THE LIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ELA EXPERIENCE IS HERE!
Are you ready for your best year yet in middle school ELA?
The Hungry Teacher's LIVE ELA Experience includes everything you need to...
...teach grammar in a way that works...
...create the independent reading community you've always dreamed of...
...implement book clubs that don't suck...
...and finally, start teaching literary analysis and narratives that you love.
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Unlock the LIVE ELA experience and get access to all five workshops to set you up for your most successful year in middle school ELA for ONLY $1,420 $97
Unlock All FIVE WINNING workshops!The Hungry Teacher's LIVE ELA Experience is a three-day event that includes five workshops, all accompanying resources, and 15 hours of PD certificates.
Each workshop can stand alone to help you refine an element of your teaching that you want to elevate, while all five workshops collectively create the ultimate ELA teacher experience.
I've been there...
My teaching career started as an upper elementary teacher, and I was thrust into middle school ELA.
While I LOVED middle school, I had absolutely no idea HOW to:
Manage the shift of going from 25 students to upwards of 250 students.
Scaffold my writing instruction, so I wasn't reading horrible narratives and literary analysis essays that had little analysis...
...while also teaching grammar in a way they applied to their writing.
How to create a community of readers in each of my 55-minute class periods...
...And then implement book clubs that weren't the definition of P-A-I-N-F-U-L to watch week after week.
YES, I STRUGGLE WITH ALL OF THIS TOO!
You know book clubs can create an authentic reading and discussion experience for your students.
But it seems like a logistical nightmare.
- You have no idea how to set them up.
- You're not sure of the best way to put students into groups.
- You don't know what books to give your students.
- Then once you put them into groups... you don't know what kind of work to give your students.
- You're not sure how to hold them accountable.
- You don't know how to keep them motivated and engaged...
- ... let alone having deep, meaningful conversations.
- And then how do you make it fit in with your curriculum and align to standards?
- Or how do you assess them or make sure to meet with each group?
- And do you really need to meet with every group?
You don't want to teach grammar in isolation and you want your students to apply it to their writing.
But you have no idea what to do next.
- You have VERY little time to teach as it is.
- You don't know how you're going to squeeeeeeeeze in something as big and as time-consuming as grammar.
- Whenever you try to teach grammar, it feels like your students immediately check out.
- You can't figure out how to get your students to apply it to their writing.
- You don't know when to teach each grammar skill or in what order.
You're tired of reading literary analysis essays that say, "And that's my text evidence."
But teaching 12-14 year-olds the art of literary analysis seems like a battle you'll never win.
- You struggled with how to plan a literary analysis unit.
- You're not sure how to scaffold and break it down for student success.
- You're tired of reading surface-level analysis.
- You want to have conferences with students, but what do you do with the rest of the class?
- And what the heck do you say to students so they apply your feedback?
- And you think I'm crazy when I tell you that conferences decrease your grading and workload... because currently, they are just overwhelming.
You know independent reading is good for student autonomy and increases reading skills.
But implementing independent reading in your classroom feels impossible.
- You have a million things to teach, and you don’t have time to fit in one more thing.
- You haven’t found a consistent routine for independent reading that works week after week.
- When you actually do make time for independent reading, you’re dealing with behavior issues the whole time (longest 20 minutes of your life).
- Your students complain and go to great lengths to avoid reading. They act like reading is a form of torture!
- Getting students to quiet down and focus on reading is a struggle.
- You want to build in more independent reading time, but you’re not sure how to hold students accountable without reading logs or book reports.
I understand your hesitations because I’ve been there.
I was once the teacher with a 55-minute class period scratching her head over how to carry out independent reading. But once I found a system that worked, I never looked back. (And I want to share that same system with you.)
Narrative writing feels like a juggling act.
You’re trying to teach students how to write effectively and conference with each student and differentiate your lessons for all writing abilities.
But you’ve never been taught how to do any of that. You’re navigating narratives without a manual or guide - and it’s overwhelming. The result? You walk away from the unit feeling disappointed, and you're left to grade subpar essays.
- You teach students the elements of narrative writing, but the essays still feel bland and lack essential narrative elements, like effective dialogue.
