Anna O'Connell

This is a chapter-by-chapter list of questions, activities, quizzes, study guides, and review games (jeopardy style) to accompany Edith Hamilton's Mythology. Some Greek & Latin word roots are included. NOTE: Ch 8 & 12 are not included, as I do not teach those. The Answer Key is all the way at the end of the document (answers in red).

This 3-5 day project gives students the opportunity to research the culture of the 1920s through key historical figures, sharing their work on the final day during a "Speakeasy" celebration, complete with costumes and period food, drink, and music. Students' understanding of their classmates' research is tested as they deduce the "secret identities" of their classmates during the Speakeasy celebration. This is a great culminating project after reading The Great Gatsby, but could also be fun i

This graphic organizer helps my freshmen to understand how the parts of their essays "build" the whole. It provides a visual analogy to a house with the thesis statement as the foundation, body paragraphs as walls, etc.

List of vocabulary from test questions on 2012-2013 released forms of the North Carolina Final Exams for English (formerly MSLs). Spreadsheet can be sorted alphabetically or by the number of times a term appears on a certain test (Eng 1, 3, or 4).

This graphic organizer is designed to help students organize their notes as they research key information about a civil rights activist. There is room for notes and source information for each section to remind students of the importance of citation. Pictures are included to assist ESL students.

Graphic Organizer helps students organize research to support their arguments while preparing to write a speech. It provides space for notes, source identification, and explanation for how the source supports their claim(s).

Fishbone-style graphic organizer with space for 6 causes and 6 effects, plus details for each. Great cause and effect graphic organizer or advance organizer for social studies.

Encourage your students to fully support their thesis argument. If any evidence is missing, their table will not stand up! I've used this to teach thesis statements in historical writing as well as English class. The 3D manipulative and visual helps the concept stick in students' brains!

This is a picture chart I created to help my son keep track of his morning and evening routines. He picks out a weekly reward every Sunday evening (playdate, trip to the playground, family movie night etc.). We set a goal for __ checks each morning/evening, which earns him a check/sticker for that day. If he gets stickers for every day, he earns his chosen reward that week! I keep a copy in a page protector so we can write on it with a Vis a Vis pen, erase, and reuse each week. But you could

These are five thank you note templates I made for my son to fill in after his dinosaur birthday party. They gave him practice writing thank you notes without ALL the labor-intensive writing. Each has a dinosaur picture on the left side and a fill-in-the-blank thank you note on the right - fold them in half and you have a thank you card!

This is a handy little list of cleaning tasks my son can help with around the house. He is still at the age where he loves to help, and I love having less cleaning to do! I included pictures of specific tools (duster, vacuum) that we have so they would be easily recognizable to him. This is an editable Word document so you can customize it to your needs/your child's abilities.

This chart lists norms for academic class discussions that help students ensure that the conversation is respectful, on-topic, and based on textual or other evidence. It's a great tool for helping students with CCSS Speaking and Listening Standards. I created this chart for grades 9-10, but it could easily be used for any middle or high school classes. Note: this will be most useful for discussions based on texts in subjects in the humanities.

Two options for Claim-Evidence-Reasoning printable foldables - perfect for interactive notebooks! Our biology students love these!

This handy, 3-column chart provides students with tips on strengthening their personal speaking and listening skills during class discussion. The chart includes tips for speaking more, listening more, and staying engaged in discussion. My 9th grade students helped brainstorm some of these strategies that have worked for them!

This is a very basic outline of a one-day lesson for a Reading class on summarizing. I created it for a 9th grade remedial reading class with students reading on 2nd-6th grade levels. It could certainly be used with younger grades as well.

Contract for making up work from a previous marking period in order to change a students' grade. Could be used for missing assignments, etc. I've required signatures from student, parent, teacher, and administrator, but these can be modified.