Best Class Ever
ELA resources that make teaching literature, grammar, and writing feel like the best part of your day.
Done-for-you resources for middle and high school English Language Arts — designed by a real teacher, built for real classrooms.
What you’ll find here
You’re juggling 150 students, a stack of papers to grade, and about four minutes to eat lunch. You don’t need another Pinterest rabbit hole — you need resources that are ready to go, engaging for students, and designed to actually work in a real classroom. That’s what Best Class Ever is about.
Novel Studies
Chapter-by-chapter guides with discussion questions, vocabulary work, comprehension checks, and writing prompts.
Grammar & Language
Activities that teach grammar through context, not worksheets that make kids’ eyes glaze over. Bell ringers, mini-lessons, and practice that sticks.
Literary Devices & Analysis
Help students see how authors craft meaning. Foreshadowing, simile, metaphor, irony, symbolism, and more — each with engaging activities and real-text examples.
Short Stories, Poetry & Mythology
High-interest texts with built-in scaffolding so every student can access the material.
From the blog
Teaching ideas you can actually use this week.
- How to Build a Genesis Final Exam Your Gen Ed Students Can Actually PassA free 50-question Genesis literacy test for general-ed high school ELA — plot recall, basic literary terms, and a complete answer key.
- How to End a Genesis Unit Without Burning Out (or Boring Your Students)A free 10-page Genesis capstone project for HS ELA. Students retell a Genesis story across art, music, and film — then create their own.
- How to Teach Joseph as the First Novella in World Literature — and Why Your Students Are Reading the Sequels Without the OriginalA guide to teaching Genesis 37–50 as the first sustained novella in world literature — Thomas Mann’s four-volume response, the recognition scene, and what your students need to read first.
About me
I’m Ali — a middle and high school ELA teacher, mom of two, and the creator of Best Class Ever. I build resources that are ready to use, engaging for students, and respectful of your time. Everything uses a clean, magazine-inspired aesthetic because good design shouldn’t be reserved for corporate presentations.
BEST CLASS EVER with Ali Morris 