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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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A Hero's Journey Remixed: The Odyssey x Stranger Things
🎙️ 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
🎙️ 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
🎙️ 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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