- Your classroom is filled with students of various writing abilities, which makes it complicated to teach, plan, and differentiate lessons.
- You want to conference with students but don’t know what to say or how to manage behavior.
- Class time feels extremely limited, and you’re struggling to map out your narrative writing unit and fit everything you need into a class period.
- You're spending late nights and weekends grading essays where students struggle to go beyond the surface level.
- The stories they do write are littered with grammatical errors and strange plot points that leave you confused (and wondering if they gained anything from the unit).
You know there has to be a better way to build writing independence, but you haven’t found it yet.
If any of that feels relatable, you’re in the right place. My narrative writing units used to be stressful. I could barely get my students to put pen to paper, let alone get them to write effective narratives.
It wasn’t until I started using mentor texts and changed how I ran writing conferences that I noticed a shift in my students’ narratives. Writing days became less of a chaotic free-for-all and instead became a successful class period where students got the work done. And for once, I enjoyed reading my students' essays because they understood the assignment.
I have felt all of these things.
In my first year of teaching middle school ELA, I had such a terrible experience with book clubs in my classroom that I decided not to try them again for a year.
At one point, the grammar struggles were never-ending, so I decided just to skip grammar. Whoops!
Those first rounds of literary analysis and narrative essays were futile. When I went to grade their final papers, it was the first time I'd even looked at them.
You feel like you've tried everything to create a balanced ELA classroom. One that has effective grammar, writing, independent reading, and book club structures.
- Grammar websites or worksheets that you hope will have some type of osmosis effect... only to have them start clicking through the lessons after a couple of weeks.
- Book clubs seem daunting and it feels hard to make them authentic... and impossible for students to have meaningful discussions.
- Creating an independent reading community seems impossible and you're left wondering if it's time well spent.
- The thought of teaching teenagers to read, analyze, and have meaningful literary analysis responses is enough to make you sweat.
- You might be like I was in my first year... and have been surviving week by week, even though you really want your ELA content to all work together.
Support your struggling and reluctant readers by creating a consistent independent reading routine.
I’ll show you how I built a reading community that boosts students' reading confidence and reading attitudes.
Plus, how you can help those students who don’t know what to read, constantly ditch books, and spend the entire reading time selecting a book.
I know you’re tight on time, so instead of trying to cram independent reading into your classroom, let’s make it work with your curriculum.
I’ll show you how to use independent reading time as a way for students to demonstrate what they’ve learned - so you can check for understanding and hold students accountable while they read.
I’m giving you realistic strategies to handle students who refuse to read (or fake read), students who act out during independent reading, and students who make it known that they hate reading.
Then, you can dive into a book club facilitation and accountability plan that works.
I'm going to be honest. Book clubs and literature circles are not one-size-fits-all.
You have to figure out what makes sense for you and your students... and, honestly, your sanity.
I'll show you variations of book clubs or literature circles.
I'll show you how to determine how you'll put students into groups.
I will have lists and explanations of what books you should use. You'll learn what work students should do.
You'll have a plan to facilitate the groups while holding them accountable.
Plus, I'll give you the resources for each of these elements.
Implement a literary analysis unit that increases students' writing independence and improves their writing.
Learn how to plan and implement a complete literary analysis unit within the prefect class period structure.
You'll have solid strategies and frameworks for scaffolding and differentiating your instruction. We want all students to be successful and increase their writing independence.
We'll dive into specific prompts and strategies to teach your students to dig deeper into their analysis.
You'll know how to leverage conferences with your students to improve their writing and decrease grading.
Use mentor texts to increase writing independence and strengthen knowledge of narrative writing elements.
Teaching writing is hard enough, but teaching students of all writing abilities in one classroom is an added challenge. In this workshop, I’ll walk you through how to differentiate and scaffold your narrative writing instruction using grade-level mentor texts and reference materials.
I’ll also guide you through the scope and sequence for narrative writing and show you how it scaffolds skills throughout the unit. By using this unit sequence, you’ll naturally move students from the foundation of narrative writing to successful application.
