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Experience:13 Years Classroom Teaching High School 1 Year Classroom Teaching Middle School 1 Year Director School Newspaper 6 Years Student Development Higher Education Typical lesson follows this basic format using a variety of formats to touch numerous learning modalities. 1. Facilitated Socratic session and/or group activity to stimulate prior knowledge. 2. Interactive Media Presentation presenting subject area and skills with facilitated exercises to check for understanding.
Argument Analysis Activity "Do Aliens Exist?"
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Argument Analysis Activity "Do Aliens Exist?"

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Common Core Aligned. Critical analysis of texts is a strong focus of the CCSS. This mini-unit discussing the interesting topic of "Do Aliens Exist?", is designed with PPT lectures, student notes, and engaging activities to help you instruct your students to better understand and evaluate the fundamentals of arguments and persuasive techniques. This activity is part of a larger bundle. Save 50% on the comprehensive "Evaluating Arguments and Persuasion" bundle This Lesson Includes: -Teacher's Guide -Common Core Alignment -PPT Lecture -Student Notes -Engaging Activities -Close Reading Activities Total Pages 34 slides 8 pages
Christmas Activity Argument Analysis "Is Santa Real?"
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Christmas Activity Argument Analysis "Is Santa Real?"

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Common Core Aligned. Critical analysis of texts is a strong focus of the CCSS. This mini-unit has a hilarious analysis of the question "Is Santa Clause Real". The lessons are designed with PPT lectures, student notes, and engaging activities to help you instruct your students to better understand and evaluate the fundamentals of arguments and persuasive techniques. If you are interested in a more detailed bundle for evaluating arguments, save 50% on the comprehensive "Evaluating Arguments and Persuasion" bundle This Lesson Includes: -Teacher's Guide -Common Core Alignment -PPT Lecture -Student Notes -Engaging Activities -Close Reading Activities Total Pages34 slides 7 pages
Argument Analysis Activity "Should College Athletes Be Paid?"
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Argument Analysis Activity "Should College Athletes Be Paid?"

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Common Core Aligned. Critical analysis of texts is a strong focus of the CCSS. This mini-unit discussing the interesting topic of "Should College Athletes Be Paid?", is designed with PPT lectures, student notes, and engaging activities to help you instruct your students to better understand and evaluate the fundamentals of arguments and persuasive techniques. This activity is part of a larger bundle. Save 50% on the comprehensive "Evaluating Arguments and Persuasion" bundle This Lesson Includes: -Teacher's Guide -Common Core Alignment -PPT Lecture -Student Notes -Engaging Activities -Close Reading Activities Total Pages34 slides 10 pages
Argument Analysis "Zombie Apocalypse"
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Argument Analysis "Zombie Apocalypse"

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Common Core Aligned. Critical analysis of texts is a strong focus of the CCSS. This mini-unit discussing the interesting topic of "Would a Zombie Apocalypse be a Serious Threat", is designed with PPT lectures, student notes, and engaging activities to help you instruct your students to better understand and evaluate the fundamentals of arguments and persuasive techniques. The mini-unit includes a complete formal debate including Opening Arguments, Rebuttals, and Closing Arguments. This activity is part of a larger bundle. Save 50% on the comprehensive "Evaluating Arguments and Persuasion" bundle This Lesson Includes: -Teacher's Guide -Common Core Alignment -PPT Lecture -Student Notes -Engaging Activities -Close Reading Activities Total Pages34 slides 14 pages
Argument Analysis Activity "Violent vs Nonviolent Protest"
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Argument Analysis Activity "Violent vs Nonviolent Protest"

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Common Core Aligned. Critical analysis of texts is a strong focus of the CCSS. This mini-unit discussing the interesting topic of "Violent vs Nonviolent Protest", is designed with PPT lectures, student notes, and engaging activities to help you instruct your students to better understand and evaluate the fundamentals of arguments and persuasive techniques. This activity is part of a larger bundle. Save 50% on the comprehensive "Evaluating Arguments and Persuasion" bundle This Lesson Includes: -Teacher's Guide -Common Core Alignment -PPT Lecture -Student Notes -Engaging Activities -Close Reading Activities Total Pages34 slides 15 pages
Descriptive Writing Unit Activities
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Descriptive Writing Unit Activities

