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This document includes everything you need to teach the classic poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes. First, it includes a before-reading activ...
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This is at least a 2-day lesson on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. It includes an idea and a worksheet on how to include The Simpson's video ver...
This 2-day lesson (and 10-page packet) introduces and teaches how to punctuate dialogue in a fun way! Students punctuate jokes! What's included...
The classic short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant!
First, there is a 9-page handout where this classic story is on the left-hand side...
This document includes two lessons with interactive activities, as well as three reproducible worksheets to practice appositive phrases (two work...
This activity uses the comprehension skill of predicting to make students use clues from the text to hypothesize what will happen next. Students...
This lesson is for Chapter 7/8 of The Giver by Lois Lowry. It is a simulation of the Ceremony of Twelve. This will help students understand the...
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This 18-page document is intended for multiple days (around 5). It is interactive, engaging, and integrates both reading comprehension and writi...
This lesson will introduce students to the three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. It includes an anticipatory set to instantly...
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This lesson/activity/worksheet is engaging and fun, relevant to students, but also introduces students to three classic metaphor poems.
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This handout is great for helping students comprehend Chapter 4 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. There are 8 sentences chosen from the text; the...
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This document is a 9-page introductory lesson to affixes and why learning them is so important, as well as how when you know the meaning of one, ...
This lesson introduces adjective clauses in a fun way! It focuses a lot on combining two shorter sentences into one, more sophisticated sentence...
This is an engaging and detailed lesson (with step-by-step handouts included) on Chapters 9, 10, and 11 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark T...
This document contains the entire text of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. On the right of the text, there are comprehen...
This document will help your students immensely with the comprehension of Chapter 8 and 9 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer because it offers compr...
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Students need access to computers for this activity. This activity teaches: eu-, anti-, cal-, mono-, pseudo-, -cide, corp-, dorm-, peri-, epi-, ...
Are you teaching The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and want an engaging discussion to take place regarding who has a better life - the Socs or the Gre...
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This lesson introduces participial phrases in an interactive, engaging way. Students watch a movie clip, see students act out a few suggested sc...
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lindseypearl
a high interest activity for kids
April 26, 2013
aga99
Thanks!
April 21, 2013
treber
Excellent, creative activity to get students into the novel.
April 8, 2013
leahschulze
Great lesson
April 6, 2013
cheraw57
What a wonderful item to use in the class room.
April 4, 2013
OntheMark
Thank you! This is great!
March 6, 2013
Kclady
good activities
February 5, 2013
deedee527
thanks!!
January 27, 2013
heathertheriot
This has completely changed the way my students have responded to this poem!
January 23, 2013
Nathalie Reid
GREAT!
January 22, 2013
audrey67
Fun activity
January 21, 2013
heathertheriot
Very helpful!
January 16, 2013
kschoech
This was fun!
January 7, 2013
jenjen20
I'm a new teacher and I have been looking for a Frankenstein poem for a while. I had seen Field's poem before, but wasn't sure if it was appropriate to use until I saw this...thank you so much!
January 5, 2013
natgoodwin
Great resource to use with this short story. My students found it very helpful!
December 16, 2012
luviada17
This was an interesting activity.
December 8, 2012
Tori Gorosave (TpT Seller)
Wonderful resource! I love the format you used to break the poem up.
December 7, 2012
brandilocks1029
Thanks so much for the time-saver! It's perfect for my classes.
December 5, 2012
Judilyn
Awesome! Thank you!
December 3, 2012
yolyhg
I was looking for something to help introduce appositives to my Beg ELD class. This is truly helpful!
November 25, 2012
Rhonda Hughey
Wonderful.
November 2, 2012
COLLIERVILLEMIDDLE
Thank you. I used with on Halloween and it was a big success.
Kids really loved the Simpsons version.
Today a kid said, " I saw a raven while I was out trick or treating-it was scary." :-)
Kids really loved the Simpsons version.
Today a kid said, " I saw a raven while I was out trick or treating-it was scary." :-)
November 1, 2012
mack0705
This is very helpful, thanks!
October 9, 2012
clperki2
Fun activity... thanks!
October 1, 2012
svolk
Looking forward to using this!
September 18, 2012
jleannb
This really helped my kids (in a fun way) learn about metaphors.
September 14, 2012
LLuettich
It was such a great lesson! However be advised that YouTube no longer carries the "Far Far Away Idol" clip, it has been permanently removed. So instead of relying on the clip have a back up video to show the scene!
September 10, 2012
burkeam
The product was just as described.
September 9, 2012
lisdon
Excellent!
September 7, 2012
bierbaum
Loved it!
September 5, 2012
Theresa Shaheen (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much! My students are really struggling with appositives and I think this will be prefect!
September 3, 2012
pkemarie
I LOVE the creativeness of this lesson plan. I always incorporate the Simpsons episode....but you did an awesome job with even MORE creative tie ins :) Great buy!!!!
August 17, 2012
Linda Graf
Very detailed instructions for a great project!
August 16, 2012
pkemarie
This is a great reading guide for the short story. I appreciate the investigative reading strategies rather than simple comprehension questions. Even the post reading responses have a higher depth of knowledge than your average quiz. My only concern was the price. I believe it shouldn't be so expensive....I have purchased similar materials for a lower price. :)
August 4, 2012
Linda Graf
This is a very creative lesson idea.
