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LESSON ACTIVITIES

  • FREEBIE FEBRUARY!

    Hey Angry Teacher Fam, As we come to the end of FEBRUARY the month of BLACK HEROES and LOVE, it is now the month of THE ANGRY TEACHER STORE FREEBIES! PICK UP A FREEBIE [OR MORE] TODAY! I know times are rough for teachers and parents or guardians everywhere, so I wanted… Listen ⇢

  • LITERARY DEVICES IN THE FLASH

    So this happened recently. I created a product based on something I’ve used in my classes for years. My students and I discuss literature through literary devices and figurative language as any English or Literature class. We would play games, work assignments, complete worksheets, and engage in heated discussions on… Listen ⇢

  • 6 QUICK STRATEGIES for TEACHING VOCABULARY

    GETTING STUDENTS [and TEACHERS] EXCITED ABOUT VOCABULARY So we’re coming to the beginning of the school year…again…*sadface…and I realize that I need to get some stuff together to make my year seamless. With that said, I was pondering what things I could amp up for the new year. I rummaged… Listen ⇢

  • New Year Resolutions Classroom Activities

    So we’re back at it, educators! The snow has lost its luster, the Figgie pudding is back in the freezer for next year, the gift wrap paper is stored away again, and the gifts have been return – yes, we are now getting back into work mode. I sit and… Listen ⇢

  • La Vida Loca: Celebrating Hispanic American Heritage Month

    So I was reading a poem with my students about a poet’s crazy aunt – how she did her own thing, how she didn’t let others’ opinions of her stop her from being herself, how the speaker didn’t like her at first, but changed his perspective of his zany aunt,… Listen ⇢

  • THANK YOU MA’AM [SHOWING APPRECIATION]

    So I was walking into a store and a young man held the door for me. “Thank you, sir” I said, as I walked in. I was left a few minutes on the dryer at the laundromat the other day. “Thank you so much,” I told the lady who offered… Listen ⇢

  • THE FRESHMAN EXPERIENCE

    [new students in high school] Yes, Indeed! August is around the corner and schools everywhere (well, away from those districts that open after Labor Day in the USA), will be teeming with eager minds, flustered spirits, nervous laughter, gracious smiles, and roving hearts. Students will flock back to the buildings… Listen ⇢

  • LET’S HAVE A STANDING DISCUSSION PARTY!

    Originally posted on The Angry Teacher: So I’m sure you all have had a classroom mixture of the talkers, the class clowns, the quiet ones (usually in the back), the shy ones, the ones who always have the correct answers, the ones who always answer but are rarely correct. 😁… Listen ⇢

  • LET’S HAVE A STANDING DISCUSSION PARTY!

    So I’m sure you all have had a classroom mixture of the talkers, the class clowns, the quiet ones (usually in the back), the shy ones, the ones who always have the correct answers, the ones who always answer but are rarely correct. 😁 I’ve had those problems all my… Listen ⇢

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