Students struggle to use narrative writing elements because they don’t know what those elements look like in action. With mentor texts, students have concrete examples of effective dialogue and character motives, so they can emulate that element in their writing.
Mentor texts also promote writing independence. Instead of students asking you what effective dialogue is, they can turn to their mentor text and use it as a guide. You’ll be amazed at the top-notch essays you receive when you start using mentor texts!
Engage your students with grammar instruction they apply to their writing.
Your students will enjoy grammar because they won't realize it's "grammar time."
You'll weave it into what you're already teaching with texts you're using.
Once you implement mentor sentences daily or weekly, your students will be spiraling their grammar knowledge each week
Mentor sentences allow students always to have quality examples of good writing. So you don't have to be the one to come up with or find the examples yourself.
Create a class-period grammar instruction framework that allows you to teach grammar in just 5-10 minutes a day.
Some middle school ELA teachers only have 45 minutes to teach all ELA core content. I'll show you how to implement mentor sentences in 5-10 minutes daily.
Plus, I'll give you ideas for extensions if you have more time.
This is a great workshop to get grammar in our classrooms!
My favorite part of the workshop was literally listening to you explain how to use the materials. It was honest and real.
I thought the workshop would be a total sales pitch (it was not). I didn't think I could integrate grammar in my classroom (I can and you gave me a couple choices). I thought I would be lost. I bought the material for Volume one at the beginning of the school year but just haven't used it. I wasn't lost - but I did need this workshop to better utilize what I purchased. I'm eager to go back in and try. I almost want to try it all in one day!
I also thought I would never use the interactive notebook, but now I am thinking about it. I would say that this is a great workshop to get grammar in our classrooms - right now there is NO grammar, so this is something!!! I also liked that you shared your increased test scores.
-LESLIE SNYDER
I think your workshops are wonderful and constantly check the HUB calendar to see when the next one is! I love that you stay on with us to answer all our questions.
I am a HUB member, and so happy I decided to join after attending Martina’s mentor sentences workshop in December. It is truly appreciated.
Initially enrolled in the Book Clubs in a Box Workshop because I teach middle school resource center for grades 6-8. While I don't have enough books to do book clubs yet, I was hoping to adapt the ideas presented here to small group/resource instruction.
Before the workshop, I was concerned about acquiring books, student accountability, and grading, but I definitely have had wins in my teaching or classroom as a result of what I learned in the workshop.
I wanted to move away from the traditional worksheets, and you showed me how to do that. I also plan on incorporating more verse novels in my classroom.
My favorite part of the workshop….this is a tough one because there were a lot. I loved the book lists. I had been teaching middle school resource for 21 years, got moved to the high school--taught everything BUT ELA, then got moved back, so I love seeing the latest and greatest books for middle schoolers. The Socratic seminar was key to me because now I can "see" how you planned out your day--which brings me to the planning and pacing guides. It all makes sense to me now; the planning and pacing guides were key. I am very visual, so I need to "see" things, once that was explained to me, I truly got it!!! You can do it too! Martina will show you how! I promise!
– DENISE CALLAHAN
I've included everything you need to implement each workshop's focus right away.
I'm going to show you the why, when, and how of implementing book clubs in your classroom... so you and your students both enjoy them.
- I'll walk you through why you should be doing book clubs.
- We will detail all the elements you struggle with: setting them up, the logistics, the student work, the discussions, the accountability, and the assessment pieces you need.
- We'll also cover how to use book clubs alongside your curriculum or as their own unit.
- I will walk you through 10 + variations of book clubs and give the resources for each.
I'm going to show you what mentor sentences are and everything I learned about teaching grammar with sentences from novels you're already reading.
- I'll walk you through a week of my mentor sentences in a step-by-step structure, so you feel confident implementing them in your classroom.
- I'll show you how to make your own mentor sentence grammar lessons with the texts you're reading in class.
- A framework to create your own mentor sentence lessons week after week.
- Six weeks of my mentor sentences so you can start right away.
I will show everything you need from start to finish when it comes to having an effective literary analysis unit that leverages conferences.
- I'll walk through a complete unit plan that includes pacing, content, and solid class period structures.
