bsky.social shares short accountability measures that pause students while they work on their writing to reflect, refine, and occasionally recalibrate their thinking.
#literacy #ITeachELA
@mrsuteachestech.bsky.social shares short accountability measures that pause students while they work on their writing to reflect, refine, and occasionally recalibrate their thinking.
#literacy #ITeachELA
9 Simple Ways to Deter AI Use and Deepen Student Thinking
Activities that ask students to briefly pause and reflect before, during, and after they finish writing emphasize the importance of the process, rather than the final product.
www.edutopia.org
July 23, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Deemphasize the final product. Reemphasize the process.
@mrsuteachestech.bsky.social shares short accountability measures that pause students while they work on their writing to reflect, refine, and occasionally recalibrate their thinking.
#literacy #ITeachELA
@mrsuteachestech.bsky.social shares short accountability measures that pause students while they work on their writing to reflect, refine, and occasionally recalibrate their thinking.
#literacy #ITeachELA
⭐️ 7 things only English teachers understand!
What else would you add to this list?
#teacher #teachers #secondaryELA #teachergram #ELAteacher #iteachELA
What else would you add to this list?
#teacher #teachers #secondaryELA #teachergram #ELAteacher #iteachELA
January 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
⭐️ 7 things only English teachers understand!
What else would you add to this list?
#teacher #teachers #secondaryELA #teachergram #ELAteacher #iteachELA
What else would you add to this list?
#teacher #teachers #secondaryELA #teachergram #ELAteacher #iteachELA
Meet students where they are in their reading journeys. 📚
Teachers, here’s how you can support older struggling readers by using leveled texts.
#literacy #ITeachELA
Teachers, here’s how you can support older struggling readers by using leveled texts.
#literacy #ITeachELA
An Approach to Structured Literacy for Older Struggling Readers
Teachers can use AI to generate age-appropriate leveled texts that encourage reading skills development.
www.edutopia.org
July 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Meet students where they are in their reading journeys. 📚
Teachers, here’s how you can support older struggling readers by using leveled texts.
#literacy #ITeachELA
Teachers, here’s how you can support older struggling readers by using leveled texts.
#literacy #ITeachELA
Integrating SEL and Bloom’s taxonomy helped this ELA teacher bring her class conversations to life. 📖💬 Here’s how.
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
Adding an Emotional Dimension to Literary Analysis
Aligning SEL prompts with different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy gives students the opportunity to ask deeper questions about literature.
edut.to
July 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Integrating SEL and Bloom’s taxonomy helped this ELA teacher bring her class conversations to life. 📖💬 Here’s how.
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
#SEL #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
Using improv games in your high school English class can help students get more engaged with lessons *and* do it in a fun and creative setting. 🎭
#ELA #ITeachELA
#ELA #ITeachELA
Increasing Engagement With Improv Games
Teaching students improv techniques in ELA classes can help them avoid overthinking things and make risk-taking feel safe.
www.edutopia.org
June 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Using improv games in your high school English class can help students get more engaged with lessons *and* do it in a fun and creative setting. 🎭
#ELA #ITeachELA
#ELA #ITeachELA
When a neighboring teacher comes to see what all the excitement is about? That’s successful student engagement. 🏆
This activity is called “Philosophical Chairs,” and your students will keep requesting to do it.
#ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish #ELATeacher
This activity is called “Philosophical Chairs,” and your students will keep requesting to do it.
#ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish #ELATeacher
Philosophical Chairs Brings Out the Passion in ELA Classrooms
This low-prep, high-engagement activity prompts students to debate a question and critically examine their own and opposing positions.
www.edutopia.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
When a neighboring teacher comes to see what all the excitement is about? That’s successful student engagement. 🏆
This activity is called “Philosophical Chairs,” and your students will keep requesting to do it.
#ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish #ELATeacher
This activity is called “Philosophical Chairs,” and your students will keep requesting to do it.
#ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish #ELATeacher
Want to help your high school students approach their college essays with confidence and optimism?
