My Teaching Experience

Over the last 13 years, I have taught 7th grade through junior college, so the lesson plans that I share here could come from any of those grade levels. I am currently teaching 10th grade reading and world literature and 11th grade reading and American literature. I've been teaching reading for seven years, so most of my lessons were designed with my reluctant readers in mind. Recently I taught an honors level 9th grade class along with my remedial classes; I was surprised by how much my honors students learned when I used some of the same lessons (vocabulary, especially) that I was using with my remedial students. I think all of our students benefit if we slow down and emphasize quality over quantity.

My Teaching Style

Although I know standardized testing is the reason behind my job (reading remediation within an English class), I don't teach for the test. I teach reading for life--I feel like it is my job to share with my students the wide variety of reading materials available and to teach them how to make meaning from these texts and appreciate them.

Honors/Awards/Shining Teaching Moment

I love to hear the kids tell me they have just finished their first novel ever and then ask for help in choosing their next novel--all in the same conversation.

MY FEATURED PRODUCTS

• "The Most Dange...
• Reading Strateg...
• The Odyssey--Je...
• Humanitarian Re...