Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade? We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike.

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Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy 52

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Their attempt to write specific goals demonstrates an inability to effectively move from essay and reflective language to professional language. Many students do not understand the relationship between their everyday study habits and their final grade. I have made teaching goal-writing to my students my new goal.

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Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 116

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How have my various experiences influenced my teaching philosophy, and which principles do I rely on to inform my interactions and collaboration with learners? For example, creating an outline that eventually leads to some type of media, such as an essay or a podcast.

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Feedback Secondary Education Teaching Philosophy Assignments 111

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

Then they read and discuss a poem, “What You Missed that Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade,” which starts like this: Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listen to the wind, how to find meaning in pumping gas, how peeling potatoes can be a form of prayer. She’s trying to show them her teaching philosophy, she explains.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 178