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This is where I share my experiences from my high school ELA classroom. To contact me for permission to use any material on this blog, email me at marilynyung@gmail.com. Feel free to share and comment so we can get to know each other!
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This book by James Swanson can help you teach kids how to link their ideas within a story, argument, or informative article. If you need a mentor text you can read with middle grade students to teach not only transition words, but transition IDEAS, check out Chasing Lincoln’s Killer and read my blog post with photos of several of these examples. See link in bio for my latest post. • • • • • #reading #writing #english #teachers #teachersofinstagram @scholasticinc #books #middleschool #transitions

Just being honest here: the first time you teach a novel is tough. Still, The Red Badge of Courage should not be overlooked. Click link in bio for my post with resources. #books #reading #education #teachersofinstagram #americanliterature

I designed a new 9/11 lesson plan that uses personal artifacts from Ground Zero to connect the attacks to individual lives lost. I hope it provides a new lens through which students can view the tragedy, which many of my students (sadly) seem to be tired of learning about. Sept. 11th isn’t just about facts, dates and statistics. It’s about the loss of innocent human life. Click link in bio to read my latest blog post about this mini-unit. • • • • • #september11 #education #teaching #teachersofinstagram #highschool #newyorkcity #english #teacher #lessonplans #creativehighschoolenglish

Been writing quite a bit lately about what we do in class. Read more on @medium and also on my blog, www.elabraveandtrue.com. Click link in bio! Thanks for reading!

Read more on @medium and also on my blog, www.elabraveandtrue.com. Click link in bio. • • • • • #teachersofinstagram #english #education #teaching #rubrics #students #englishteacher #motivation #writers #teenwriters

A student connected to Frederick Douglass in an extremely personal way. Read more on @medium and also on my blog, www.elabraveandtrue.com. Click link in bio. #mentalhealth #education #anxiety #depression #teaching #teachersofinstagram #frederickdouglass #poetry #students #wellness #health

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