The EB Academics Blog
Evidence-Based Strategies for ELA Success
Welcome to the EB Academics Blog, where our mission is to support and serve Middle School ELA teachers with engaging and rigorous lesson ideas backed by educational research. Each post offers practical strategies designed to increase student learning outcomes while helping you find joy and sustainability in your teaching practice. Our evidence-based approach ensures you can implement these techniques with confidence.
If you teach middle school ELA, you know March can feel like a lot.
Testing season is creeping closer.
Your plans are already packed.
And even when y...
When teachers hear the word differentiation, it often sounds like more work.
More groups.
More lesson plans.
More prep.
More things to manage at the ...
If you teach middle school, you already know what December can feel like.
Students are half checked out.
The energy is wild.
Schedules are full of in...
When many teachers hear the word differentiation, they picture multiple lesson plans, different activities for different groups, and hours of extra pr...
Can I be honest with you?
You’re not too busy to plan.
You’re busy because you don’t plan.
If you’re scrambling every evening to figure out tomorro...
If you’ve ever thought, “I know I should teach more informational text… but I cannot add one more thing,” this episode is for you.
Because the issue ...
March can feel like the longest month of the year.
Energy dips, behavior gets louder, and even lessons you normally love can start to feel like a slo...
Narrative writing units have a way of taking over the calendar.
Students need time to brainstorm. Draft. Revise. Edit. Rewrite.
And before you know i...
If you’ve ever been halfway through your weekend when the panic hits—
Wait… do we have a test next week?
What am I doing with seventh grade on Tuesda...