July 21, 2012
kymestry
This was very helpful!
July 2, 2012
rosevin
A very useful materials for my class. Looking forward to more lesson plan and activities like this using short stories.
June 28, 2012
bnbowman78
VERY USEFUL!
June 15, 2012
Mary Jo Williams
We had fun with this! The students wanted to know if they could continue the simulation somehow (we had just finished The Hunger Games simulation sold on TPayT), so maybe that could be your next project...if you want one. I was going to turn the students loose on that, but it was too late in the year. The instructions were great and easy to follow. Thumbs up!
June 10, 2012
kdriscoll99
My students were engaged and left class with a clearer understanding of appositives.
May 14, 2012
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wschwartze re: Appositives Lesson with Shrek + Starbursts
Hi! I just purchased Appositives Lesson with Shrek + Starbursts. When you have time could you please email me the Word version of this. By the way I love this lesson! Thank you!!
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wandola@hotmail.com
December 3, 2012
Emily Gaul (TpT Seller)
Of course! Going to send it right now! And thank you for purchasing! :)
December 4, 2012
BekC1979 re: Appositives + Pop Culture
Can you email me the text file so I can edit some names? Great way to teach the appositives and will work well with one of my classes.
December 2, 2012
Emily Gaul (TpT Seller)
Yes, of course! Your email is not showing up in your comment, and I cannot attach a document to this response. Can you send me an email to emilyabell@aol.com, and I will send the document back?
Thanks,
Emily
Thanks,
Emily
December 3, 2012
jedick
Hi Emily. Could you please send me the word version of "the Necklace'??? Thanks.
jenedick@hotmail.com
jenedick@hotmail.com
November 29, 2012
kcockell re: "The Raven" by Poe - Lesson and Comprehension Handout
Can you please send me the word version of The Raven lesson plan.
THANKS!!
kcockell@yahoo.com
THANKS!!
kcockell@yahoo.com
October 30, 2012
c8eemace89 re: Reading Comprehension - Predicting with Dahl's "The Hitchhiker" Story
Is this something I could use with The Hitchhiker video from the 1940s...I mean, does the story work with the older one by lucille fletcher, or are they totally different? Thanks!
September 6, 2012
Emily Gaul (TpT Seller)
Hello!
No, I'm sorry, but this activity is meant only for the Roald Dahl story. Thanks for your interest, though!
Best,
Emily
No, I'm sorry, but this activity is meant only for the Roald Dahl story. Thanks for your interest, though!
Best,
Emily
September 6, 2012
laboothe re: "The Necklace" Short Story by Maupassant - Comprehension + Irony
Do you have a sample for this essay?
December 17, 2011
Emily Gaul (TpT Seller)
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, but I do not have a sample essay for either of these questions! I did not have the students submit them electronically, and I have since given them all back. I apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for purchasing! Please let me know if you have any more questions. Best,
Emily
Emily
December 18, 2011
laboothe re: "The Highwayman" Poem by Noyes - Reading Comprehension + Activities
Do you happen to have a sample essay for "The Highwayman"?
December 17, 2011
donelle61 re: "The Raven" by Poe - Lesson and Comprehension Handout
Hi Emily. I love your work. I teach at a school for the Blind and Visually Impaired, so I was wondering if I could get a copy of your Word version so that I can increase the font size. Thanks! email: donellesydow@gmail.com
Donelle
Donelle
October 21, 2011
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I have taught language arts to both seventh- and eighth-grade students for over five years now. I have spent hours upon hours creating and fine-tuning my lesson plans, so that they are engaging and effective!
MY TEACHING STYLE
I want my students to be fully engaged at all times! In fact, I feel personally obligated to make each period one of discovery and critical thinking. This means that my lessons are always differentiated: I always consider multiple ability ranges, as well as learning styles (kinesthetic, visual, etc.) when I create them. I also anticipate a middle-school mindset and the interests of the students - for example, what will make them tick, what will wow them, what will "get them talking" as they leave. Essentially, no class is hum drum, no lesson is a "filler"! My lessons posted on this site are always extremely detailed - including even suggested dialogue and questions - and extensive.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
I was recognized by my principal for presenting "brilliant, innovative, robust, and creative" lesson plans - ones that fully engaged my students at all times. I also won the district’s Technology Excellence in the Classroom award and the Tech 2005 award, a statewide honor in which I presented a technology initiative at the Illinois capitol. I was also selected to be the Chairperson of our school’s Language Arts Committee, which was responsible for overhauling our curriculum. Our charge included spearheading educational issues and adopting a new textbook, scope, and sequence, among other initiatives. I have also led several workshops during in-service days, including one on engaging reading practices. Finally, I led the Creative Writing Club and co-led the Newspaper Club and have helped many students win writing and vocabulary awards!
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
I graduated magna cum laude at Miami University in Ohio, majoring in both Psychology and Sociology. I then went on to receive my Masters in Teaching at National-Louis University in Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. I have attended a slew of workshops and conferences, including ones sponsored by the Illinois Reading Council and the Secondary Reading League, as well as other local professional development opportunities. I have also read and researched a great deal on how to be an effective educator!
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I live in Chicago, IL; I have been married four years; I have a one-year old son.
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