Classroom Management and PBL Blog for Grades 6-12 Teachers
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Questions for Socratic Seminar: 40 That Work in Grades 6–12
Forty subject-general Socratic seminar questions for grades 6–12, the four tests every seminar question has to pass, six stems students can use, and how long to wait after you ask.
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Socratic Seminar: How to Run One That Grades 6–12 Take Seriously
A Socratic seminar is a structured, text-based discussion where students question a shared text and each other while the teacher stays quiet. Here is how to run one in grades 6–12 — and what the research does and does not support.
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Civics Project Ideas: The Mock Election That Took Over a School
A civics project that got middle schoolers arguing about issues instead of insulting candidates, then grew into a mock election for the whole school. How it ran, what the research shows, and what keeps it safe.
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Formative Assessment Strategies for Reading: Five Checks That Fit a Real Week
Formative assessment strategies for reading are short ungraded checks that show what students understood while you can still act on it. Five that fit a secondary schedule, and the honest effect sizes.
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Classroom Review Games That Actually Review: Two Formats for Grades 6-12
Classroom review games only work when every student has a real job, not just the four in front. Two full formats, the retrieval research behind them, and the honest limits.
