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How to manage a classroom—without failing miserably

How to manage a classroom—without failing miserably

I failed at classroom management: The scenario There are kids swinging from the rafters. Spitballs and scrunched up worksheets flying across the room. You are pretty sure there are some kids doing shifty things in the back, but hell if you want to know. Your ears are bleeding from the noise level, and you are damn sure no one can… Read More

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Essay revision stations for high school- revising without complaint!

Essay revision stations for high school- revising without complaint!

One of my biggest issues as an English teacher is getting my students to revise their essays. It felt like I was wasting time reading each of their essays carefully, giving constructive feedback, and handing them back—only to receive an “revised” essay with maybe a word or two that was new.  It felt like pulling teeth.  And I get it…. Read More

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How to Make Money Blogging Your First Month

How to Make Money Blogging Your First Month

This post may contain affiliate links. To learn more, check out my Disclosure and Privacy Policy page. My first month of blogging was August. And I made money. I thought it was going to be a long and complicated process, but I had studied up from other bloggers and looking at their income reports, and learned what I needed to… Read More

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How to get beautiful blog photos and not go broke in 2019

How to get beautiful blog photos and not go broke in 2019

A E S T H E T I C S. That is what I think of when I look for beautiful pictures for my blog. But the problem is, I am absolute trash at taking aesthetically pleasing pictures. I can barely take pictures of my cats properly, let alone beautiful blog photos. And who has the time? I am a… Read More

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Use Anticipation Guides to Amp Up Engagement

Use Anticipation Guides to Amp Up Engagement

Have you ever been handed a novel by your supervisor and told you have to teach it this year? I know I have, and it was a novel I spark noted as a teen in school myself. This got me thinking, if I, a self-declared book addict, couldn’t stomach the idea of reading a book that sounded boring, how could… Read More

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A Very Pinterest Death

Pinterest is where I go to die.  Creatively, that is.  It seems everywhere I look teachers have pinterest perfect classrooms. The walls are painted, the desks perfectly arranged, and all the decorations in the world seem to be crammed into a small classroom. First thing that runs through my mind is usually—holy crap, how cute. Quickly followed by how the… Read More

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Teacher without a classroom: How I Floated my first year teaching

Teacher without a classroom: How I Floated my first year teaching

My first year as a teacher I was given that devastating news: I was going to be a floating teacher. For those not aware, floating is where a school hires a teacher but does not have a classroom available for them. So the teacher must float through other teachers’ classroom during their prep time.  For me, this meant three uncomfortable… Read More

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