r/ELATeachers is a subreddit with 36k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses teaching, ela, reading, writing, and classroom, and they frequently recommend/review curriculum, graphic novel, and fantasy.
A place for English teachers to share ideas and lessons and to brainstorm and collaborate on all things related to English Language Arts.
Popular Themes in r/ELATeachers
#1
Advice Requests
: "Interactive Notebooks for High School English?"
29 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Another ChatGPT Rant"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Teachers Who Don't Read Are Teaching the Wrong Lesson: The Case for Reading"
3 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "HELP! My students are bored with Fahrenheit 451. How can I spark their interest?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/ELATeachers
#1
Teaching
: "Have we overcomplicated Teaching?"
107 posts
#2
Ela
: "Middle school typing skill gap showed up in my Ela class in a way I didn't see coming"
64 posts
#3
Reading
: "“Analyzing the book takes the fun out of Reading…” ugh!!!"
50 posts
#4
Writing
: "Favorite Writing Assignments?"
47 posts
#5
Classroom
: "Painted This for My Classroom Ceiling"
44 posts
#6
Students
: "Students who finish early"
38 posts
#7
Looking For
30 posts
#8
Struggling
: "Anyone else Struggling to teach different learning types in one classroom"
24 posts
#9
English
: "Curriculum Sequence for 11th Grade English"
24 posts
#10
Literature
: "Teaching Literature on exchange and realizing “analysis” means something different here"
23 posts
Products Discussed in r/ELATeachers
Curriculum
19 reviews
#1
My Perspectives
2.3★ from 6 reviews
#2
Amplify
3.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
CommonLit
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Graphic Novel
11 reviews
#1
Heartstopper
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Anya's Ghost
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Lumberjanes
5.0★ from 1 review
Fantasy
6 reviews
#1
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Brandon Sanderson
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Rick Riordan
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/ELATeachers
#1
9-12 ELA
: "It's so cheesy but I love my new "leveled accomodations" framing for short writing"
104 posts
#2
6-8 ELA
: "Have we overcomplicated teaching?"
45 posts
#3
Books and Resources
: "New York Times Student Writing Contest Winner with Blatant AI Usage"
16 posts
#4
Professional Development
: "To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog"
8 posts
#5
Career & Interview Related
: "Rant: There is NO teacher shortage in NJ"
6 posts
#6
Humor
: "Confession: I hate “The Outsiders”"
5 posts
#7
Monday Motivation
: "Can we all agree that education and literacy are important now?"
3 posts
#8
JK-5 ELA
: "Anybody teaching irony this fall"
3 posts
#9
Parent/Student Question
: "Taking free Litcharts requests."
3 posts
#10
Educational Research
: "I am an NYU researcher trying to fix the AI crisis in classrooms. Teachers, what are you actually doing to keep assignments from being outsourced to AI?"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/ELATeachers
Yearly
+8k members(26.2%)
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Last updated: June 11, 2026