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This engaging descriptive writing unit focuses on develop students’ use of the following descriptive writing techniques to develop mood and tone: figurative language (simile, metaphor, allusion, and hyperbole), visual imagery, auditory imagery, olfactory imagery, tactile imagery, gustatory imagery, indirect characterization, and connotative diction. Each activity includes PPT lectures, student notes, guided activities, independent practice, and graphic organizers for brainstorming and planning. As a bonus, an engaging and entertaining group activity "Picture Pass Exercise" has been added, to engage students in the writing process. For other writing bundles, click on the link below Writing Resources This unit includes 1. Teacher's Guide 2. Common Core Standards Alignment 3. PPT Lectures (Mood, Tone, Imagery, Figurative Language, Indirect Characterization) 4. Student Notes (Mood, Tone, Imagery, Figurative Language, Indirect Characterization) 5. Guided Descriptive Writing Activities 6. Independent Descriptive Writing Activities 7. Descriptive Writing Graphic Organizers 8. Picture Pass Descriptive Writing Exercise Total Pages 41 slides 28 pages
Compare and Contrast Essay Writing
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Compare and Contrast Essay Writing

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Compare and Contrast: Make compare and contrast tasks easy and practical for your students with this comprehensive writing packet. PPT lecture coincides with student notes to provide direct instruction and guided practice. Students will benefit from scaffolded exercises designed to generate classroom discussion, graphic organizers to outline brainstorming, thesis templates designed for a variety of purposes, essay planning graphic organizers, and a guided practice paragraph. Included with this product: 1. PPT lecture to support student notes (15 slides) 2. Student notes with integrated exercises (4 pages) 3. Facilitated point-by-point practice paragraph (2 pages) 4. Essay planning graphic organizers (4 pages) 5. Using Venn Diagrams Effectively (3 pages) 6. Teacher's guide
Night Elie Wiesel Activities Bundle
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Night Elie Wiesel Activities Bundle

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This Night by Elie Wiesel Activities Bundle and Literary Analysis Writing Unit has a wide variety of unique and engaging activites. Each lesson develops close reading skills and a deep understanding of literary elements such as: symbolism, characterization, setting mood and tone, narrative conflict, and theme. The writing standards focus on developing student skills in literary analysis essay writing. Detailed packets provide guided instruction on how to write a literary analysis essay with detailed lessons that teach students the fundamental literary elements such as characterization, narrative setting, narrative conflict, symbolism, and theme. Each lesson provides systematic, facilitated writing exercises that address each element of essay writing: analyzing a prompt, writing thesis statements, writing introductions, deeply analyzing a text, using evidence, writing commentary and explanation, and writing conclusions. Unique acronyms help students remember how to approach each part of an essay. This Bundle of Activities Includes: 1. Art, Poetry, Memior Theme Comparison Activity 2. "First They Came" Poem Activity 3. Letters from the cattle car activity 4. United Nations Genocide Conventions Project 5. Holocaust Headlines Activity 6. Chapter Vocabulary Activities 7. Characterization Literary Analysis Writing 8. Setting Mood/Tone Literary Analysis Writing 9. Narrative Conflict Literary Analysis Writing 10. Symbols Literary Analysis Writing 11. Theme Literary Analysis Writing 12. Writng Introduction Paragraphs 13. Writing Conclustion Paragraphs 14. Writing PEEL Body Paragraphs 15. Writing Thesis Statements 16. Writing Topic Sentences 17. Sample Paragraphs 18. Literary Elements PPT 19. Literary Analysis Essay PPT 20. Over 15 Close Reading Passages 21. Annotation and Close Reading Guidelines 22. Graphic Organizers