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Spooky Scary ELA
🎙️ Season 3, Episode 5 - Spooky Scary ELA 🎃
Spooky Scary E-L-A sends shivers down your spines (book spines that is! 🤣)
In this episode, we lay out all of our favorites for spooky/Halloween season in the English...
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Into the Thick of It
🎙️ Season 3, Episode 4 - Into the Thick of It
In this episode, we reflect as we are “into the thick of it” of the school year. The real and the raw thoughts and feelings as we move through DEVOLSON (the deep, evil...
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1 Year of Fresh Queens of ELA IRL!
🎙️ Season 3, Episode 3 - 🎉 ONE WHOLE YEAR OF FRESH QUEENS OF ELA IRL!!! 🎉
Somehow, it has officially been a full year of us getting on the mic, talking all things ELA, teacher life, trying new things, figuring shit...
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All the Teacher Feels
🎙️ Season 3 Episode 2 - All the Teacher Feels
This one goes out to our students: present, past, and future! We are sharing our most joyful and embarrassing moments of teaching, where despite the chaos “everything...
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The First 5
In this episode, we dive into our FAVORITE ways to start class to help students transition smoothly into ELA the first 5-10 mins.
Games, routines, and connection points - we talk about it all. Be sure to check out the...
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Rhetoric is All Around
🎙️ Season 2 Episode 5 - Rhetoric is All Around
Today’s episode is all about how rhetoric (like love) is “all around!” Hannah and Ana bring in their favorite ways to set the foundation for introducing rhetorical...
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For the Love of Books
🎙️ Season 2 Episode 4 - For the Love of Books!
In today’s episode, we discuss the philosophy of “windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors” when it comes to fostering a love of reading in our classrooms through...
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How We Romeo and Juliet
🎙️ 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, 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, 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
🎙️ 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
🎙️ 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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