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The resources that I post are, with a few exceptions, intended to be used in high school classes. My resources are aligned with the Common Core Standards, and I have I included accommodation/modifications with most of my lessons. In addition to being an English Language Arts teacher, I am also an ESL teacher, so many of my lessons include tips/accommodations for English Language Learners. My lessons are grounded in the whole language approach and foster critical thinking in students.

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The resources that I post are, with a few exceptions, intended to be used in high school classes. My resources are aligned with the Common Core Standards, and I have I included accommodation/modifications with most of my lessons. In addition to being an English Language Arts teacher, I am also an ESL teacher, so many of my lessons include tips/accommodations for English Language Learners. My lessons are grounded in the whole language approach and foster critical thinking in students.
Let's Play a Game!
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Let's Play a Game!

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This resource pack includes five games: Jeopardy template, Baseball, Race Car Game, Hangman and Snowman (a version of Hangman for younger ages). All games are in a PowerPoint format and include rules for the students as well as directions for the teacher. These templates can be easily modified to suit any given assignment or review.
Folktale and Urban Legend
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Folktale and Urban Legend

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This unit was designed for high school students who are studying folktales. It includes a lesson plan (with common core standards), a PowerPoint presentation, a rubric for assessment, and modifications for the assignment (note-taking guide and example of a folktale with hyperlinks to the definition of words that might be difficult for those reading below grade level or for English Language Learners)
Folktale and Urban Legend
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Folktale and Urban Legend

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This unit was designed for high school students who are studying folktales. It includes a lesson plan (with common core standards), a PowerPoint presentation, a rubric for assessment, and modifications for the assignment (note-taking guide and example of a folktale with hyperlinks to the definition of words that might be difficult for those reading below grade level or for English Language Learners)
A Novel Unit for Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman
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A Novel Unit for Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman

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This novel unit for Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman is intended for older students (high school) who have read To Kill a Mockingbird. It provides a Unit Overview (that is aligned to the Common Core), a PowerPoint Presentation that introduces the novel, a vocabulary list, a reader's log, the prompt for a literary analysis assignment and a research project. This unit also includes a rubric for each assignment.
Persuasive Writing Unit
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Persuasive Writing Unit

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The Persuasive Writing unit includes: a unit overview (aligned to Common Core Standards), four PowerPoint presentations (Rhetorical Devices, Logical Fallacies, the Writing Process, and the Mini-Research paper), note-taking guides for students who need this accommodation, and a collaborative assignment and an individual assignment over logical fallacies.
Voyage to Mars:  An Interdisiplinary Unit
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Voyage to Mars: An Interdisiplinary Unit

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This interdisciplinary unit provides an overview of a unit about voyage to Mars. It is aligned with the Common Core and integrates science, math, and reading objectives into one unit. This bundle also provides a Power Point Presentation over the unit, a Web Quest, and a suggested calendar for the unit.
Foreign Policy Research Paper
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Foreign Policy Research Paper

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This resource is intended for high school students and would work well in a 12th grade Government class or a 12th grade English class. This Common Core aligned resource includes a lesson plan, direction for the research project, a PowerPoint concerning the project, and a step-by-step look at a current foreign issue. Also included is a Rubric based on Common Core Standards.
Resource Pack for "The Gift of the Magi"
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Resource Pack for "The Gift of the Magi"

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This resource pack for "The Gift of the Magi" is common core aligned. It includes a unit overview, a PowerPoint introduction to the story, a PowerPoint lesson over the parts of a story (with a writing prompt for a short story assignment), and a characterization identification activity. It also includes a copy of the short story with side notes and reading guide questions. This copy of the story has hyperlinks with pictures and background information that might be useful to some students (such as ESL students).
Poetry Explication
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Poetry Explication

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This resource is intended to be used with students who are learning how to explicate a poem. It includes a PowerPoint presentation, a note-taking guide for students who might need this accommodation, and a Poetry Explication Activity (with an answer key).
Literacy Narrative
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Literacy Narrative

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This resource is aligned with the Common Core. It includes a PowerPoint Presentation, an Overview, and a Step-by-Step writing guided for students who need this accommodation.
Journal Writing Topics for the School Year
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Journal Writing Topics for the School Year

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This handy resource of 160 writing prompts are intended for use with middle school students. The prompts are arranged by month and allow for persuasive, descriptive and creative writing. The PowerPoint also has plenty of photographs to stimulate student writing.
The Four Humours
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The Four Humours

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This lesson includes a PowerPoint and activity cards. It was designed for high school students who were about to begin studying literature from the Medieval period. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to define and give examples of syllogisms, identify the four humours and resulting personality types, and be able to define and use four SAT words. This lesson was used in cooperative groups.
The R.I.D.E.R process for Solving Word Problems
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The R.I.D.E.R process for Solving Word Problems

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This bundle was designed for fifth and sixth grade students who were reading Dan Gutman's book The Get Rich Quick Club. This resource includes a PowerPoint presentation about solving word problems, an assessment, a rubric for grading the assessment, and a game (ticket out of class).
The Four Humours
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The Four Humours

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This lesson includes a PowerPoint and activity cards. It was designed for high school students who were about to begin studying literature from the Medieval period. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to define and give examples of syllogisms, identify the four humours and resulting personality types, and be able to define and use four SAT words. This lesson was used in cooperative groups.
WebQuest Pre-Reading Activity for Go Set a Watchman
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WebQuest Pre-Reading Activity for Go Set a Watchman

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This WebQuest is designed for high school students who are about to read Go Set a Watchman. It is intended to provide historical background for the novel to help students better understand the actions of the characters. It includes a lesson overview with a list of the Common Core standards that are addressed during the lesson.
Literacy Narrative
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Literacy Narrative

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This essay assignment is intended for high school students and to be taught at the beginning of the school year. It is a great way to get to know your students' background and their writing abilities. This resource includes a PowerPoint Presentation, an Overview of the lesson (with Common Core Standards), and a modified essay activity (step-by-step writing guide and an essay template).
Introduction to Poetry Explication--TPCASTT
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Introduction to Poetry Explication--TPCASTT

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This lesson is intended as an introduction to poetry explication and was used with high school students. This resource includes a lesson plan (with Common Core Standards), a PowerPoint presentation, a TPCASTT Activity (with a Teacher Key), and a Note-taking guide accommodation.
Literary Criticism and the Archetype
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Literary Criticism and the Archetype

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This presentation gives a definition and very brief history of Literary Criticism. It is intended as an introduction to a literary analysis using archetypes. The intended audience is high school students grade 9-12.
1984 Jeopardy
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1984 Jeopardy

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This game was intended as a review for a unit exam over the novel, 1984. It was designed for students at the high school level.
The Translation Process and the KJV
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The Translation Process and the KJV

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This activity should be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint presentation on the King James Version of the Bible. It is intended for 12th grade students in a British Literature class. It can be used with all students, but it was designed as a modification to the lesson for students who needed assistance with taking notes.