Do your students struggle with "paying attention"? That's okay, because we actually have five attentional modes! This poster reflects the latest neuroscience on how attention works and the benefits of each attentional mode: sleep, daydreaming, meditation, focus, and flow. Students who understand this will be able to move between modes in order to do the most effective thinking for the task! You can print this anywhere into a 16x20 poster.
Teenagers have it rough! Their brains are still developing and everything feels like a crisis as they navigate an increasingly complex world. But, they are also "beautiful examples of aliveness." Bring the love and appreciation of teenagers into your classroom with this poster!
There are dozens upon dozens of names for specific types of stylistic or figurative devices in language, and students find them confusing and overwhelming. Is imagery figurative language? Not really - if it's literally describing the color of a dress... but it's still interesting, even if it's not "figurative." Is it important that readers can differentiate between similes and metaphors? Between personification and anthropomorphization? This poster in your classroom will help students focus on w
I have taught online and written curriculum for online instruction, as well as teaching 10th, 11th, and 12th grade, as well as IB.
Teaching style
My specialty is creating deeply engaging creative projects that intrinsically motivate students to think, create, problem solve, and collaborate. And if we're not having fun - we're doing something wrong!
My own education history
Bachelors of Arts, Literature.
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I have taught and written curriculum for 9-12, Honors, and IB Language and Literature.
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