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I have 20 years of experience teaching English in grades 6–12, including 7 years of gifted middle school ELA, AP Language, AP Literature, and Cambridge AICE English Language (AS Level). I created Brain Bar to publish the kind of classroom-ready resources I actually use with my own students; materials that are rigorous, well-designed, and built around real instructional goals.
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Preview of Bundle for AICE English Language AS Level - Cambridge Syllabus 9093

Bundle for AICE English Language AS Level - Cambridge Syllabus 9093

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Teaching AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level) is a lot of work. This bundle gives you a full year of classroom-ready resources — exam prep and daily practice — in one place at a significant discount.This is the most complete AICE English Language resource package in my store. It combines two full products: the Exam Prep Bundle (covering Papers 1 and 2) and a Full Year of Daily Bell Ringers designed to build the analytical and test-taking skills students need to succeed on exam day. 📦 What's
Preview of Exam Prep Bundle for AICE English Language 9093 - AS Level

Exam Prep Bundle for AICE English Language 9093 - AS Level

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Are you teaching AICE English Language 9093 and looking for a complete, ready-to-use exam prep resource for Papers 1 and 2? This bundle has everything you need in one place. With 200+ pages of content across 15 modules — plus a brand-new Model Response Bundle added at no extra charge — this bundle gives you a full framework for preparing students for both papers, from understanding the exam format to mastering analytical writing skills. Every resource is editable, so you can adapt it to your own
Preview of Narrative Point of View Practice | Grades 7–12 ELA Worksheet

Narrative Point of View Practice | Grades 7–12 ELA Worksheet

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A go-to practice worksheet for teaching all five narrative points of view — updated with a clean, classroom-ready design and a built-in quick-reference chart students can actually use. Students read 10 original passages and do two things for each: identify the point of view being used, and explain the specific textual clues that led them there. That second step is what makes this more than a basic labeling exercise — it builds the kind of evidence-based reasoning that transfers to essays, tests,
Preview of Complete SEL Curriculum Bundle | Grades 6-12 | 6 Units | 120 Lessons | Editable

Complete SEL Curriculum Bundle | Grades 6-12 | 6 Units | 120 Lessons | Editable

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Six units. 120 lessons. A complete social-emotional learning curriculum for secondary students that actually treats them as capable of thinking. The Brain Bar SEL Curriculum is a full-year, research-grounded SEL program for grades 6–12. Each unit builds on the last: students who complete this curriculum move from self-awareness through emotion regulation, decision-making, conflict navigation, goal-setting, and finally to intentional digital citizenship — a complete arc of self-knowledge applied
Preview of FULL YEAR: Daily Bell Ringers for AICE English Language and High School English

FULL YEAR: Daily Bell Ringers for AICE English Language and High School English

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Starting class with a focused, meaningful activity shouldn't require 20 minutes of prep. These bell ringers do the work for you — every single day of the school year.This fully editable PowerPoint includes 180 unique daily bell-ringer prompts designed specifically for AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level) — one for every day of the school year. Each prompt rotates through five different types to keep students engaged and consistently practicing the critical thinking and analytical writing skills
Preview of And Then There Were None (ATTWN) Activity Package

And Then There Were None (ATTWN) Activity Package

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A PowerPoint introduction to the novel, And Then There Were None, that includes: background on Agatha Christie and the novel a review of 3rd person omniscient point of viewan introduction to the setting of the storyan introduction to the plot of the storyan introduction of the nursery rhyme, Ten Little Soldier Boysan explanation of chancery and red herringan introduction to all ten of the main characters in the story a think-pair-share activity to activate background knowledge learning goals fo
Preview of SEL Curriculum Unit | Digital Citizenship & Social Media | Grades 6-12 |

SEL Curriculum Unit | Digital Citizenship & Social Media | Grades 6-12 |

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This isn’t a ‘put your phone down’ unit. It’s a unit that teaches students to actually understand the world they’re living in. Digital Citizenship & Social Media is the final unit (6) in the Brain Bar SEL Curriculum — and it lands last because it synthesizes everything. Self-awareness (who am I online?), emotion regulation (managing the emotional cost of digital spaces), decision-making (what do I amplify?), conflict navigation (online conflict and callouts), goal-setting (intentional digital u
Preview of SEL Curriculum Unit | Goal-Setting & Growth Mindset | Grades 6-12 | Editable

