Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchVisual Essays: A Writing Assignment Your Students will Actually Like - 218
Writing essays may not sound like the most exciting activity to your middle school students, but Caitlin and Jessica have a unique idea to freshen up…
3 years, 2 months ago
Monday Mindset: Rejection is Protection
Oftentimes things don’t go our way, and we feel like things aren’t working out for us. Instead of feeling like a failure, try switching your mindset.…
3 years, 2 months ago
Two-Voice Poetry (You're Going to Want to Try This!) - 217
In this final episode in our four-part series about poetry, Caitlin and Jessica discuss Two Voice Poetry. This activity will help your students pract…
3 years, 2 months ago
Monday Mindset: Our Thoughts
Our thoughts are harmless unless we believe them to be true. If we can look at thoughts as neither being negative or positive, we can decide if we wa…
3 years, 2 months ago
Bonus Episode: Write Sample Essays with Chat GPT
One of the best ways to help improve your students’ writing is to provide them with solid mentor texts. When students examine a well-written sample e…
3 years, 2 months ago
Hook Your Students with Interactive Poetry Analysis - 216
While some students (and even teachers) may consider reading poetry to be like watching paint dry, it doesn’t have to be! Caitlin and Jessica share a…
3 years, 2 months ago
Monday Mindset: Margin for Miracles
We all have something that holds us back in life such as control or perfectionism. However, if you feel called to live up to being your higher self, …
3 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Episode: Create Essential Questions with Chat GPT
Do you struggle to differentiate writing for your students? It can be tough and certainly time-consuming to create multiple essential questions to di…
3 years, 3 months ago
March Madness Poetry Brackets - 215
There’s nothing wrong with a little competition, right? In today’s episode, Caitlin and Jessica share a super-engaging March Madness Poetry activity …
3 years, 3 months ago
Monday Mindset: Never Question the Decision
Once you make a decision you must stick to it. There is no room for gray areas. Never question it. You just do it. So think about where you can apply…
3 years, 3 months ago