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

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.

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

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 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.