SEL Curriculum Unit | Goal-Setting & Growth Mindset | Grades 6-12 | Editable

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Your students have heard about growth mindset so many times that the phrase has stopped meaning anything. This unit earns it back.Goal-Setting & Growth Mindset is Unit 5 in the Brain Bar SEL Curriculum. It comes fifth intentionally — because goal-setting without self-awareness, emotional regulation, and decision-making skills is just wishful thinking. This unit goes well beyond the SMART goals framework students have seen repeatedly. It examines why goals fail (it’s almost never motivation), how
Preview of SEL Curriculum Unit | Conflict Resolution & Relationships | Grades 6-12 |

SEL Curriculum Unit | Conflict Resolution & Relationships | Grades 6-12 |

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Conflict isn’t the enemy of relationships. Avoidance is. This unit teaches students the difference. Conflict Resolution & Relationships is Unit 4 in the Brain Bar SEL Curriculum. It applies skills from Units 1–3 directly to where students face the most day-to-day difficulty: their relationships with other people. This unit doesn’t treat conflict as a problem to eliminate — it treats it as a natural feature of meaningful connection that needs to be navigated skillfully. Week 4 goes further than
Preview of SEL Curriculum Unit | Decision-Making & Consequences | Grades 6-12 | Editable

SEL Curriculum Unit | Decision-Making & Consequences | Grades 6-12 | Editable

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Most students aren’t making bad decisions because they’re bad people. They’re making bad decisions because nobody taught them how decisions actually work. Decision-Making & Consequences is Unit 3 in the Brain Bar SEL Curriculum. It builds directly on Units 1 and 2 — students who know themselves and can regulate their emotions are now ready to examine how they make choices. This unit doesn’t moralize. It doesn’t tell students what to decide. It equips them with frameworks, honest self-examinatio
Preview of SEL Curriculum Unit | Emotion Regulation | Grades 6-12 | Fully Editable

SEL Curriculum Unit | Emotion Regulation | Grades 6-12 | Fully Editable

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Your students aren’t failing to regulate because they don’t care. They’re failing because nobody taught them how. Emotion Regulation is Unit 2 in the Brain Bar SEL Curriculum — and the most searched SEL topic on TpT for good reason. This unit goes beyond coping strategy lists. Students learn the actual neuroscience of emotional response, build a personalized regulation toolkit, understand how emotions move through relationships, and develop the resilience to sustain regulation over time. Balanc
Preview of SEL Curriculum Unit | Self-Awareness & Identity | Grades 6-12 | Fully Editable

SEL Curriculum Unit | Self-Awareness & Identity | Grades 6-12 | Fully Editable

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Most SEL resources for secondary students are elementary content with older faces on it. This isn’t that. The Brain Bar SEL Curriculum is a research-grounded, fully editable social-emotional learning program built specifically for grades 6–12. Unit 1 — Self-Awareness & Identity — is where it all starts. Students who don’t know themselves can’t regulate their emotions, make intentional decisions, navigate conflict, or set meaningful goals. This unit builds that foundation — honestly, rigorously,
Preview of First Week of School ELA Bundle | Editable Activities

First Week of School ELA Bundle | Editable Activities

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Your first week sets the tone for everything that follows. This fully editable bundle gives you a complete, ready-to-run framework for Days 1–5 — one that builds real classroom community, establishes norms students actually own, and surfaces who your students are as readers and thinkers before instruction even starts. Nothing here is filler. Every activity serves a dual purpose: building relationships AND giving you diagnostic data you'll use all year long. WHAT'S INCLUDED (6 files) ━━━━━━
Preview of AICE English Language 9093 Paper 2 Complete Practice Pack

AICE English Language 9093 Paper 2 Complete Practice Pack

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AICE English Language 9093 Paper 2 Complete Practice Pack | Shorter Writing, Reflective Commentary & Extended Writing Paper 2 tests two distinct skills — writing effectively and analyzing your own writing. This complete practice pack scaffolds both, across every section and every genre category.Designed specifically for AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level), this pack covers Paper 2 in full: Section A (Q1a shorter writing and Q1b reflective commentary) and Section B (extended writing across all
Preview of AICE English Language 9093 Paper 1 Complete Practice Pack | Sections A & B

