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Mrs Pennington
United States - Florida - Spring Hill
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"Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read - Groucho Marx"
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This document includes directions for five vocabulary centers that can be used with whatever vocabulary your students have been assigned. You ca...
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Harrison Bergeron is an excellent short story to introduce students to a dystopian/utopian society. It can be used in conjunction with novels su...
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2 Days
This novel unit contains everything you need to teach the novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park. Includes comprehension and discussion que...
This is a file of many of the activities I used for my unit on the Holocaust. This file includes the following:
Holocaust Literature Project in...
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This is a unit I put together for my lower readers when we read The Hobbit together. The study guides are in two-column notes format, and there ...
This is a short (five question) Power Point I used when I introduced the Holocaust unit to my classes. I did this as a four corners activity, in ...
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30 Minutes
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*A PowerPoint presentation intoducing students to Greek mythology, including the Greek and...
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This short Powerpoint presentation uses historical photos from the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan to show students the real effects. I us...
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My biggest and most thorough novel unit yet! Almost 100 pages!
This novel unit contains everything you need to teach the novel The Mostly True Ad...
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This rubric makes it easy to grade any RAFT assignment. RAFT stands for Role Audience Format Topic, and is a way of letting student show underst...
This is a project I assigned to my middle school GATE students. They had to create a presentation that could be used by elementary teachers to t...
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This is a unit for middle grades students to learn about writing for newspapers. It covers both news writing and letters to the editor. It also...
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This novel unit contains everything you need to teach the novel Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald.
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After reading Paul Revere's Ride in class, I assign my students to pick an event from history and write their own poem about it. The poem has to...
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This powerpoint gives students an understanding of what anti-Semitism is and how long it has existed. I use this as an intro to my unit on the H...
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This novel unit contains everything you need (and more!) to teach the novel Aliens on vacation by Clete Barrett Smith.
Includes vocabulary, com...
This is a complete guide for using the novel Dread Locks by Neal Shusterman (part of the Dark Fusion Series) in the classroom. The guide include...
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In this packet you will find twenty different quotations, each with four writing prompts. I have included questions at a variety of levels. All i...
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This center asks students to use their background knowledge and see what words they already know using common word roots. This center can be use...
Tired of teaching the same old poetry? Looking for some forms to teach that will challenge your students while still making it fun? This unit h...
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FEEDBACK
kdahl82
Great lesson! My students did a great job preparing the historical poems!
May 7, 2013
jcheatham22
Students loved it!
May 5, 2013
Mrseverlof
Great resource!
April 20, 2013
LynnE65
Thank you! This is a great presentation.
April 18, 2013
beecherr
My kids are loving this
April 10, 2013
cconnor
Great resource!
April 5, 2013
mrscowella
We had so much fun with this!
April 3, 2013
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
I am so glad! Homer is such a fun character to read about!
April 4, 2013 
annamar36
My students loved these games.
March 24, 2013
trauschm
Could not download due to virus protection at my school. The prompt said unaccessable due to the fact it could harm my computer, please advise. Will not open.
matthew.trausch@fwusd.org
matthew.trausch@fwusd.org
March 19, 2013
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
I have send the documents to your email. Hope this helps!
March 28, 2013
crtny514
Very useful!
March 12, 2013
saquinn
RAFT writing is very popular with my students, this was helpful.
March 12, 2013
cmniedz
I haven't looked at this yet but I am sure I'll love it. Thanks!
March 11, 2013
anichols87
The file will not open.
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anichols@mlsd.wednet.edu
March 11, 2013
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Send me your e-mail address and I will be glad to send youthe files.
March 8, 2013
tchambless
Thanks for the games. They should be a great review tool.
February 12, 2013
kransom
Love it!
February 8, 2013
RobynRice95
Excellent guide for Aliens on Vacation. Thank you!
February 6, 2013
crmaley
Just what I was looking for!
February 3, 2013
khowe512
Exactly what I needed. Thank you.
January 24, 2013
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Glad to hear it! Dread Locks is such a fun book to read with students!
January 25, 2013
mraykovich
haven't been able to use this product yet, but am looking forward to using it in the next two weeks while my students read the novel.
January 20, 2013
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
It is a great novel for students - I hope you find the resources useful!
January 21, 2013
ckraner
Nice packet for this story.
January 20, 2013
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Glad you like it! It is my favorite of all my products!
January 21, 2013
craybourne
I cannot download this onto my computer. Something is not working. This is the first time I have not been able to download something from this website. Any advice
January 14, 2013
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Send me your e-mail & I will send the files in the set to you.
January 20, 2013
tiffy10punch
Thank you!
January 5, 2013
jackie51
Thanks!
January 5, 2013
mfedrizzi
Very good! Just what I needed to complete the short story unit.
