Dontcha HATE when you REALLY NEED Something??

Hi Secondary Folks and English Teachers!

I missed Blogging something awful!

TeachersPayTeachers has had me working night and day, making products.

One of the best and worst things about summer is low sales. It is terrible because, of course, no sales. It is great because, when no one is buying, you feel motivated to get all those other, equally important things done.

Things to Do When the Store is Empty
FILL it up...with products
Start to pin again in preparation for Fall
Redo those old-school covers.
Rethink some of your failed strategies - and maybe repackage some things?
Actually get out and enjoy yourself - holy cow! What a great idea...recharge that battery!


**A QUESTION FOR ALL THOSE TEACHERS out there ***
What do you need. What would you never want to make, recreate, or what resources do you value but struggle with finding? 

The product I made that I love the very most is my literary term glossary because is was, hands down, exceedingly difficult to make. It was also a labor of love, compiled with care, and I know (or at least at hope) that it is very useful. More useful say, than a general dictionary, or a high level dictionary of critical, literary and rhetorical terms that would be exhausting for a teacher to use.

Every once in a while as a teacher you think, GOSH, I really wish I could find ....and fill in the blank. Because if you had this thing, you KNOW it would help you when you were teaching or planning, and you know you'd use it over and over.


So what are those products for you??

Feature Friday; A TpT Secondary English Feature

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The Secondary ELA Tentative Lineup!!!

   

The Value of TpT - and Feature Friday. . .

1.  I am so happy to feature new friends, colleagues and compatriots in teaching, creating, and curating wonderful materials for use by teachers, writers, home-schoolers, and more. What I find most amazing about Teacherspayteachers.com is that even though there are three million sellers on site, TpT can and often does feel like a family. 
2. It is a wonderful place where you have the opportunity, online, to meet other people who are interested in the craft and the art of teaching and educating. 
3. A place to learn how to improve what you are currently doing, and to find inspiration for new ideas, courage to forge new friendships, new units and materials for your own class, or new business ventures. 
4. A place to feel very good about where you are right now, AS you are, and also a place to launch oneself, to take that giant leap forward, on your own, or with a little help from your friends. 
5. I would not be able to host the Virtual Sit Down that is Feature Friday if it weren't for TpT. We hail from places scattered and wide across America. This alone feels very comforting and liberating. That here, we can come and meet qualified people like ourselves who are so good at what they do, who all share one thing in common, and that we can support each other, visit and peruse each others' great items and learn a little more about each others lives. 

WE Will See You Tomorrow!
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