Halloween Short Stories: Part Two
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated October 16, 2025 Welcome to the second part in my series on Halloween Short Stories. There were just too many great titles to share in one post! Halloween…
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Halloween Short Stories for Middle School
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Oct 16, 2025 If you have been following along with me on the blog for a while, you know my obsession with short stories. Add that to my…
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Introducing Edgar Allan Poe
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Oct 3, 2023 Welcome back to the third post in my series about introducing Edgar Allan Poe and incorporating his works into your ELA curriculum during the Halloween…
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Teaching the Tell Tale Heart
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Oct 3, 2023 Welcome back to the second post in my series featuring Edgar Allan Poe activities for the middle school classroom. As the Halloween season approaches, slipping…
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Trojan War Activities
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 If you have been around here for a while, you know that I really love teaching all about ancient history. Each year in seventh grade,…
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Reading Response Journals
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 I have been getting a lot of questions on Instagram lately about Reading Response Journals, and ways to implement them in the middle school and…
