A great book for grades 5-8 with a 730L, The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen is a wonderful historical fiction novel that can be used to...

Conflict is essential to any story because let's be real, without it there is no story! This video is excellent for novice writers,...

This year I am trying out interactive notebooks in my language arts classroom. I got the idea from a team of science teachers at my...

Recently, I had the pleasure of reading the graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time. I loved it so much the next day I started...

The fifth video in my Elements of Literature Series. Resolution! In this video I discuss where the resolution should take place in the...

This is video 4 of 5 in my Elements of Literature Series. Conflict is the problem in the story and, quite frankly, without it you don't...

This is video 3 of 5 in the Elements of Literature Series. In short plot is the sequence of events in a story, but in actuality it is so...

This is the 2nd video of 5 in the Elements of Literature Series. In this video I explore setting which is composed of time and place,...

This video is the first in a series of five regarding the Elements of Literature. We start the series with all you need to know about...

I've been teaching for 7 years now and have taught grades 5-8. Over the years, I've used various novels in my middle school language arts...