December 31, 2012
Hugs from Hernan-ELA Store (TpT Seller)
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December 29, 2012
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December 26, 2012
bmurphy61
Great activity to reinforce the concept
December 26, 2012
Mrswilcox
thanks!
November 25, 2012
kmgarza
I look forward to using this for review.
November 18, 2012
dlgood
This is a huge help! Thank you
November 15, 2012
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Glad you found the product helpful! I love teaching The Hobbit!
November 16, 2012
poags25
There has been a push at my school for more collaboration and engagement and boy did these games help me to achieve this goal.
November 13, 2012
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Excellent! So glad you found what you needed! Look for more science games to come!
November 14, 2012
Kirsten Esslinger (TpT Seller)
This will be a great addition to my moon phase unit. Thanks!
November 4, 2012
kmgarza
A resource I plan to use with my 5th graders.
October 3, 2012
Paul Chandler (TpT Seller)
I am a first year teacher and this will be a class novel. I will not use every facet of the plans, but it will be very helpful in charting the course for the use of the book in my classroom.
UPDATE: I found this to be very helpful. We spent about 3 weeks on the novel. I added some short answer questions to the test, and I also showed a youtube video of Salva today. Even non-readers enjoyed the book. Thanks so much for developing this study guide.
UPDATE: I found this to be very helpful. We spent about 3 weeks on the novel. I added some short answer questions to the test, and I also showed a youtube video of Salva today. Even non-readers enjoyed the book. Thanks so much for developing this study guide.
September 8, 2012
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Glad this will be a useful tool for you. I try to include more than is needed so that users can pick and choose activities to fit their students.
September 9, 2012
rita dorado
This enhanced my Hobbit reading format
September 2, 2012
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Glad you found the product useful. The Hobbit is one of my favorite books to teach!
September 5, 2012
nanshi
Perfect, just what I was looking for! Thanks!
August 30, 2012
Christy Hawkins (TpT Seller)
Great unit with extra activities that students can do to extend learning! Very well done.
August 2, 2012
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
Thanks for the feedback! I work hard to make each of my novel units so full of activities that teacher's can pick and choose to fit their students' needs and interests!
August 3, 2012
mastamkm
Great resource.
July 15, 2012
Cindy Hansen (TpT Seller)
This will be useful to help my students understand the historical context of the novel. thanks!
June 14, 2012
ssateacher
I am a middle school Language Arts teacher who will use this with 6th graders in conjunction with reading Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains in our literature book, so it is perfect for my needs--short and not too graphic for younger kids, yet powerful. It could be used in this way with any piece of related lit (Hersey's Hiroshima, etc.) I agree with Kivell2. Thanks!
April 20, 2012
Mrs Pennington (TpT Seller)
That is the same story I created this slideshow for! So glad you found it useful!
October 28, 2012
dfron
I was hoping for something a little more indepth-and the questions didn't match up with the background knowledge I wanted to activate in my students.
April 14, 2012
mjdw4
A great intro to dystopia.
February 22, 2012
kivell2
I agree it is a short powerpoint...but the slides are of high quality and works well interjected into a short chunkded lecture.
February 12, 2012
sjkobeck
This was useful in explaining utopian/dystopian societies to my freshman class.
November 6, 2011
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
trauschm re: Greek Mythology project and Intro Materials
I recently purchased your Greek Mythology project and Intro Materials and I was unable to download it. Please advise on how I can get these materials from you.
Thanks - Matt Trausch
Thanks - Matt Trausch
March 22, 2013
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I taught for nine years in public schools, and also taught at the junior college level for one year. I have taught a variety of levels, from remedial reading to gifted. I am a history buff, so my students read a lot of primary sources in my class. I am currently working on my Ph.D. in literacy studies.
All science materials are written by my husband, a science teacher with ten years experience working with multiple grade levels. His classroom games series is a great way to integrate some fun and competition or collaboration into your science lessons.
MY TEACHING STYLE
I try to be very creative, high-energy, and my room is often in a state of "organized chaos." I love to keep my students active and involved, and use a variety of stations and assessments in my classroom regularly.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
University Graduate Fellowship - University of South Florida,2010
NAGC Master's & Specialists Award for Exceptional Contributions to Gifted & Talented Education, 2010
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
MA in Gifted Education from the University of South Florida
BA in English from Berea College
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I'm going back to school! As of August 2012, I will be a full-time doctoral student in Literacy. I also write a blog that focuses on YA & children's lit. Feel free to check it out! http://got2review.blogspot.com/ Some of my lesson units are available on Amazon. Available units include: "Haiku Is For Wimps," "Dread Locks: A Novel Unit," "Novel Guide for the Graveyard Book," "Novel Unit for The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg," and "Novel Unit for Aliens on Vacation."
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