I have been teaching for 21 years. I am endorsed to teach English (grades 8-12) and Fine Arts (grades 1-12). I currently teach Film, Graphic Design, and Advanced Placement 2D Design. For 17 years I have taught 9th-12th grade Literature courses which consisted of World, British, and American studies. I have taught Advanced Placement Literature and Composition for 12 years. My goal is to create quality, detailed, editable resources that teachers can use to fit the needs of their students.
I have been teaching for 21 years. I am endorsed to teach English (grades 8-12) and Fine Arts (grades 1-12). I currently teach Film, Graphic Design, and Advanced Placement 2D Design. For 17 years I have taught 9th-12th grade Literature courses which consisted of World, British, and American studies. I have taught Advanced Placement Literature and Composition for 12 years. My goal is to create quality, detailed, editable resources that teachers can use to fit the needs of their students.
NEW: All quizzes and tests are in excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. Students can take tests online for instant grading and feedback.
269 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! Focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allusion,chiaroscuro, chiasmus, cliché,comic relief, diction, foil, hero cycle, irony, juxtaposition, momento mori, motif,narrator,paradox,personification, simile,surrealism,symbolism,theme), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Original photographs of India included on handouts.
* over 200 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)
* over 150 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
* 14 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work): Bildungsroman Novel, Characterization,Song Connection,Religions and Philosophy,Figurative Language,
Syntax,Writing about a Significant Passage
Psychiatric Evaluation
*20 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS
*2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS
*4 AP STYLE PROMPTS
*120 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS
*2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills)
*EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS
A 119 page COMPLETE unit on the film! It is the perfect film to use in an English, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Film course. NO FLUFF. This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and FILM ANALYSIS. Stills from film are on handouts. EXCEL files of all quizzes included for easy upload to Socrative.com Electronic Quiz program.
* 22 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)
* 67 VIEWING QUESTIONS
* 37 VIEWING/READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
* 10 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)Brainstorming and Making Connections, Allusions, Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Symbols, Motifs and Finding Support, Significance of Names and Titles, Allegory of the Cave, Philosophy and Religion
* 4 READER-RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS
* 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS
* 1 AP STYLE PROMPT
* 13 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS/QUIZ
* 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills)
* EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS ON FILM
