Join The EB Teachers' ELA Portal (2024)

It’s totally possible to reach your breaking point, even if (maybe especially if) you’re a great teacher.

Chances are pretty good that you became an ELA teacher because you’re passionate about connecting with your students and watching them grow.

But the warm, fuzzy feelings tend to evaporate when you’re sitting at home for the fifth consecutive Sunday, staring down a pile of ungraded persuasive essays onTuck Everlasting.

Monday is looming...and you don’t have a lesson planned, either...

...so you’re frantically looking for ideas on TPT and Pinterest, hoping to find something that’s fun and rigorous and addresses at least one or two state standards and will take up the full 50-minute class period.

(Oh, and can it also teach grammar? Pretty please?)

Meanwhile, you’re sitting out another family event. Today it’s a baseball game, but next week it might be a picnic with good friends.

And if you’re being honest, weekdays are no better...

You manage to duct-tape things together for a few hours to help your own kids with their homework, but the second that 8 PM rolls around, you’re back to plugging numbers into the ol’ online gradebook.

how would it feel to . . .

See your students having fun in class—the kind of fun that has them raving about your ELA period at the dinner table each night.

Roll into the classroom on a Monday morning full of energy (because you had a relaxing Sunday with family, instead of spending six hours down the Pinterest rabbit hole).

Be confident and excited about everything you have to cover—even when it’s time to do "That Novel" (the one you secretly can’t stand) or dig deep into parts of speech.

Help your students truly improve their writing and critical thinking skills so that they leave your classroom fully prepared for whatever the next school year holds.

It IS possible for ELA teachers to achieve work-life balance.

We know. It takes hours to plan lessons that incorporate all of the topics you need to teach...and if you’re honest with yourself, part of the reason is that you’re picky about making sure that the resources that you use are rigorous.

And lesson planning is only half the battle.

Grading means providing actionable feedback on stacks of 3-page essays...not running Scantrons through a machine.

But...hard as it may be to believe…

It doesn’t have to be that way.

With the right techniques—and resources—at your fingertips, you can win back those nights and weekends.

Lessons can be challenging and engaging.

Not every fun activity you find online is tough enough to challenge your students.

On the flip side, students can get easily frustrated by being asked to do challenging work that doesn’t actually speak to them.

But if your resources can do 3 things:

• Incorporate the standards that your kids need to meet
• Focus on topics that they’re going to enjoy learning about
• Teach writing, literary analysis, and more through cutting-edge strategies that are fun to put into practice

...then you’re going to see that outcomes can improve while students are having a blast.

You can find the time to teach everything you need...if you structure your lessons right.

One of the biggest challenges ELA teachers face is thatyou have ONE class period to teach grammar, writing, vocabulary, reading comprehension, literary analysis…

When you start thinking about it, it can make you question if you really are hitting all the standards.

(Especially if all you were given to start with was a printed PDF of those standards and a couple of boxes full of novels that you need to teach.)

You can’t control every aspect of teaching...but you can be more strategic about your approach.

There are always going to be wild cards (wait, why are we even telling you that when you’ve survived all the challengesthe past few years havethrown at you??) but you can set yourself up to handle them easily.

What you can’t do is fend off all of these challenges while trying to lesson plan, grade, and manage a classroom on a day-by-day or hour-by-hour basis.

Otherwise, your work life starts to look a bit like this:

If you think that you can keep doing things by the seat of your pants, we need to talk. Chances are you know deep down that it’s not working...you just aren’t sure what to do differently.

That’s why we developed The EB Teachers’ ELA Portal.

We know from experience that you’re facing near-endless demands on your time, your energy, and your expertise.

As far as resources go, you’re often starting with empty file cabinets (and minimal guidance).

And the challenges of the past few school years mean that your students may not have achieved the same outcomes they would have in past years.

BUT BEFORE WE TELL YOU WHAT'S IN THE PORTAL,

we need to show you something....

YOU CAUGHT ALL THAT, RIGHT?

hey there, friend!

WE WERE ONCE WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW...

"At the beginning of the year, my 8th graders were testing at 35% proficiency. Last week they took the same test and tested at 80%!!

I’ve been combining the lessons from EB with my HM Collections curriculum. My students have loved all of the activities we’ve done so far. They are looking forward to the descriptive writing unit for Halloween we will be doing in a couple weeks.

The professional development opportunities are incredible. I feel like I’ve grown so much as a teacher! Worth the investment. At the end of the day, you’re investing in yourself as a professional and in your students’ learning 💕 THANK YOU!”

Lindsay Jo, 7th and 8th grade

“My personal life is so much better balanced, and I’m not feeling guilty for ignoring my family and own kids any longer.

Students are getting high-quality work and a teacher more ready to focus and be full of energy because I didn’t spend the entire Sunday prior creating and planning all day. This helps me be a better teacher!"

Alicia Piascik, 6th grade, 10 years teaching

"I joinedEB and I started using some of the materials. There's so much support there, it blew me away.

I am seriously getting choked up as I am writing this. I hope you get letters from participants like this every day. I promise that I will not write to you and tell you about every single event that happens. I just need you to know that today I am thankful for what you have done for me, for my team, and for my students (but honestly, mostly for me).

Bless you both. As I replay my day, I had a calming morning drive, a great lesson with kudos from my principal, and I experienced no anxiety for the first time in my life when an admin came in my room. It was a good day."

Leslie Snyder, 6th Grade ELA Teacher, 26 years teaching

HERE'S HOW THE EB TEACHERS' ELA PORTAL WORKS...

Our signature programsprovide
EVERYTHINGyou need to teach the ELAskills for 5th-8th grades.

WHAT YOU GET THE MOMENT YOU BECOME AN EB TEACHER

CUSTOM LESSON PLANNING SOFTWARE

Many teachers fall into the trap of being REACTIVE when it comes to planning and instruction.

In other words: late on a Sunday night, you remember that you need to teach pronouns, so you hop onto that resource site and buy a worksheet that the kids can do in class. As in tomorrow at 8:47 AM.

We’ve createdourcustom lesson planningsoftware and our accompanying training to break that buy, teach, throw away cycle and help ELA teachers become PROACTIVE in terms of how they approach planning for the weeks and months to come.

The centerpiece is our unique approach to planning, The EB Batch Planning Framework. Insidethe Portal, you'll get access to our core planning training that covers:

• Your Scope and Sequence
• The Day-to-Day of Lesson Planning
• Crafting Into, Through, and Beyond Lessons
• Batch PlanningFoundations

This is the heart of everything you dowith our EB Teachers—we’ll teach you exactly how to think through the school year, from your overarching goals to the no-stress planning technique that’s going to change. Your. Life. As in: leave your laptop in your classroom, ‘cause you’re done for the day at 4 P.M. It’s that good.

And the lesson planning software? Think of it like Chat GPT but for lesson planning

REAL RESULTS

URSULA fa*gERSTROM, Grades 9-10

"I'm always ready for the next day! I'm not panicked about teaching in a couple of hours, because I know what I'm doing, I have it ready to go. Having taughtfor three years with EB to now, the time I've gotten back to be a better wife and mother is huge. I get to sit down and enjoy dinner with my family not thinking, 'Oh, I have all this to do.'"

FRAULINE WALKER, Grades 5-6

BUT WAIT, YEARLY MEMBERS RECEIVE ...

Check out your bonuses if you become a yearly member...

Literary Analysis Escape Room Bundle

Getstudents thinking critically about a text while doing fun activities. The highlight? An escape room themed around an abandoned house or a prom planning session gone awry.

Grammar Fair Bundle

Step right up and get your tickets! It’s time for the annual Grammar Fair. Students will rotate through a variety of activities inspired by the midway, including a can toss, a basketball shoot, and a pie-eating contest. Each game tests a key grammar skill for their grade level.

Book Tasting Bundle

Transform your classroom into an old-fashioned ice cream parlor or food truck rally (actual treats optional...but recommended!) where students get to sample a variety of books they’d like to read before sharing their choice with classmates.

real results

ALL IN, THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE CLUB IS $1,149

Butright now, you get everything for

only $37

READY TO CHANGE YOUR TEACHING LIFE?

Take a look at what The Club has to offer

JOIN MONTH-TO-MONTH

JOIN YEARLY

We want you to feel comfortable about joining The EB Teachers’ELA Portal(and let’s get real for a sec: we know that a lot of you are paying for this out of your own pocket.)

So here’s our promise to you: once you join The EB Teachers’ ELA Portal, you have 48 hours to watch as many videos as you want, check out lessons, and pay a visit to our private EB Teacher Community.

If you take a good look around and don’t think that it’sgoing to work for you, no problem!

We’ll refund your money within 48 hours—no questions asked.

You’ll get the most out of The EB Teachers’ELA Portal if…

1. You’re starting over on some level and want to get it right—on the first try.New school? New grade level? New subject area? The materials inside The EB Teachers’ELA Portal will help make your transition a breeze.
2. You’ve been teaching ELA for a while, but you’re about to hit your limit.Spending six hours every Saturday planning for the next week? Perpetually sleep-deprived? Strained home life? It happens to the best of us. We want you to get back on track—without having to quit the profession that you’re passionate about.
3. You KNOW you’ll benefit from more engaging lessons.Just like getting a new pair of shoes, introducing new lessons keeps teaching fresh and fun.
4. You’re willing to invest a few hours upfront to save lots more hours in the future.We’ll be totally honest: the best way to benefit from The EB Teachers’ELA Portal is to sit down andwork through our super simple and customized onboarding process(don't worry, we'll explain inside the Portal)right away so that you can start making progress. That’s where transformational change happens.
5. You’re capital-d Done with scouring the internet for resources.A) It’s one of the biggest time sucks out there. B) Individual resources work fine to keep your classroom afloat for a single day, but they don’t work together. C) Buying one-off resources adds up...fast.
6. You feel like you could do a better job teaching reading or writing systematically.Maybe your curriculum provides questions that students are supposed to answer in writing, but there’s no breakdown on how to do so. Your kids were frustrated with the “here, go!” and so are you. You know you need something far more scaffolded to make this work.
7. You want each one of your students to leave your classroom a better writer than when they started.That’s really what this is all about—making sure the kids are learning valuable skills...without killing the fun and creativity that writing holds.

REAL RESULTS

Frequently Asked Questions

Are the resources really that easy to unpack and use in class? (In other words: will this help or will it just be another “thing”?)

Are the materials included in the Portal really going to be rigorous enough for my middle school students?

Okay. But will my kids actually have fun? Because a lot of stuff I’ve tried is “fun-adjacent,” at best.

How will I be able to make your lessons work with my district-mandated curriculum?

Not all of my students are reading or writing at grade level. Will the material in The EB Teachers’ ELA Portal still work for me?

ARE YOU READY?