Presto Plans

Middle High School English Language Arts Teacher.

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For me, the holidays are the perfect time to revisit some of my favorite Christmas stories! 🎄

This week, I’m sharing three of my favorite short stories to read in middle or early high ELA at Christmas.

Click below to check it out! #elateacher

https://t.co/Xv0SAR9t90

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The Mystery of the Missing Pumpkin Pie is one of my absolute favorite ways to celebrate Thanksgiving in the ELA classroom.🦃

I talk all about how to use this fun activity on the blog this week.

Click the link below to check it out! #iteachela

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I really believe that fiction is a powerful tool that can help people develop empathy for others.

One of my favorite novels for exploring this concept is Wonder by R.J. Palacio, which I talk about on the blog this week!

Click below to check it out! ⤵️

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⁠One of my favorite spooky short stories for Halloween is “Click-Clack the Rattlebag” by Neil Gaiman. 🎃⁠
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This week on the blog, I'm sharing my best tips for teaching it! ⤵️ #elateacher #iteachela
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https://t.co/7ajfK3HYa7

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In this week’s post, I share my step-by-step process for teaching A Sound of Thunder!

This futuristic tale focuses on a hunter named Eckels, who enlists the services of a company called Time Safari Inc. to travel back in time to hunt extinct animals. 🦖

https://t.co/yWpOHjRYs4

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This week on the blog, I’m sharing my top tricks and tips for making the most of "The Monkey’s Paw" in secondary ELA, which is the perfect horror story to teach around Halloween!

Click the link below to check out the post! #iteachenglish #elateacher

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Do you have a favorite short story to teach around Halloween? 🎃

This week on the blog, I’m sharing a fresh roundup of scary stories to share with middle and high school students in ELA class all year round—but especially at Halloween. #iteachela ⤵️

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This week on the blog, I’m sharing six of my favorite activities to help teach inference skills in middle school ELA (including the endlessly fascinating Buried Ship Mystery!) on the blog this week. 🔎

Click the link below to read the post! 😊

https://t.co/VxGK7MJCCz

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This week on the blog, I share four of my favorite brain break ideas for middle schoolers, including:

🧠 Idiom of the Week
🧠 Fact of the Day
🧠 Word Puzzles
🧠 Joke of the Week

Check out the post by clicking the link below! #iteachela

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Are you thinking of teaching your students about email etiquette? 📧
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This email writing resource comes with everything you need to teach students how to write effective emails in your classroom. 🙌🏻⁠

Click the link below to check it out! #iteachela 😊

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Many of our students haven’t yet mastered the art of sending an email, but they are highly motivated to learn!

This week on the blog, I share my approach for teaching email etiquette. #iteachela 😊

https://t.co/KCL4Pnigiu

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Looking to spruce up your classroom? ✨⁠

We just revamped this popular classroom display, which now includes 40 posters!

The Bonus Sale is ending, and today is the last day to get this at 25% off when you use the code BTSBONUS23 at checkout. 🛒⁠ ⁠

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BONUS SALE! 🚨

TPT is having their Back to School Bonus Sale today and tomorrow!

This means that everything in my store is marked down 25% when you use the code BTSBONUS23 at checkout. #iteachela

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They will need to look for text evidence, infer information, and use their close reading skills to find out who stole the Gerome garden gnome from Mrs. Henry's South Florida home! #iteachela #elateacher 🔍⁠
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Count down the days of the week with this FREE English 5-4-3-2-1. 🤩

Use this free resource to help students refine their ELA skills by completing 5 descending tasks from Monday-Friday. #iteachela #iteachenglish

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This week on the blog, I’ve rounded up five of my favorite ideas to freshen up your ELA classroom with intentional class decor, keeping your time and budget in mind.⁠ 😊⁠
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Click the link below to check out the post! #iteachenglish #elateacher
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The TPT Back to School Sale is ending tonight…⏰

Before it does, I wanted to share my favorite classroom decor that is 100% guaranteed to get your students' attention but also serves a purpose. ✨

Check out my English is Weird bulletin board below.

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If you’ve ever considered getting bell-ringers for your classroom, now is the perfect time to do so…

TPT is having their site-wide back-to-school sale, which means that all of my bell-ringer volumes are 25% off when you use the code BTS23 at checkout.

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