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The Engaging ELA Classroom
Twenty-Five Essential Practices to Inspire Secondary Students
Equipped with 25 essential practices, educators can use this guide to reinvigorate their ELA classrooms. These strategies cultivate engagement and independent learning, helping students strengthen literary analysis of texts, pursue inquiries, and cultivate their voice as readers and writers.
Vital strategies for student engagement and literacy
What if your ELA classroom could spark deeper and more meaningful learning? Authors Beth Pandolpho and Margaret Lane Dunne offer 25 foundational learning opportunities for student engagement and self-directed learning. This practical resource helps educators foster student choice, allowing secondary students to develop their authentic voice through critical reading and literary analysis. Research based and standards aligned, these practices support life skills learning and are adaptable to any curricular framework.
Grades 6–12 teachers can use this book to:
- Design classroom-ready, standards-based learning experiences that prioritize student relationships, belonging, and a supportive classroom community
- Create opportunities for scaffolding and differentiation
- Foster student independence through project-based learning
- Deepen literary analysis skills through shared reading and collaboration
- Help students explore their own questions and goals through inquiry-based learning
