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Hi, everyone. My name is Rissa Killen, and I am so excited to be able to share with  you some of my ideas and activities for use in your secondary English language arts classroom. I have taught in the public schools for 32 years, everything from 7th to 12th grade language arts. I have seen a lot of teaching fads rise and fall over the decades. Now that I am retired, I wanted to offer some of my experience in helping you discover the procedures, activities, and tips that will help to make  your own English language arts classroom the best it can be. I have recently opened a store on TeachersPayTeachers. You will find the link in the side bar. I hope you will visit it and find something that will make your job easier and more effective. If you'd like to know more about me, please visit my About Me link.

I will be posting some additional ideas on this blog as well as offering some freebies to help you get your classroom more organized.  I hope you will like these freebies I will have available.