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Hi! I'm Kelly Sage. I'm a teacher, writer, homeschooler, and a mama to a teen and an adult. Here you'll find my online English Language Arts classroom and homeschool membership, Creative ELA, a ton of resources, and support. Welcome!
It’s August. The dreams have started again. I am in a classroom filled with students I can’t see. My vision is gone. I pretend everything is just fine. I am trying to hold a soul-centered writing circle in an auditorium with hundreds of people who won’t stop interrupting each other. I have left all my […]
When I was a classroom teacher, the first week of school was always one of my favorite weeks to teach. We created routines, talked about what we were going to learn, shared our interests, and got to know each other. It was important my students and I used our first days together to set the […]
One of the first big projects I helped supervise when I became a high school teacher (more than 20 years ago!) was the school’s literary magazine. I’ll never forget my students’ thrill at the submissions coming in or how hard they worked putting the magazine together. Each year, a new literary magazine was born thanks […]
Kelly is an excellent teacher. My son has some problems with writing. Ever since Kelly started tutoring him two years ago, he has improved a lot. She is also very flexible on what to teach each session when special needs come up. My son likes her a lot. He just finished his high school sophomore and I am so happy that I no longer have to struggle with him to complete his English writing homework. His English grade in honor class is consistently above 90. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Outschool Parent- Weekly Tutoring
I just wanted to say that your thoughtful Turtle unit made me cry. And looking at October… my heart! Kids are thoroughly engaged and WILLING to write. Not just eye rolling and compliant. Actually wanting to participate. THANK YOU!!- Creative ELA parent
- Creative ELA
Doing one unit study a month through Creative ELA is definitely enough to cover your language arts in a gentle but also challenging way. Can those two things go together? Yes! Because this unit study can help push your learner out of their comfort zone but in a way that helps them feel comfortable growing. – Melissa from Pocket Homeschool
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- Creative ELA
“Wonderful, enthusiastic teacher. Very encouraging environment and clever use of technology to share information with the students. Well organized class. My daughter loves it!” ★★★★★
-Outschool Parent- Creative Writing Workshop
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My son was very reluctant, and even in the end wouldn’t use the video option. Thanks to the kind, encouraging nature of the instructor, he gained confidence and increasingly participated and provided input during class. The comprehension strategies he gained really worked; he loved using the post-it notes on the pages and interacting with the text. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- A Wrinkle in Time Novel Study
Teacher did great! My son is really delayed so he needs much more of these types of classes. Thanks for teaching classes like this. Very helpful. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- Reading Comp. Intro Class
We have sampled multiple classes on Outschool and my son liked this one the best. I also heard him participating at times which is not like him, so very positive experience! Text picked to analyze are very appropriate and also entertaining for the students. We signed up for the next session! ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- Reading Comprehension Class
I loved this class! We got to learn about poetry and share our own poems. I enjoyed the teacher’s and classmates’ supportive feedback! ★★★★★
- Outschool Student- Poetry Workshop
I learned a lot about different types of poetry. The discussions were interesting. ★★★★★
- Outschool Student- Poetry Workshop
Kelly has a solid base of experience and understanding when it comes to building a solid base of skills to navigate through language arts courses. She has a kind, clear and calm demeanor that helps creates a comfortable learning space. I also value the extra time she has given to provide advice/guidance to me as a parent trying to support and at times advocate for my son’s learning needs. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- 1:1 Tutoring
Great class, great teacher. Son wasn’t keen to do the class but Kelly managed to keep him engaged. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- Reading Comp. Intro Class
Kelly is a great teacher! I really recommend this class for any learners and the class helped my daughter a lot. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- Reading Comprehension Class
Great class! My son has learned great reading strategies to write a reader response. He loves the class. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- Writing Reader Response Journals
Excellent class!! Ms. Kelly is an encouraged teacher; her class moves along with the creative path and great meaningful questions. My son (11) stay engaged in the class the whole time. We’re registering for a second class. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- Reading Comprehension Class
Ms. Sage goes over how to annotate, ways to take notes while reading, and more. She makes sure that everyone has a chance to participate and voice their own opinion. I believe what worked best was her letting everyone see each other’s responses. In my opinion, the students who struggle with reading strategies and writing reading response journals. ★★★★★
- Outschool Parent- Writing Reader Response Journals
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