Try writing conferences! ✍️
#literacy #ITeachELA
Try writing conferences! ✍️
#literacy #ITeachELA
Leveraging Writing Conferences in the College Essay Process
One-on-one talks allow teachers to build relationships with students while providing thoughtful feedback on their personal statements.
edut.to
August 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Want to help your high school students approach their college essays with confidence and optimism?
Try writing conferences! ✍️
#literacy #ITeachELA
Try writing conferences! ✍️
#literacy #ITeachELA
Attention high school English teachers—here’s how to eliminate “I don’t know” answers and decrease participation anxiety through simple improv games. 📚
#ELA #ITeachELA
#ELA #ITeachELA
Increasing Engagement With Improv Games
Teaching students improv techniques in ELA classes can help them avoid overthinking things and make risk-taking feel safe.
www.edutopia.org
June 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Attention high school English teachers—here’s how to eliminate “I don’t know” answers and decrease participation anxiety through simple improv games. 📚
#ELA #ITeachELA
#ELA #ITeachELA
This powerful project gets students flexing their creativity and analytical skills—as they make connections between their interests and course content. 💪
Teacher and Edutopia community facilitator @biblio-phile.bsky.social shares a guide.
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
Teacher and Edutopia community facilitator @biblio-phile.bsky.social shares a guide.
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
A Curation Project to End the School Year
Teachers can give students a creative opportunity to use their analytical skills and make meaningful connections to different forms of media.
edut.to
April 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This powerful project gets students flexing their creativity and analytical skills—as they make connections between their interests and course content. 💪
Teacher and Edutopia community facilitator @biblio-phile.bsky.social shares a guide.
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
Teacher and Edutopia community facilitator @biblio-phile.bsky.social shares a guide.
#PBL #ITeachEnglish #ITeachELA
In 2025, ditch the dull book reports and try these engaging assessment strategies that can improve comprehension and ignite a passion for reading. 🤩📚
@dalorleon.bsky.social gathered 6 ideas from the Edutopia community:
#literacy #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
@dalorleon.bsky.social gathered 6 ideas from the Edutopia community:
#literacy #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
6 Ways to Upgrade Old-School Book Reports
These creative alternatives to book reports can spark imaginations, boost comprehension, and reignite a love for reading.
edut.to
April 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In 2025, ditch the dull book reports and try these engaging assessment strategies that can improve comprehension and ignite a passion for reading. 🤩📚
@dalorleon.bsky.social gathered 6 ideas from the Edutopia community:
#literacy #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
@dalorleon.bsky.social gathered 6 ideas from the Edutopia community:
#literacy #ITeachELA #ITeachEnglish
Should I make the #ela #litteacher #iteachenglish feed? Or is one already going?
Is #iteachenglish or #iteachela better?
#ncte
@christienold.bsky.social @marcusluther.bsky.social @triciaebarvia.bsky.social @mombrava.bsky.social @slitrel.bsky.social
Is #iteachenglish or #iteachela better?
#ncte
@christienold.bsky.social @marcusluther.bsky.social @triciaebarvia.bsky.social @mombrava.bsky.social @slitrel.bsky.social
January 12, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Should I make the #ela #litteacher #iteachenglish feed? Or is one already going?
Is #iteachenglish or #iteachela better?
#ncte
@christienold.bsky.social @marcusluther.bsky.social @triciaebarvia.bsky.social @mombrava.bsky.social @slitrel.bsky.social
Is #iteachenglish or #iteachela better?
#ncte
@christienold.bsky.social @marcusluther.bsky.social @triciaebarvia.bsky.social @mombrava.bsky.social @slitrel.bsky.social
English teacher Elizabeth Galbreath provides a variety of linguistic frames and classroom discussion strategies that set students up for success when they’re being graded on their literary analysis. 📝
#ELATeacher #ITeachELA
#ELATeacher #ITeachELA
Helping Students Understand the Logic Behind Literary Analysis
A high school teacher describes how she teaches her students that disciplinary literacy is more than ‘fancy’ vocabulary.
www.edutopia.org
March 23, 2026 at 12:18 AM
English teacher Elizabeth Galbreath provides a variety of linguistic frames and classroom discussion strategies that set students up for success when they’re being graded on their literary analysis. 📝
#ELATeacher #ITeachELA
#ELATeacher #ITeachELA