- I'll show you all my strategies and frameworks for scaffolding and differentiating your instruction so all students are successful and increase their writing independence.
- We'll dive into specific prompts and strategies to teach your students to dig deeper into their analysis.
- I will also teach you how to leverage conferences with your students to improve their writing and decrease your grading.
During this live workshop, I’ll answer all your burning questions about independent reading so you can enhance how it’s used in your classroom:
- I’ll share how you can create a consistent independent reading routine in your classroom.
- I’ll dive deep into how independent reading can work alongside your curriculum and be used to further develop skills you’re already teaching.
- We’ll chat about strategies and resources for managing tricky student behaviors during independent reading time.
- I’ll share tools and resources to help you hold students accountable during independent reading, like status of the class and student conferences.
- I’ll talk about establishing a purpose for reading so you can build student confidence and increase reading independence.
During this live workshop, I’ll answer all your burning questions about narrative writing so you can take student essays from ordinary to meaningful.
- I’ll share how to organize and pace your narrative writing unit (without feeling like you’re cramming it in).
- I’ll give you easy-to-implement strategies for scaffolding and differentiating your writing instruction.
- I’ll walk you through how to select and use mentor texts in your narrative writing unit to increase writing success and independence.
- We’ll talk about how to increase students' use of effective narrative writing elements, so they write strong and cohesive stories.
- I’ll give you strategies and resources to conquer writing conferences, including how to give feedback and manage behavior issues.
You'll get tons of ELA resources to help you have a strong foundation for implementing each workshop's content.
- Grammar: Grammar reference materials, my editable lesson and planning templates, grammar scope and sequences, and grammar checklists that break down each 6th-8th grade language standard.
- Book Clubs: Amazing Accountability Bundle, Immediate Implementation Bundle, Authentic Assessment Bundle, Purposeful Planning Pages, Book Lists, Dynamic Discussions Guide, Independent Reading Bundle
- Independent Reading: Reading Exit Tickets, Literature Unit, A+ Assessment Pack, All About Accountability Bundle, Elevated Engagement Pack, Independent Reading Bundle
- Literary Analysis + Conferences: Literary Analysis Teaching Slides, conference forms, editable rubrics, and reference materials.
- Navigating Narratives + Mentor Texts: Narrative Teaching Slides, conference forms, editable rubrics, and reference materials.
You'll also get access to these bonuses...
The Book Club Bonus Bundle
Immediate implementation pack: book clubs guide, group formation resources, book lists, Socratic Seminar guide, and Starbooks book tasting.
Amazing Accountability Bundle: literature circle response sheets, 100s of book club discussion slides to display, 100s of reading response graphic organizers, and group conference forms.
Authentic Assessment Pack: literature and nonfiction exit tickets to check background knowledge or use as book club work. Plus, you'll get my editable reading response rubrics.
The Grammar Toolkit
The New and Improved Mentor Sentences. You're getting first access to six weeks of these updated resources.
100+ Grammar Exit Tickets with answer keys. Quickly check your students' background knowledge of any grammar skill before you dive into teaching it.
The Interactive Grammar Notebook Lessons Bundle includes 39 interactive notebook grammar students pages with teacher examples for every template.
The Literary Analysis All Access Pack
Literary Analysis Teaching Slides to teach concepts like summarizing vs. analyzing, annotation, theme, author's craft, and even MLA formatting.
Conference forms and editable rubrics that I will show you how to use to give students the feedback they apply, as well as decrease your grading time.
Reference materials for students. These literary analysis reference sheets are designed to help students become more independent writers that don't need you every time they get stuck.
The Independent Reading Toolkit
Get your hands on exit tickets and rubrics to reinforce skills throughout the year and easily assess students' knowledge.
Grab the accountability resources to keep students focused and engaged during independent reading, like graphic organizers and status of the class.
I’m passing along my Literature and Realistic Fiction unit, which will help you ease into using independent reading in a new way.
Lastly, you’ll get the engagement pack, which helps students get excited about reading and makes book selection easier for students (and you).
I don't want you to have to hate the thought of implementing one of these ELA components, so I'm going to make this a no-brainer for you.