AICE English Language 9093 Paper 1 Complete Practice Pack | Sections A & B

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Paper 1 is the most demanding part of AICE English Language 9093. This complete practice pack covers every question — Section A and Section B — in one fully scaffolded, exam-ready resource.Designed specifically for AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level), this pack mirrors the actual structure of Paper 1 from start to finish. Students work through Section A first (Questions 1a and 1b), then move to Section B — exactly as they would in the exam. Full scaffolding, model responses, and examiner-style
Preview of AICE English Language 9093 — Model Response Bundle | Papers 1 & 2 + Annotations

AICE English Language 9093 — Model Response Bundle | Papers 1 & 2 + Annotations

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Are you teaching AICE English Language AS Level (9093) and looking for a ready-to-use model that shows students exactly what Band 4 looks like? This bundle includes two original source texts and three complete top-band model responses — one for each exam section — with detailed examiner-style annotations explaining why every move earns marks. ──────────────────────────────────── WHAT'S INCLUDED──────────────────────────────────── SOURCE TEXT A (~400 words) An original broadsheet feature artic
Preview of AICE English Language 9093 | Paper 2, Section B Practice Pack

AICE English Language 9093 | Paper 2, Section B Practice Pack

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Section B gives students a choice — imaginative, discursive, or review. This pack prepares them for all three.Designed specifically for AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level), this pack covers three genre categories in Section B of Paper 2: imaginative/descriptive, discursive/argumentative, and review/critical. Each category gets its own prompt, planning organizer, genre-specific sentence starters, lined writing space, and a fully annotated model response at AO2 Level 5 — keyed directly to the Ca
Preview of AICE English Language 9093 Paper 2 Section A

AICE English Language 9093 Paper 2 Section A

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Question 1b is where students lose marks on Paper 2. They describe what they did. This pack teaches them to analyze it.Designed specifically for AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level), this pack targets the two linked questions in Section A of Paper 2: the shorter writing task (Q1a, AO2, 15 marks) and the reflective commentary (Q1b, AO3, 10 marks). Both questions are fully scaffolded with planning tools, model responses, and examiner-style annotations keyed directly to the Cambridge mark scheme.
Preview of AICE English Language 9093 Paper 1 Section A | Directed Writing & Comparative

AICE English Language 9093 Paper 1 Section A | Directed Writing & Comparative

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Section A of Paper 1 asks students to do two things at once — write effectively in a new genre and then analyze their own writing alongside the source text. This guided practice pack builds both skills step by step.Designed specifically for AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level), this pack targets the two linked questions in Section A of Paper 1: the Directed Writing task (Question 1a) and the Comparative Essay (Question 1b). Both questions are based on the same source text, and both are covered
Preview of AICE English Language 9093 Paper 1 Section B | Analytical Essay Guided Practice

AICE English Language 9093 Paper 1 Section B | Analytical Essay Guided Practice

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Paper 1 Section B is where AICE students lose marks. This guided practice pack gives them the scaffolding they need to stop summarizing and start analyzing.Designed specifically for AICE English Language 9093 (AS Level), this practice pack targets the analytical essay in Section B of Paper 1 — the question students consistently find most challenging. Rather than leaving students to figure out what "analyse the language" means, this pack builds the skill step by step through six structured compon
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Experience

I have 20 years of experience teaching English in grades 6–12, including 7 years of gifted middle school ELA, AP Language, AP Literature, and Cambridge AICE English Language (AS Level). I created Brain Bar to publish the kind of classroom-ready resources I actually use with my own students; materials that are rigorous, well-designed, and built around real instructional goals.

Teaching style

I believe students learn best when they feel challenged and supported at the same time. My resources reflect that: they're structured enough to guide students through complex skills, but open enough to spark genuine thinking and discussion. Whether it's a passage-based worksheet, a lesson PowerPoint, or a review game, everything I create is designed to be both teacher-friendly and student-engaging.