Well-Versed ELA
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If you’ve ever tried to teach students that words have meanings (yes, really), you’ve probably had to explain the difference between connotation and denotation. Spoiler: this is one of those ELA lessons where teenagers suddenly become philosophers—“But technically, doesn’t ‘fire’ also mean passion? So if I call my dog ‘fire,’ am I wrong?” Deep sigh.…
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So, the Georgia ELA standards have changed. Again. Before you start Googling “How many clauses can one standard have?” take a breath—you don’t need a law degree to understand this. Meet the Georgia ELA Standards 2025 Printable Poster, designed to make your life slightly less chaotic. It’s a clean, classroom-ready reference with every 9th grade…
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I’m René. I’ve been in public education for 16 years. Fourteen of those years have been spent teaching high school English, which means I’ve read Romeo and Juliet more times than is healthy and have graded enough essays to qualify as an Olympic endurance sport. I studied English Education at Kennesaw State University as an…
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Let’s be honest: teaching grammar can feel like yelling into the void. You can stand at the board and preach the gospel of clauses until your marker dries up, but students will still write sentences that look like they were stitched together in the dark. That’s why I stopped pretending long lectures would fix the…
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