I don't want price to be a factor between you seeing success and not seeing success in your next year as a middle school ELA teacher...
Which is why I’m basically giving away over $700 of value.
For a limited time, you can get instant access to everything for only $1,420 $97!
SAY NO MORE! I'M IN!Ready to get rid of the overwhelm of implementing grammar, writing, and reading instruction and have a solid plan from the start?
- The Independent Reading Reset Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Tuesday, June 11 @11:00am ET) $97 value
- Book Clubs in a Box Workshop Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Tuesday, June 11 @2:00pm ET) $97 value
- Loving Literary Analysis + Leveraging Conferences Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Wednesday, June 12 @11:00am ET) $97 value
- The Navigating Narratives Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Wednesday, June 12 @2:00pm ET) $97 value
- Mentor Sentence Magic Grammar Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Thursday, June 13 @11:00am ET) $97 value
- 15-Hours of PD Certificates
- Independent Reading Bonuses: Reading Exit Tickets, Literature Unit, A+ Assessment Pack, All About Accountability Bundle, Elevated Engagement Pack, Independent Reading Bundle ($197 value).
- Book Club Bonuses: Amazing Accountability Bundle, Immediate Implementation Bundle, Authentic Assessment Bundle, Purposeful Planning Pages, Book Lists, Dynamic Discussions Guide ($197 value).
- Literary Analysis Bonuses: Literary Analysis Teaching Unit and Slides, conference forms, editable rubrics, and reference materials. ($197 value).
- Narrative Writing Bonuses: Narrative Teaching Unit and Slides, conference forms, editable rubrics, and reference materials. ($197 value).
- Mentor Sentence Magic Bonuses: 9 weeks of mentor sentence grammar curriculum, 40+ grammar interactive notebook lessons, 100+ grammar exit tickets, grammar checklists, grammar reference materials, and six weeks of mentor sentences ($197 value).
After watching The Workshops in this Winning Bundle, you will have a plan for implementing mentor sentences, independent reading, book clubs, and effective literary analysis in your classroom.
If you’re not 100% satisfied with these workshops after 14 days, we will gladly refund every penny you paid for it.
Read what fellow workshop attendees have said about their experience...
If you want your students to be excited when you announce the next novel in class, you have to watch this workshop!
I initially enrolled in the Book Clubs in a Box Workshop because I want my kids to be excited about reading and not moan when a new novel is introduced. I was frustrated with feeling like I had to just give vocab quizzes, and comprehension questions to assess what they were reading. I didn't know what to do with the apathetic students and didn't want it to infect the whole class.
I tried a book club from what I learned in the workshop. All but one group totally thrived!!
My favorite part of the workshop was the practicality. I love everything you do. I can have fun teaching. My kids can have fun learning. Not only will kids be excited, you as the teacher will feel like you are part of your favorite book club too! And this can happen without working 80 hours a week! When I reflect on the value of this workshop compared to what I purchased it at and how much I would have paid, I am a Hub member (so the workshops are included). The monthly price seems right.
– Jen Stow
Martina makes it look so easy!!
My favorite part was all the examples and hearing your transparency of what works and what doesn’t. I think your candor and experience was great. Before I invested I wasn’t sure because I am living on a teacher budget and it hard to spend on outside workshops hard with family budget. I just love your resources and use on the down low with required district curriculum. Writing is tested this year, Extended and Short Constructed Responses, so grammar is essential for my scholars to use, while enhancing their responses. Girl, check this out. Martina makes it look so easy!!
–ROBBIE MCCLENDON
I plan to implement it right away!
I enrolled in the Grammar Workshop because I'm new to teaching GenEd 8th grade ELA and I could tell how much my students needed it. I plan to implement it right away! I am on a very limited budget so I really appreciate you giving it to us for being members. DO IT!
Research shows that students learn best when they are given exemplars, such as mentor sentences when initiating writing instruction. Students are better writers when they understand the rules of English, and sentence diagramming is a great way to do that. This system uses all of the latest research and provides so much practice and application as well as giving students the chance to synthesize the skills into their writing in manageable pieces. The ease of spiraling is also much appreciated!
