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ELA Resources for Teachers
Our ELA resources integrate literacy skills development with social-emotional learning and civic education practices.
Professional Learning for ELA Educators
About Our ELA Resources
Designed for grades 6-12, our English Language Arts resources include a wide array of materials that will spark discussion and student engagement.
Our thematic collections feature text sets for multiple grade levels, unit planning guidance, classroom-ready handouts, and more.
We also offer teaching guides for a selection of longer works, poetry lessons, and teaching strategies that prioritize student writing and discussion.
Curriculum Planning & Thematic Collections
Borders & Belonging
Coming of Age in a Complex World
ELA Unit Planning Guide
Centering Student Voice and Choice: A Book Club Guide
Whole-School Read Guide: Foster a Literacy Community
Back to School: Building Community for Connection and Learning
Title-Specific Teaching Guides
Teaching Night
Teaching Mockingbird
Teaching Brown Girl Dreaming
Teaching Red Scarf Girl
Teaching Farewell to Manzanar
Teaching Warriors Don't Cry
Teaching Enrique's Journey
All-Community Read Guide: Being Heumann and Rolling Warrior
Wonder: A Whole-School Read Planning Guide
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Featured Lessons & Teaching Strategies
How to Bring Spoken Word Poetry into the Classroom
Reflecting on Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb"
Hardship and Hope: Teaching Amanda Gorman’s “New Day’s Lyric”
Sketch to Stretch
Say Something
Levels of Questions
Rapid Writing
Journals in the Classroom
Big Paper: Building a Silent Conversation
Socratic Seminar
Concentric Circles
Four Corners
Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World
Connect, Extend, Challenge
Create a Headline
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