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The Fresh Queens of ELA IRL ✏️✨

The Fresh Queens of ELA IRL ✏️✨

Hosted by: Ana Perez + Hannah Hazelbach

Each episode, we connect what’s going on in secondary ELA classrooms from classic texts to complex themes with your students’ FYPs to create innovative learning experiences and spaces for critical conversation. We...

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How We Romeo and Juliet

Season #2

🎙️ Season 2 Episode 2 - How We Romeo and Juliet    One of THE most popular, and right of passage texts for 9th grade students. How do we take this tragic “love story” and make it engaging and accessible to our...
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“We’re Still Here” - The Benito Bowl

Season #2

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 2 - “We’re Still Here” - The Benito Bowl On the eve of this episode release, it has been exactly a week since Bad Bunny performed at the 60th Super Bowl, and we have a lot to say about it.  In...
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New Year, New Season, New Ways to Empower Students

Season #2

🎙️ Season 2, Episode 1 - New Year, New Season, New Ways to Empower Students   Welcome to SEASON 2 of The Fresh Queens of ELA IRL! 👑📚 We’re back, giving you revolutionary ways to bring ELA to life in your...
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Mix and Match your Dystopia

Season #1

🎙️ Episode 7 - Mix & Match Your Dystopia     ✨ What you’ll hear inside: In today's episode (our final episode of Season 1!), we walk you through navigating engagement strategies for teaching a dystopian text in...
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NCTE 2025 Recap: Music, AI, and the Power of Stories

Season #1

🎙️ Episode 6 - NCTE 2025 Recap: Music, AI, and the Power of Storytelling   ✨ What you’ll hear inside: We're coming to you live and together in the same room in this episode from Denver, Colorado, where we attended and...
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A Hero's Journey Remixed: The Odyssey x Stranger Things

Season #1

🎙️ Episode 5 - A Hero's Journey Remixed: The Odyssey x Stranger Things   ✨ What you’ll hear inside: We are all living the hero's journey in some way, but what IS the hero’s journey? Joseph Campbell, an American...
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Identity, Expectations, and Family Dynamics: Romeo and Juliet x Freakier Friday

Season #1

🎙️ Episode 4 - Identity, Expectations, and Family Dynamics: Romeo and Juliet x Freakier Friday   ✨ What you’ll hear inside: 60 sec recaps How you can attack this play from multiple lenses Our fave...
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We’re All A Little Outcast-y Here: Poe x Wednesday x Stranger Things

Season #1

🎙️ Episode 3 - We’re All A Little Outcast-y Here: Poe x Wednesday x Stranger Things   ✨ What you’ll hear inside: 60 sec recaps Our fave Poe texts + how we brought them to life in our classrooms Wednesday x Stranger...
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Your English Teacher's Favorite English Teacher: Taylor Swift x The ELA Classroom

Season #1

🎙️ Episode 2 - Your English Teacher's Favorite English Teacher: Taylor Swift x The ELA Classroom  We’re Hannah Hazelbach and Ana Perez: best friends, revolutionary ELA teachers, and your new classroom besties. ELA is...
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Survival of the Fittest: Lord of the Flies x Trainwreck Poop Cruise

Season #1

🎙️ Episode 1 - Survival of the Fittest: Lord of the Flies x Trainwreck Poop Cruise Welcome to the very first episode of The Fresh Queens of ELA IRL! 👑📚 We’re Hannah Hazelbach and Ana Perez: best friends,...
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