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The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA

Betsy Potash: ELA

Want to love walking into your ELA classroom each day? Excited about innovative strategies like PBL, escape rooms, hexagonal thinking, sketchnotes, one-pagers, student podcasting, genius hour, and more? Want a thriving choice reading program and a shelf full of compelling diverse texts? You"re in the right place! Here you"ll find interviews with top authors from the ELA field, workshops with strategies you can use in class immediately, and quick tips to ignite your English teacher creativity

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079: Less Testing. More Innovating.

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/11/12

If you're interested in saying goodbye to testing and embracing progressive education, you'll want to learn more about Ted Dintersmith's trip across all fifty states in search of creativity and innovation, and about his new project, "The Innovation Playlist." Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend,

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078: The Quick Guide to First Chapter Fridays

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/11/05

Want to get students excited about your reading library? Try First Chapter Fridays. This quick episode gives you all the details you need to get started. If you've got a great book and ten minutes, you can give this a whirl immediately! Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to

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077: Integrating the Arts & ELA

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/10/30

Want to get students out of their seats and on their feet? Arts integration is a powerful tool for engaging students creatively with print texts. In this episode, learn from Eileen Landay, co-founder of The Arts Literacy Project and professor emeritus at Brown, about how to use different arts integration strategies to enrich your community and your ELA curriculum. Watch out for La Literatura de Cordel, one of my favorite strategies Eileen shares for ELA (and really, any discipline!). Go Further:

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076: Host a "This I Believe" Radio Show

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/10/16

This I Believe began as a radio essay series and became nationally beloved. For good reason! Listening to people talk about the small things they really care about is inspiring. In this episode, find out how to easily do a "This I Believe" personal writing unit in class, culminating in a live performance event that builds community and gives your students authentic purpose. When I tried this with my I.B. students in Bulgaria, it was a smash hit for us. Some of the kids even had their essays

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075: 10 Review Activities that aren't Boring

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/09/24

Review can easily get boring. Why not review with the same kind of dynamic, creative activities that make up your daily lessons? (I know, I know, I'm preaching to the choir). In this episode, get ten ideas for engaging ways to revisit material without lecturing! Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend,

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074: Infographic Projects for the Win

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/09/12

Infographics make an ideal project for your high school ELA classroom. Students combine personal interest and authentic audience in this research-based design thinking project, honing their writing, editing, and artistic skills all at once in a highly real-world relevant way. In this episode, learn how to introduce and complete a design thinking infographics project of your own. It's much easier than it sounds! Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join

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073: Help for Harkness Discussions

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/08/29

Heard of Harkness discussions but don't know how to get started? Wondering how they're different from Socratic seminars? Get answers to all the commonly asked questions in this comprehensive guide to using Harkness successfully in your classroom. Harkness is certainly in my top three favorite classroom tools, so I hope this episode will inspire you to give it a try! Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on

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072: Connecting your English Classroom to the World

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/08/14

When the lines between classwork and real world work get blurred, it often leads to engagement and deeper learning for our ELA students. This episode is all about finding ways to connect our classrooms to the world beyond them. Listen in for project ideas and tweaks on argument and research papers that can help teach the same vital ELA skills with a real-world relevant lens. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School

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071: How to talk about Equity and Inclusion, with Liz...

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/07/30

Learn from Liz Kleinrock, Teaching Tolerance teacher of the year, about how she approaches big conversations about difficult topics with her students. If you wish you had more information about how to safely address issues of race, gender, social justice, and equity in your classroom, this episode can help. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the

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070: Help for Student Apathy, with Dave Stuart Jr.

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/07/17

Want to help your apathetic students become more motivated? Dave Stuart Jr. knows how you feel. In this podcast episode, learn the five key beliefs that help students with their motivation, and discover two specific ways to help banish apathy and inspire your students to be more motivated. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider

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069: 40 Ways to Reduce your Grading Time

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/07/02

Grading doesn't have to be the thing that haunts you as a teacher. There are a ton of strategies out there to help you reduce your grading time and maximize its effectiveness, once you decide to take a stand for yourself. Choosing to use some of them will free up your time to enjoy creating the unique lesson plans you and your students love and to have more balance between home and school. In this episode, discover forty great options and choose the ones that are right for you. Go Further: Explore

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068: Confronting Teacher Exhaustion, with Angela Watson

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/06/19

Ready for an end to the teacher tired? The teacher guilt? The teacher busy? In this episode, I'm chatting with Angela Watson about her work helping teachers become more productive and purposeful in their choices. We're talking about her new book, Fewer Things, Better, and her course, The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying

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067: Look Forward to Teaching Vocabulary

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/06/04

Wish teaching vocabulary in ELA could be more creative and fulfilling? You're not alone. The old "study at home for the quiz" routine can get pretty boring. Try these ten strategies to make studying vocabulary more engaging and the words memorable. It doesn't have to be just something to check off your to-do list every week! Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram.

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066: We Need More Diverse Books

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/05/21

We need diverse books in our ELA classrooms. In this podcast episode and blog post, discover title ideas from a stellar high school librarian - Alexandra Patterson - for diversifying your booklists in American Lit, British Lit, World Lit, and Independent Reading. It matters so much for our students to see their own stories reflected on the page! Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang

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065: Final Exams that feel Meaningful

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/05/08

Want to finish off your ELA year with as much meaning and creativity as you've brought to your curriculum all year long? Good for you! Skip the multiple choice and short answer and try a creative final exam. In this episode, you'll discover five great options, including one of my favorites, the graduation speech. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the

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064: A Beginner's Guide to Writing Workshop

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/04/24

In this episode, discover how to structure a successful writing workshop, what a workshop mini lesson is, and how to trouble shoot common issues that come up. Our guest today is Amanda Werner, experienced workshop teacher and host of The Workshop Teacher Podcast. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend,

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063: Using Stations Creatively in ELA

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/04/10

Want to try out stations in your ELA classroom? Good for you! They're a great way to get students actively engaging (and fight the after-lunch tired factor). Find out how to set stations up for success in your next unit and get inspiration for crafting your own as we walk through eight examples. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please

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062: When Students Choose their Own Assessments, with...

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/03/27

In this episode of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, we're focusing in on student-choice assessment in ELA with special guest David Rickert. By the end of the episode, you'll know: how to get students started in creating their own assessments how to structure your class unit how to grade this epic project tips and tricks to make it all go smoothly Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on

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061: Using Podcasts as Texts in ELA

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/03/11

Discover great podcasts to use in your ELA classroom, and get tips for how to use them successfully. Find out how to keep students focused as they listen and how to make it easy for them to access podcasts individually. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast. Join our community, Creative High School English, on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram. Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the ‘gram,

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060: Students won't read? Don't care? One Year to...

The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA ·

2019/02/28

You can't read every book out loud to them forever. Use blogs, podcasts, Ted Talks, spoken word poetry, independent reading and more to create a curriculum that will truly make a difference in their lives. In today's episode, discover one year's worth of strategies to help you defeat apathy and make connections with your students, paving the way for them to develop their love of language so they can be successful students. Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher

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