This growing bundle (50+ pages so far!) includes several resources for teaching the International Baccalaureate Language and Literature SL Program for 11th-12th graders! Find organizers, mock exams, lesson plans for bodies of work, games, and more! Check out larger units on novels I've used for literary works: Home by Toni MorrisonPerfume: Story of a Murderer by Patrick SuskindOthello by William ShakespeareFollow me for more and make sure to leave a review if you love these resources!
This bundle includes an intertextual genre study exploring themes of gender and power through the genre of horror, along with resources for textual analysis and media study that will help prepare IB students for their Paper 1 exam. Included you will find: 3 full lessons8 short readings (short stories, blogs, articles, essay) 19 other text types (photos, movie clips and trailers, songs, poems, etc.)16 activities for studentsDozens of pages of teacher notes, strategies, options for differentiat
Study bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell's podcast "Revisionist History" as a Body of Work that your students can use for their Individual Oral Assessment. This unit includes 63 pages of teaching materials for the podcast as well as a planning sheet for the IO and an easy grading tool to help you provide quick feedback as you listen to back-to-back IOs!
This game will help introduce or review text types (cartoon, poster, article, journal, etc) necessary for preparing for the IB Language and Literature Paper 1 Exam. This fun, engaging game combines strategies from the classic classroom games Hangman, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Bingo to explore 24 text types. This game happens in teams of 3-5 students, and will work best if each group has access to one electronic device, Google Docs, and if the classroom has a smartboard where you can project the gameboard
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.
Additional biographical information
I have taught and written curriculum for 9-12, Honors, and IB Language and Literature.
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