by Language Arts Lady | Nov 8, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I delve into the concept of a lengthy, thorough, and useful prepositions list for students. Prepositions lists usually consist of a jingle, rhyme, or chant that involves memorizing 20-30 prepositions. When...
by Language Arts Lady | Nov 2, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I share how I teach a character analysis using a simple two-paragraph model for high school students. Character analysis can be difficult to teach—students often do not grasp what they are looking for in a...
by Language Arts Lady | Oct 25, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I take the concept of writing essays and join it with a little research, a quote or two, a formulaic approach (three paragraphs/three topics), and boom—we have an assignment that spans many levels of...
by Language Arts Lady | Oct 18, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, the question and answer format is utilized for elementary and middle school writers to write Christmas decoration paragraphs. In the question and answer format, the student is given one paragraph passages to...
by Language Arts Lady | Oct 5, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this second part (of two) episodes, I teach the important skill of editing student writing. Editing student writing is a skill that teachers can achieve through years and years of practice. It takes some nuancing to truly...