Also, as a SpEd teacher of many years, I have seen firsthand that students with processing disabilities, such as dyslexia & dysgraphia, benefit greatly from sentence diagramming in particular because it is a very concrete way to teach/practice the rules of English so that they can apply the "code" in their reading and writing. It truly helps them understand how the English language works.
–STACY WHITE
I'm Martina!
During my first year of teaching middle school ELA, I was overwhelmed with only 55 minutes to teach writing, reading, and grammar.
After being a self-contained teacher, it didn't seem possible to do book clubs or have grammar instruction during its own time...
... so I did neither.
To give myself some credit, I did teach writing to my students...
...but it wasn't until my second year when I figured out how to do effective writing conferences, that my life was changed forever.
That's also when I started implementing mentor sentences to teach grammar so they applied it to their writing... and figured out how to do effective book clubs alongside my reading units.
I learned about using mentor sentences to teach grammar and knew it was the answer to all my problems.
I started utilizing the texts I was already using in my classroom (like for book clubs) and began creating a grammar framework that had my students and me engaged and excited about grammar, writing, and book clubs.
All my writing, reading, and grammar instruction worked together daily.
Even better? I started seeing my students apply what I taught them to their writing.
Now I've taken everything I've learned and packaged it up into three easy-to-follow workshops that allows you to accomplish the same thing.
Is The Winning Workshop Bundle for you?
- You want to teach grammar in 5-15 minutes per day and in a way that holds your students' attention and that they apply to their writing.
- You want to know precisely what grammar concepts to teach and when.
- You want to learn how to implement book clubs.
- You want to learn different variations of book clubs and ideas for accountability and facilitation of groups.
- You want a literary analysis unit plan that teaches students to dig deeper into their analysis and fosters their independence.
- You want to know how to leverage writing conferences to improve student writing and decrease your grading.
- You aren't looking for a new way to teach grammar.
- You feel confident in teaching and using mentor sentences to teach grammar already.
- You aren't looking for a new way to implement book clubs and feel confident implementing and using them already.
- You don't need ideas for book club implementation, assessment, facilitation, or discussion.
- You have a solid literary analysis unit plan that teaches students to dig deeper into their analysis and fosters their independence.
- You are already leveraging writing conferences to improve student writing and decrease grading.
This deal is ONLY available for Black Friday, and you'll want to grab it before I realize how crazy I am for giving all of this away for such a low price.
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Once your payment is processed, you'll immediately be granted access to everything inside of the Summer Workshop Series as well as emailed information about each live session.
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Ready to have your best year of teaching middle school ELA?
- The Independent Reading Reset Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Tuesday, June 11 @11:00am ET) $97 value
- Book Clubs in a Box Workshop Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Tuesday, June 11 @2:00pm ET) $97 value
- Loving Literary Analysis + Leveraging Conferences Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Wednesday, June 12 @11:00am ET) $97 value
- The Navigating Narratives Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Wednesday, June 12 @2:00pm ET) $97 value
- Mentor Sentence Magic Grammar Workshop, Resources, Workbook, and all recordings (live Thursday, June 13 @11:00am ET) $97 value
- 15-Hours of PD Certificates
- Independent Reading Bonuses: Reading Exit Tickets, Literature Unit, A+ Assessment Pack, All About Accountability Bundle, Elevated Engagement Pack, Independent Reading Bundle ($197 value).
- Book Club Bonuses: Amazing Accountability Bundle, Immediate Implementation Bundle, Authentic Assessment Bundle, Purposeful Planning Pages, Book Lists, Dynamic Discussions Guide ($197 value).
- Literary Analysis Bonuses: Literary Analysis Teaching Unit and Slides, conference forms, editable rubrics, and reference materials. ($197 value).
- Narrative Writing Bonuses: Narrative Teaching Unit and Slides, conference forms, editable rubrics, and reference materials. ($197 value).
- Mentor Sentence Magic Bonuses: 9 weeks of mentor sentence grammar curriculum, 40+ grammar interactive notebook lessons, 100+ grammar exit tickets, grammar checklists, grammar reference materials, and six weeks of mentor sentences ($197 value).
