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Middle School Novel Project Packet with Common...

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Valentine's Day Color by Parts of Speech Activity

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Thirty Weeks of Spelling & Vocabulary Challenges for Middle School Revised

By Valerie Shaw

Built on a set of thirty acrostics, this 160-page packet includes 30 "Spelling Scramble" assessments with vocabulary lists and answer keys, two "Spell 'n Search" mazes with answer keys, "Typewriter" game cards and instructions, and suggestions for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

L.6.2b, L.6.4b, L.6.6, L.7.2b, L.7.4b, L.7.6, L.8.2c, L.8.4b, L.8.6, L.9-10.2c, L.9-10.4b...

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Complex Sentence Scramble Activity

By Valerie Shaw

This fun activity builds understanding of complex sentences by allowing students to build creative and very amusing complex sentences. Includes 18 each of mix-and-match wacky independent and subordinate clauses such as "Because you left your llama

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1

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Stoplight Paragraph Organizer

By Valerie Shaw

This is a handy and user-friendly graphic organizer that I use when teaching paragraph structure. The "Stoplight" organizer is an ideal companion to my "Stoplight" 5-Paragraph Essay Organizer for students who feel more comfortable working on each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2

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The First Thanksgiving Krazy Kloze Jigsaw: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

A great cooperative activity to celebrate the holiday and sharpen grammar/parts of speech skills at the same time! Four teams each complete their part of a Thanksgiving mad lib and then assemble to put the whole story together. It's the first

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Thanksgiving

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities

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5-Paragraph "Stoplight" Essay Organizer

By Valerie Shaw

This handy organizer for a five-paragraph essay combines a standard five-paragraph essay formula with a successful "stoplight" paragraph organization model. Easy for secondary students to follow, this organizer is a real work saver for teachers! The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Outlines

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.10

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Middle School Novel Project Packet with Common Core Alignment

By Valerie Shaw

This packet contains instructions for the teacher, 12 book project ideas including book report and alternatives, and 12 easy-to-follow rubrics to match the projects. Projects are great culminating tasks for literature/novel units, and the variety of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.6

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"Krazy Perry" Pop Songs 2008 Krazy Kloze: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

Another popular song ready to transform into something even weirder than the original! Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" is ready for your middle school or high school students to revise into their own unique singable creation. This mad lib is a great

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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Compound-Complex Sentence Scramble Activity

By Valerie Shaw

This fun activity builds understanding of compound-complex sentences by allowing students to build creative and very amusing compound-complex sentences. Includes mix-and-match wacky dependent (subordinate) clauses and compound independent clauses

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Activities

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Christmas Color by Parts of Speech Activity

By Valerie Shaw

This fun variation on color-by-number includes four Christmas-themed drawings that students can color according to correctly identified parts of speech. This is a fun activity for practice or review. Drawings range in difficulty from basic to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

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Activities

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"Let It Blank" Winter Fun Krazy Kloze: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

Wait till your carolers start singing THIS version of "Let It Snow"! Fun mad lib activity based on a favorite holiday song is a great way to review parts of speech.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Grammar

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.4

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Common Core "We Can" Apples ("I Can" Statements) for Middle School ELA

By Valerie Shaw

“I Can” statements are a great way to make the Common Core State Standards understandable to students. I have revised the Anchor Standards for ELA into statements students in middle school will be able to comprehend. But achieving these standards

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 9^th

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Graphic Organizers, Posters

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"Blank the Blank-man" Winter Fun Krazy Kloze: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

Wait till your carolers start singing THIS version of "Frosty the Snowman"! Fun mad lib activity based on a favorite holiday song is a great way to review parts of speech.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.4

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The Night Before Christmas Krazy Kloze Jigsaw: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

Great cooperative holiday-themed activity that provides an opportunity to apply skills in identification of nouns (common, proper, singular, plural); verbs (infinitive, past, past participle, present participle); and adjectives. The result is a very

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities

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Compound Sentence Scramble Activity

By Valerie Shaw

This fun activity builds understanding of compound sentences by allowing students to build creative and very amusing compound sentences. Includes mix-and-match wacky independent clauses and coordinating conjunctions+independent clauses such as "The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

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Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1

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Fun with Noun Clauses

By Valerie Shaw

This is a review or formative assessment activity for use while teaching the noun clause. Using unusual sentences and a noun substitution technique, the activity encourages students to get creative as they analyze noun clauses and demonstrate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

L.7.1, L.9-10.1b, CCRA.L.1

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"White Wrapper" Pop Songs 2000 Krazy Kloze: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

Great grammar/parts of speech practice for teens with this transformation of a well-known song by a well-known "white wrapper." Kids will love working as a team to complete this project. Best of all, this mad lib is not SHORT! There are 34 terms to

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities

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"Swiftly Singing" Pop Songs 2008 Krazy Kloze: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

Great grammar/parts of speech practice for teens with this transformation of a well-known song by a well-known country music darling. Kids will love working as a team to complete this project. Best of all, this mad lib is not SHORT! There are 28

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities

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Adjective and Adverb Songs

By Valerie Shaw

Sung to familiar tunes kids already know, these songs make it fun to learn the "adjective questions" and the "adverb questions." (Adjective song adds one final repetition of the first line for balance.)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Songs

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Parts of Speech Help Sheet

By Valerie Shaw

This is a handy quick reference to the eight parts of speech for students who can't seem to remember the difference between an adjective or an adverb, or what a "state of being" is, or how a conjunction can be correlative or subordinating, or . . .

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Handouts, Study Guides

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"Blank the Red-Blanked Blank" Winter Fun Krazy Kloze: A Mad Lib in Disguise

By Valerie Shaw

Wait till your carolers start singing THIS version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"! Fun mad lib activity based on a favorite holiday song is a great way to review parts of speech.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.4

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Experienced as a secondary language arts/English instructor for 20 years. Other experience includes adult basic education/G.E.D. courses, adult literacy tutor, K-8 literacy tutor; chair, school leadership team. Courses taught include language arts, English I, English II, English III, ABE writing, creative writing, drama, publications/journalism/yearbook, computer applications.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Social Constructivist: project-based, inquiry-based, collaborative and cooperative learning are emphasized.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Certified by the State of New Mexico: Level III-A Instructional Leader K-12 Specialty Area License with endorsements in language arts, reading, TESOL and psychology

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.A., Education: Curriculum and Instruction, University of Phoenix B.S., Secondary Education, University of New Mexico B.A., English Literature, Rhode Island College

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Considerable experience working with Native American second language learners.

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Writing, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Test Preparation

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