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First Day of School "Science Talk" Activity

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First Day of School "Science Talk" Activity for Middle and High School Students for use in your science class! This product features an engaging "Science Talk" activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving on the

Subjects:

Science, Biology, Earth Sciences

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Cooperative Learning

$3.25

35 ratings

4.0

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First Day of School "History Talk" Activity

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First Day of School "History Talk" Activity for Middle and High School students for use in your history or social studies class!This product features an engaging "History Talk" activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, World History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Cooperative Learning

CCSS:

W.9-10.1, W.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.4

$3.25

42 ratings

3.9

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First Day of School "Math Talk" Activity

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First Day of School "Math Talk" Activity for Middle and High School Students for use in any math class! This product features an engaging "Math Talk" activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving on the very

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic, Numbers

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Cooperative Learning

CCSS:

W.9-10.1, W.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.4

$3.25

23 ratings

4.0

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First Day of School "Music Talk" Activity

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First Day of School "Music Talk" Activity for Middle and High School Students for use in your band, chorus, or music class! This product features an engaging "Music Talk" activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Cooperative Learning

$3.25

16 ratings

4.0

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Back to School ELA Escape Room

By Language Arts Excellence

If you are looking for the perfect way to start your school year off strong with a rigorous yet engaging beginning of the year activity your students will be talking about all year, look no further than this Back to School Escape Room for ELA!There

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Fun Stuff

CCSS:

RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4

$8.75

23 ratings

4.0

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"Still I Rise" (Angelou) Lesson Plan & Materials

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Celebrate National Poetry Month with this thoughtful, engaging lesson on overcoming obstacles in Maya Angelou's renowned poem, "Still I Rise."This lesson plan on Angelou's poem can be used in a variety of ways throughout the school year. For

Subjects:

Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Minilessons

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.4, W.8.1, W.8.2, W.8.4, L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.3, L.8.4, L.8.5...

$3.25

22 ratings

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Halloween ESCAPE ROOM

By Language Arts Excellence

Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Halloween ESCAPE ROOM for ELA!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Autumn, Halloween

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Fun Stuff

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RI.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1b, SL.9-10.1d

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Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint & Crossword

By Language Arts Excellence

**NOW WITH NEWLY ADDED CROSSWORD PUZZLE!!** This resource features an engaging, interactive, editable PowerPoint Presentation for introducing (or reviewing) Dystopian Fiction to your students! PowerPoint Presentation runs through an entire lesson

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations

$4.00

15 ratings

4.0

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas Figurative Language Lesson Plan

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This product features the perfect activity to include in your holiday repertoire! In this differentiated lesson plan, students examine the figurative language in the classic poem, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, in a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Fun Stuff

$3.25

19 ratings

4.0

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End of Year ELA Escape Room

By Language Arts Excellence

If you are looking for the perfect way to end the school year with a rigorous yet engaging activity your students will be talking about for years to come, look no further than this End of Year Escape Room for ELA!There is no wonder why escape rooms

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spring, End of Year

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Fun Stuff

CCSS:

RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4

$8.75

19 ratings

4.0

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We Didn't Start the Fire Activity

By Language Arts Excellence

This is a thoughtful, highly engaging, and memorable way to reflect on the year with your high school or middle school students! This step-by-step two-day lesson plan encourages students to consider what defines their generation and then create

Subjects:

Back to School, The New Year, End of Year

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Fun Stuff

CCSS:

W.8.4, CCRA.SL.1

$3.25

21 ratings

4.0

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Edgar Allan Poe Socratic Seminar Materials

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Socratic Seminar Materials for Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black CatSocratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as I like to call them with my students) are fantastic, higher order ways of assessing whether your students are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Halloween

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Assessment, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, SL.8.1, SL.8.2, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.6

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12 ratings

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End of Year Mad Libs

By Language Arts Excellence

Celebrate the end of the school year with these fun End of Year Mad Libs! No matter the age of your students, everyone loves a good Mad Lib. This resource features a fun Mad Lib about the end of the school year and serves as excellent grammar

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spring, End of Year

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Fun Stuff

$2.00

6 ratings

4.0

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Back to School ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition

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Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Autumn

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Fun Stuff

$8.75

16 ratings

4.0

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Study Hall Expectations Powerpoint Presentation

By Language Arts Excellence

If you have ever run a study hall before, you know how important it is to set behavioral expectations from day one. This fully modifiable powerpoint presentation goes over all the rules you need for a successful, quiet study hall. Powerpoint takes

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Back to School

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations

$3.25

10 ratings

4.0

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The Pit and the Pendulum Literature Guide

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This 32-page literature guide features a comprehensive mini-unit for Edgar Allan Poe's tale of terror and torture, "The Pit and the Pendulum." The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Halloween

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lesson Plans (Bundled), Activities, Novel Study

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, RL.8.10

$11.00

10 ratings

4.0

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The Little Match Girl Sensory Details Lesson Plan

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This product features 3 engaging, differentiated activities that focus on the rich sensory details of Hans Christian Andersen's devastatingly beautiful fairytale, "The Little Match Girl." The activities span before, during, and after reading the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Minilessons

$3.25

8 ratings

3.9

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The Handmaid's Tale Activity Bundle

By Language Arts Excellence

NOW WITH NEWLY ADDED MATERIAL!! This resource features a growing bundle of all of our best-selling lesson plans, materials, and activities for Margaret Atwood's chilling dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Women's History Month

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Bundled), Unit Plans, Activities

$38.25

$30.15

6 ratings

4.0

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The Alchemist Socratic Seminar Materials

By Language Arts Excellence

Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as I like to call them with my students) are fantastic, higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class text. These seminars rely on the power of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Lesson Plans (Bundled), Assessment, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, SL.8.1, SL.8.3, SL.8.4, SL.8.6

$3.75

3 ratings

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The Tell-Tale Heart Creative Writing Assignment on Perspective

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This engaging assignment asks students to think critically about the events detailed by an unreliable narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. Did the old man truly have no inkling of the narrator's hatred of him? Did the police officers

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Halloween

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Novel Study, Homework

CCSS:

W.8.3, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.10

$2.00

8 ratings

4.0

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I began teaching eighth grade English Language Arts in 2011 in Massachusetts. I love the creativity being a teacher allows and I am constantly revamping my lesson plans and materials so as to better teach my students. Over the past several years, I have become passionate about mentoring and helping new teachers gain confidence in their craft. I have mentored both first year and student teachers and I love how it also positively affects my own practice. As owner of Language Arts Excellence, TPT has been such a wonderful source of intellectual stimulation for me and has brought my teaching to an entirely new level.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I strive to create a classroom atmosphere in which each and every student feels valued and work every day to foster within them a lifelong love of literature and learning in general. Students should leave my classroom at the end of year as stronger and more confident communicators both orally and in their writing.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated from Union College with a bachelor's degree in English and minor in psychology and completed my master’s degree from Boston University in secondary English Education. I continue to further my education in teaching so as to become the best and most effective teacher I can be for my students. I am currently at my Masters +30.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Prior to teaching, I worked as an educational travel consultant educational where I coordinated tours for teachers brave enough to journey with their students to other countries around the world. In my spare time, I enjoy running, barre, skiing in Vermont, swimming on the Cape, and of course, reading as much as I can!

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Geometry, Numbers, Science, Biology, Earth Sciences, Social Studies - History, Civics, Government, U.S. History, World History, World Language, French, Spanish, Arts & Music, Art History, Music, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Computer Science - Technology, Drama, Career and Technical Education, Health, Religion, Women's Studies, British History, Life Skills, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, General Science, Library Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Spring, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Coaching, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month, Classroom Community

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