When teaching conflict in the secondary ELA classroom, it’s important students really see its importance. The conflict is the ebb and flow of a story. It’s the interest to keep an audience reading. Its crux drives the climax. Its solution brings it to resolution. Read on to find some tips to bring into your ELA classroom. 1. Identify conflict in mentor texts This is one of the easiest activities to implement. Allowing students to see what conflict looks like in strong, recognizable texts is probably the easiest way to teach students how to identify conflict.  2. Specifically, conflict in YA realistic fiction Conflict is also freely on display in YA realistic fiction. Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (I