ELA TEACHERS, DON'T BURN YOURSELF OUT SPENDING ALL of YOUR FREE TIME WORKING ON LESSON PLANS.

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NOVEL RESOURCES

A secondary ELA novel unit for The Hate U Give is laid out on a desk.

DIGITAL RESOURCES

A laptop sits on a wooden desk in front of a teal wall. On the screen, there are pages of digital ELA activities: a plot diagram and a SIFT chart.

ELA GAMES

An ELA sorting game for poetic devices is laid out on a desk. Hands reach in to sort cards into categories such as simile, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, and metaphor.

LITERARY ANALYSIS

Activities from an annotation lesson are laid out on a desk. A purple and blue marker have made annotations. On top of the pile, there is an iPad with a presentation called "Annotation Made Easy."

SEASONAL RESOURCES

A seasonal English language arts activity for Valentine's Day is laid out on a desk. Colorful paper hearts are spread out. A hand reaches in with a pink pen to write a poem using the conversation hearts.

WRITING RESOURCES

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Hi! I'm Laura. I’m here to help you engage your students with fun, standards-based English lessons without sacrificing your personal and family time.

As a middle school ELA teacher turned high school English teacher, I know the feeling that there aren't enough hours in the day, especially after becoming a mom. I want to help you regain your time and avoid teacher burnout. With premade English lessons, you can get your evenings and weekends back.

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