Light Up Literature™ Newsletter

Teaching middle school ELA
shouldn't feel like guessing.

Join teachers who are done winging it and ready to teach reading, writing, and grammar with strategies that actually work in grades 6–8.

What you'll get every week

Writing frameworks that stick

TREES™, P.R.O.V.E.™, and THREE TREES GROW™ — frameworks built in a real classroom for the student who freezes at the blank page.

Reading and novel studies

Guided reading tools and novel study strategies that keep every learner in the text — not just the ones who would have been fine anyway.

First access to new resources

Subscribers hear about new products first — before TPT, before the shop, before anyone else. You'll also know exactly why I built them and how to use them.

Grammar and diagnostics

Know exactly where your students are and what to teach next. No guessing, no wasted weeks on skills they've already mastered.

Ready to teach smarter, not harder?

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Your guide

Debra Shepherd

Light Up Literature™ Curriculum · 7+ Years Middle School ELA

I built Light Up Literature™ after seven years in the middle school ELA classroom watching smart kids shut down — not because they couldn't learn, but because the support around them wasn't built for how their brains actually work.

Everything I create is ADHD-informed by design — which means it works better for every struggling learner in your room, diagnosed or not. This guide is where that starts.

Light Up Literature™ Newsletter

Teaching middle school ELA
shouldn't feel like guessing.

Join teachers who are done winging it and ready to teach reading, writing, and grammar with strategies that actually work in grades 6–8.

What you'll get every week

Writing frameworks that stick

TREES™, P.R.O.V.E.™, and THREE TREES GROW™ — frameworks built in a real classroom for the student who freezes at the blank page.

Reading and novel studies

Guided reading tools and novel study strategies that keep every learner in the text — not just the ones who would have been fine anyway.

First access to new resources

Subscribers hear about new products first — before TPT, before the shop, before anyone else. You'll also know exactly why I built them and how to use them.

Grammar and diagnostics

Know exactly where your students are and what to teach next. No guessing, no wasted weeks on skills they've already mastered.

Ready to teach smarter, not harder?

Join teachers who are already getting weekly ELA strategies that work for every learner in their room — gifted, struggling, and everyone in between.

Your guide

Debra Shepherd

Light Up Literature™ Curriculum · 7+ Years Middle School ELA

Teaching middle school ELAshouldn't feel like guessing.

Ready to teach smarter, not harder?

Debra Shepherd

Teaching middle school ELAshouldn't feel like guessing.

Ready to teach smarter, not harder?

Debra Shepherd

Teaching middle school ELA
shouldn't feel like guessing.

Teaching middle school ELA
shouldn't feel like guessing.