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By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 8, 2023 Text Mapping is an excellent strategy to help students understand challenging text. Through this hands-on approach, students learn to mark up text while practicing key…
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is one of my very favorite novels to teach. I sometimes struggle with engaging my struggling middle school boys, and the male protagonist and survival theme really…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Feb 29, 2024 short stories for middle school learners When teaching grades 7-9 English, our short story unit is the one I look forward to most. Short stories…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 Today is my second post in my series on independent reading. In my first post, I talked all about Independent Silent Reading and why it…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 Today we talk all about Independent Silent Reading. Also, I share why it is so important, and why it needs to be included in your…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 11, 2024 Through my last three posts on the Interactive Read Aloud, I hope I have inspired you to try them out in your classroom. In my…