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"Education is all a matter of building bridges. - Ralph Ellison".
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This exercise uses passages from 451 to help students practice identifying and understanding the concepts of symbolism, alliteration, metaphor, s...
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This graphic organizer is an outline for the writing of a persuasive letter. This outline is especially useful for visual learners who prefer to ...
This outline is for students who are visual learners. Instead of the traditional outline with letters and Roman numerals, this outline is designe...
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This document describes two activities that I use to teach descriptive writing in my classes: The peppermint activity and the blue duck activity....
This handout is a practice activity for using context clues to acquire new vocabulary. Students read a short passage and complete a chart. Studen...
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This handout guides students through what thesis statement should look like for a research paper. Examples of both good and bad thesis statements...
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This activity helps students build skills in acquiring vocabulary through context clues. The students read a short passage and then answer questi...
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Can be used in either English or History class.
This 45-slide PowerPoint presentation takes students through the key events during the civll r...
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This poster project has students work in groups of two or three to learn more about one of the 12 major gods/goddesses of Greek mythology. A rubr...
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This PowerPoint presentation takes students through 5 archetypes: journey/quest, forbidden lovers, unlikely hero, the villain, and epic heroes. T...
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This is an anticipation guide for the giver. It's a pre-reading activity that helps students to build their prediction and discussion skills. Thi...
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This packet includes four graphic organizers to help students analyze any work of fiction for plot, character, conflict, and theme. This packet w...
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This activity is an active discussion about the themes and topics presented in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." The activity requires students to ...
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This worksheet gives students practice in differentiating between metaphor, simile, and personification. Students read each example and label it ...
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I created this graphic organizer for my 9th grade class's study of The Odyssey. This is an archetype graphic organizer for damsel in distress, th...
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This guided 18-slide PowerPoint takes students through the steps of writing an introduction for an essay. The presentation defines each part of t...
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This activity has two parts: students first underline personification in given sentences, and then they create their own examples. This is a good...
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This power point presentation takes students through the literary terms necessary for a unit on poetry and/or drama. Each slide has a term, defin...
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This PowerPoint presentation gives students the historical background they need to understand Elie Wiesel's "Night." Each slide highlights the ma...
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Included in this download are descriptions of project ideas and options for the novel "The Contender" by Lipsyte. Projects include writing topics...
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FEEDBACK
mmsbthomas
Excellent
May 18, 2013
wendyrichardson
added this to my short story unit. Very useful.
May 8, 2013
lrobbins
I put the book on all their I pads and used this to have them work through it.
May 7, 2013
mjdw4
Great resource!
May 6, 2013
Jhorizon77
Thanks!
April 29, 2013
tcher910
Great resource!
April 28, 2013
earlesarah
nice
April 25, 2013
Amie Trahan (TpT Seller)
It's so hard to find activities for this concept! Thank you!!
April 7, 2013
thacosta
Thanks!
March 27, 2013
thacosta
Very helpful, thanks!
March 25, 2013
constanceb
Good resource.
March 24, 2013
rew37
This is perfect
March 21, 2013
griseldacanas
good resources
March 18, 2013
Rophietta
Great tool!
March 2, 2013
Melissa Soos
Great product
February 26, 2013
elizggeorge
Very useful!
February 25, 2013
mare
Used this with my classes---very helpful!
February 18, 2013
mare
Thanks---enjoyed using this
February 18, 2013
bbrecheen
helpful tool
February 17, 2013
crouth
Good job.
February 10, 2013
gayers
Great tool!
February 3, 2013
bbrecheen
really useful
February 1, 2013
heathertheriot
Great sheet
January 29, 2013
cfarmer
Handouts were not included.
January 28, 2013
cfarmer
Thank you
January 28, 2013
cfarmer
Great tool for Night unit
January 28, 2013
Nikole Cline
Great! Very thorough!
January 24, 2013
lkronk
It was a great introduction.
January 20, 2013
pamelaknows
Great resource!
January 1, 2013
pamelaknows
Great resource!
January 1, 2013
cheraw57
This product makes my life easier. Thank you!
January 1, 2013
Carol Connor
Helpful!
December 31, 2012
jackie5with6
my kids found this very easy to follow. it helped them to write a better letter.
December 11, 2012
Malinda Canupp
great
December 3, 2012
jackireyna8701
Thanks
November 27, 2012
hendricksj
Great resource, thanks!
November 27, 2012
mrsreedy
I really like this; can't wait to use it!
November 26, 2012
savina
A good starting point for discussions. Thank you for your time and effort on this :)
November 23, 2012
hlbeyerlein
This is only one page. I wish there was more.
November 8, 2012
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
crouth re: Fiction Analysis Packet (Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme)
Can you send this in another format? It doesn't print for me as is.
March 10, 2013
casswilliams07 re: Context Clues practice
I purchased this item, and I am unable to download it.
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Thanks!
October 29, 2012
RColclasure re: To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Test
Do you have an answer key for this test?
October 16, 2012
MIcaylaMiller re: More Figurative Language Practice
What types of items did you give your students in this box to compare to each other?
April 1, 2012
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Dear Emily,
I purchased your Night-Historical Background Powerpoint on March 7th, 2010, and have not been able to open the slides. Please help.
I purchased your Night-Historical Background Powerpoint on March 7th, 2010, and have not been able to open the slides. Please help.
March 20, 2011
Emily S. (TpT Seller)
Oh no! Can you give me your email address? I can send it to you. Or you can just email me emcsims@yahoo.com.
March 20, 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have taught in both large, urban high schools and small, rural schools. I have taught all levels of high school English as well as the yearbook and journalism classes.
MY TEACHING STYLE
I teach in a student-centered style. The word "lecture" is not in my vocabulary; my activities are designed to keep students engaged.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
I have been published in English Journal.
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
I have a B.A. in English and a Master of Arts in English Education.
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I am a St. Louis native, but currently live in Las Vegas and frequently travel around the country.
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