Brave New Teaching: A Podcast for High School and Middle School Teachers

Nov 15 2024 340 ep. 30 mins 75
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Join hosts Amanda Cardenas (Mud & Ink Teaching) and Marie Morris (The Caffeinated Classroom) in discussions about being brave, trying new things, and all things teaching! As seasoned classroom teachers, Amanda and Marie bring their experience, insight, energy, and oh, so many opinions and ideas... It's time for all teachers to take their classroom and teaching practice into their own hands!

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The Art of Analysis: 3 Visual Tactics to Teach Analysis (Part 2/3)

Nov 15 2024 31 mins  
In this episode of Brave New Teaching, Amanda continues a three-part series on teaching different types of analysis, this time focusing on visual teaching strategies to help students break apart a text. Amanda, a former English teacher from Illinois, leads the discussion, sharing three specific lesson ideas: Map it Out, One Pager Quote, and the Literary Polaroid. The episode contai

🔒 HH 96: November Quick Wins: Lesson Planning & Instruction (Part 2)

Nov 09 2024 25 mins  
Subscriber-only episodeJoin us as we continue through our November Quick Wins series. These quick wins will take you little to no effort and have a major impact on your classrooms. Today we're looking at the lesson planning side of your teacher life -- let's jump in!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"📚 BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT &

🔒 HH 95: November Quick Wins: Grading & Organization (Part 1)

Nov 09 2024 23 mins  
Subscriber-only episodeThis month we're tackling some important Quick Wins to round out the semester. Today's Quick Wins are focused on your grading and organizational teaching life. Let's jump in!"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"📚 BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES 👩‍💻 Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with

The Art of Analysis: A Deep Dive into Personification (Part 1/3)

Nov 07 2024 29 mins  
In this episode of Brave New Teaching, Amanda and Marie launch a three-part series on teaching literary analysis, focusing on close reading and personification. Amanda, a former English teacher from Illinois, leads the discussion, sharing insights from a summer training session. She emphasizes the importance of breaking down texts to understand how authors use personification to co

Teaching Novels When Kids Don't Read at Home Part 1 [Re-Run E85]

Oct 31 2024 36 mins  
Today's episode is a re-run of one of our MOST DOWNLOADED EPISODES of all time. We know there are still many of you that haven't heard it yet and we KNOW that this is one of the most difficult and common ELA teacher struggles: getting kids to read at home.There is without a doubt a universal fact amongst all students throughout elementary and high school. That fact is that students

230. BUILDING STRONG WRITERS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA SCHNIDER OF THE DARING ENGLISH TEACHER

Oct 24 2024 40 mins  
Let’s be honest…teaching writing can be a struggle. We know that so many of you are seeing challenges with student engagement, confidence, and skills when it comes to writing, and let’s not even get started with AI! If you often feel like no matter what you do, writing just isn’t sticking for your students, then this episode is for you. We’re joined by full-time English t

🔒 HH 94. A NEW CHECKLIST FOR SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Oct 18 2024 16 mins  
Subscriber-only episodeCheers! Find all your Brave New Teaching Happy Hour member info HERE:https://www.bravenewteaching.com/hhmembers"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"📚 BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES 👩‍💻 Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us

229. FIVE NEW TEXTS TO ADD TO YOUR GOTHIC FICTION UNIT (COLLABISODE)

Oct 17 2024 24 mins  
Grab your pumpkin spice latte and favorite sweater, because it’s almost Halloween and there’s no better time than now to read gothic fiction! We’re here to share some new texts with you - roundup style. You’ll hear from us and three of our ELA friends so you can walk away with fresh stories to add to your gothic fiction archive. You can pair these newer options with the cla

🔒 HH 93. TEACHING THE OUTSIDERS: UNIT MAKEOVER (SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS & ASSESSMENTS

Oct 11 2024 21 mins  
Subscriber-only episodeCheers! Find all your Brave New Teaching Happy Hour member info HERE:https://www.bravenewteaching.com/hhmembers"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"📚 BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES 👩‍💻 Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us

228. BUFFALO DREAMER: AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR VIOLET DUNCAN

Oct 10 2024 35 mins  
Books are so special because they allow you to see the world from the comfort of your own home (or classroom!). Our guest today, author Violet Duncan, brings part of her world to students around the world through her storytelling. Violet is Plains Cree and Taino from Kehewin Cree Nation and began self-publishing books when she didn’t see her family represented on bookshelves.In t