Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

These teaching topic sentences lessons cover four types of topic sentences: If...Then, Even though, Since, and When. Download the FREE practice activity, too!

Use Mentor Sentences in your ELA middle school classroom to improve student writing! Find practical ideas to teach writing skills.

Create a classroom of writers with these fun writing activities for middle school students! There's something for everyone!

As middle school ELA teachers, we all want to work to empower our young writers. They often come to us a little shaky, a little unsure. Teaching students--SHOWING THEM--that writing is a process can help middle school writers to build confidence and skill. Ultimately, our job as ELA teachers is not to teach students to scaffold and support students to write a singular essay. Our job is to give students the tools to become WRITERS beyond our classrooms. That means giving students the tools to…

Sentence Starters and Transitions Anchor Chart for Informational Writing! Helps Grade 1-3 students transition from their topic sentence, to points, facts, and closing. Great support for independent writing.

A great blog of secondary English teachers helping you find great ideas to enhance your classroom!

I recently just finished my first set of Middle School Mentor Sentences to teach grammar. As I’ve started talking about and posting about Mentor Sentences, I’ve realized that most teachers fall into the following categories when it comes to implementing mentor sentences: I have no idea what mentor sentences are, but I am intrigued now. I ... Read more

These writing prompts are grade for upper elementary and junior high/middle school students! Use them to help prepare students for writing essays! #tpt #teacherspayteachers #writing #wouldyourather #prompts #writingprompts #elementary #juniorhigh #middleschool #ela #languagearts #ell #esl #english