by Language Arts Lady | Aug 1, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode (and the next—two parter!), I have a blast teaching about a story writing technique that I came up with years ago (I’m sure others thought of it too!) called the Twice-Told Tale. (Some of my early books...
by Language Arts Lady | Jul 26, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I geek out on ways to order parts of speech teaching (and whether there are 8, 10, 12, or more parts of speech!) and I give tips on how to teach articles/noun markers. Grammarians, handbook authors, and style...
by Language Arts Lady | Jul 19, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In episode #20, I explain how to choose a passage to give your students as a writing source. Moreover, I explain what a writing source should look like for your students—from the number of paragraphs to the complexity of...
by Language Arts Lady | Jul 12, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In episode #19, I teach how to use a weekly (or daily!) grammar quiz as part of your language arts study. An ongoing grammar quiz in which students easily and incrementally memorize important grammar terms is the answer that I...
by Language Arts Lady | Jul 5, 2021 | How I Teach
Welcome to HIT—How I Teach….In this episode, I continue teaching about using a checklist for revising reports, essays, and stories—including how to teach students to code their edits and changes for quick and thorough grading. I do this with a...
