![Modern Folktales: A Debrief & Unit Overview [S5 E158]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1687635735063-E84J7GMN4AT6D12U99SG/ep+158+featured.png)
It’s time for a debrief on our interview with middle grades author, Diana López and ideas on how to use her novel, Felice and the Wailing Woman, in your high school classroom!
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![Powerful Female Voices: Debrief & Unit Brainstorm [S5 E156]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1686664476745-HQHLFED0V2J65859W5U4/ep+156+featured.png)
It’s time for a debrief on our interview with Yamile Saied Méndez and ideas on how to use her novel, Furia, in your high school classroom!
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It’s time for a debrief on our interview with Ruta Sepetys + a unit makeover!
Read More![Poetry Units: Stand Alone or Year Long? [S5 E148]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1681230606121-74J2TZ5KJ3VE8ZQCTQQ7/poetry-units+%286%29.png)
We’re exploring the pros and cons of teaching poetry as a standalone unit vs. sprinkling it in throughout the year.
Read More![The Best Poem I Ever Taught [S5 E146]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1680623921063-I2PS20S32RC1HH4AMTR1/best-poem-i-ever-taught.png)
Tune in to hear about the best poems we’ve ever taught, and why we chose the poems that we did!
Read More![Teacher Spring Cleaning: Texts and Topics [S5 E143]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1678229639010-KHP5X4OMRZKLD6IWPVSV/teacher-spring-cleaning+%283%29.png)
Our teaching spring cleaning continues! Today we’re looking at which texts and topics we want to purge, and which we want to refresh.
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This episode kicks off a 3-part series on Teacher Spring Cleaning. Today we’re diving into spring cleaning our instructional practices and strategies!
Read More![Independent Reading Series (Interview with Abby Gross) [S5 E140]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1676841589020-BHTG5CHFPM29U2ER618M/abby-gross+%281%29.png)
Abby Gross joins us to talk all about independent reading at the middle school level.
Read More![Unit Makeover: Teaching Night with Guest Andrea Michelle {Part 2} [S5 E135]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1673370977752-V3NYKNKUUWTIZSX9GU13/Show+Notes+Thumbnail+%281%29.png)
Join us in part two of our conversation with Andrea Michelle on a unit makeover using Night, by Elie Wiesel.
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Andrea Michelle shares about a unit using the text Night, by Elie Wiesel.
Read More![Backwards Plan with Us: Empowering Your Calendar [S5 E133]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1672504694573-01MRSIWJ9YVAGAOZFD42/Show+Notes+Thumbnail+%282%29.png)
Kick off 2023 by backwards planning for the rest of the year.
Read More![The Year To Come: Books We Can't Wait to Read [S5 E132]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e063fce4165cb6cd05e23ec/1672238757212-3XEHZPTIAWTFGO6SK1N0/Show+Notes+Thumbnail+%281%29.png)
Check out our TBR lists for 2023!
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