English & Language Arts Teacher BlogThis blog is for secondary English, ELA, and language arts teachers filled with lesson plans, humor, product recommendations, teaching ideas, tips, and tricks and much more! 3/26/24:Â Helping student writers grow, taking care of yourself, and some more motivation!3/26/2024 Is it summer yet? 🤣 But First, A Chuckle! Student: Did we do anything while I was absent? Teacher: Nope we just sat here waiting for your victorious return. Helpful Stuff Here’s a fantastic tip to help you help your students improve their writing: Set goals (and personalized individual goals) for each student and each writing assignment. Instead of trying to cover everything in one single writing assignment, perhaps the student can focus on writing 3 paragraphs with great topic sentences and supporting details after. That way you and your students don’t get so overwhelmed! Recommendations This fantastic episode of The Ed Mylett podcast really reminds us about the importance of self-care and not putting our needs behind those of the ones we love. A powerful quote from the episode: “And so there's a difference between loving somebody and accepting them. My great friends, I tell 'em all the time, man, I love you. I believe in you, but I don't want 'em to accept all my stuff. I want them to expect of me better than I'm doing. I want them to believe in me and love me so much that they see the version of me I could be that I'm capable of becoming. I think that's what a great friend does.” Check it out here on Spotify: “14 Signs You Don’t Love Yourself Enough” A Little InspiratioN Because our headspace matters when we are trying to show up as our best selves for our students, our loved ones, and ourselves! The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. -Socrates As always, please forward this to any teacher that could benefit from this message and help spread the love!
The goal of these messages is to help ourselves improve—for our students, for our loved ones, and for ourselves. You can always reply to this message or message us on Facebook here! Keep changing the world! Charlie with Shining Scholar Education P.S.: Looking to monetize your educational content? Consider joining our TPT Affiliate Program for 25% commissions here! Want to join our email list? Click below! MS ELAR teachers Click here! HS ELAR teachers Click here! And check out our TPT store here! We’re excited to be back! Helpful StuffI just found this incredible YouTube video from an English teacher on how to keep students engaged in writing all year by focusing on a topic they are passionate about. The central concept is having students write in multiple genres about an interesting topic they choose at the beginning of the year, in order to ensure engagement. Teach writing with the passion paper project where it's year-long writing on one topic covering different genres of writing Check out the video below for more details! RecommendationsOur spring sale with 15% off EVERYTHING in our store starts today! We would really appreciate it if you would take pictures of any of our products that you love, share it on social media, & tag us in your posts on Instagram as @shining_scholar_education and Facebook as Shining Scholar Education! Because through helping others, we all win! A Little InspiratioN Because our headspace matters when we are trying to show up as our best selves for our students, our loved ones, and ourselves! Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. -Zen Proverb As always, please forward this to any teacher that could benefit from this message and help spread the love!
The goal of these messages is to help ourselves improve—for our students, for our loved ones, and for ourselves. You can always reply to this message or message us on Facebook here! Keep changing the world! Charlie with Shining Scholar Education P.S.: Looking to monetize your educational content? Consider joining our TPT Affiliate Program for 25% commissions here! Want to join our email list? Click below! MS ELAR teachers Click here! HS ELAR teachers Click here! And check out our TPT store here! Almost Spring Break—not that we’re counting down the days or anything, lol. Helpful StufFI’m sure you have all heard about (or have used) Canva by now! This awesome online software lets you create great resources for teaching and can also use it to assess student learning! These are the 2 best videos I’ve found: Get Creative with Canva for Teachers Hope it helps! If you have any additional resources for Campa that would help other teachers please reply to this email and we will include them in future emails. Thanks! Try it out and let us know how it goes! Don’t forget to tag us in your posts on Instagram as @shining_scholar_education and Facebook as Shining Scholar Education! Who knows how you might inspire other teachers --because through helping others, we all win! RecommendationsWe’re excited because our entire TPT store will be on sale for 15% off EVERYTHING from March 19-21, 2024, during our 2024 Spring Sale —so mark your calendars! You can add items directly to your TPT cart or your teacher wish list and although currently there's no way to directly share your teacher wish list, here is a great article on how to create a ClassFund campaign to get the products you want! You can also sort our amazing products by resource type, grade level, subject area, and more to find exactly what you need! Thank you for supporting our small, teacher-run business! A Little Inspiration Because our headspace matters when we are trying to show up as our best selves for our students, our loved ones, and ourselves!  NOTE: We’re taking a break next week for Spring Break but we’ll be back in your inbox on Tuesday 3/19/24.
Enjoy your break, whenever that is! 🙂🙌 As always, please forward this to any teacher that could benefit from this message and help spread the love! The goal of these messages is to help ourselves improve—for our students, for our loved ones, and for ourselves. You can always reply to this message or message us on Facebook here! Keep changing the world! Charlie with Shining Scholar Education P.S.: Looking to monetize your educational content? Consider joining our TPT Affiliate Program for 25% commissions here! Want to join our email list? Click below! MS ELAR teachers Click here! HS ELAR teachers Click here! And check out our TPT store here! |
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