Bree Lowry
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Thomaston, Georgia, United States
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My student teaching experience and practicuums were in 8th grade and the 12th grade, but I taught full-time at the high school level several years after that. As a high school teacher, I taught 9th Grade Literature and Composition, 10th Grade Literature and Composition, British Literature (12th Grade), Literary Types (elective), and SAT Preparation. I was also the sponsor of the school's literary journal.
For six years, however, I taught at the college level at a local community college. At the college level, I have taught learning support English classes, ENGL 1101, ENGL 1102, and HUMN 1101 (Humanities at our college is a combination of art history, music history, philosophy, religion, and European history). I have taught traditional/ in-class classes, hybrid courses (part in-class and part online), and fully online classes.
I am now an attorney, but I am teaching paralegal classes at our local technical college. I also still enjoy sprucing up my English teaching resources to share with all of you on Teachers Pay Teachers.
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Lesson Plan Template
This is the formal lesson plan template I used for my classes. I have uploaded it in a Microsoft Word file so that you can download it and customize it for your classes.
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
For All Subjects
Bloom's Taxonomy Cube #1 - Story Elements / Reader Response
This cube template uses the various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy to get students to think critically about the stories read in class. These can be used in groups and pairs. These are great differentiated instruction tools, as you can use different cubes for different groups (if you base groupings on ability level, learning style, etc.).
You can print these out on card stock, cut, and assemble them with tape. They can be rolled like dice in the groups. Or you can purchase acrylic golf ball dis
3rd - 12th
Literature, Reading, Reading Strategies
Classroom Data - A Customizable Excel Spreadsheet
This Excel file can be easily customized for use in your classroom. It contains three worksheets with tables for individual student data, data for students broken into groups, and colorful charts and graphs. This is a great way to keep track of where your students started at the beginning of the year or at the beginning of a given unit and track their progress over time. It is also a useful tool in assessing student needs and sub-group performance. As we all know, standardized test data is often
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
For All Subjects
RESPECT EXERCISES
This file contains seven different exercises on Respect and goes well with my Respect presentation. These exercises can be used with individual students or students in groups. The exercises will help students understand how to show respect to other people, will teach them the importance of respecting themselves, and teach them to respect those with differences.
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education, Classroom Community
Sentences & Parts of Speech Presentation & Worksheets
This unit covers the types of sentences, complete and incomplete sentences, and the parts of speech very thoroughly. This product is definitely worth your money!
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Reader Response Journal Instructions & Rubric
This file contains detailed instructions for a reading or reader response journal and a rubric by which to grade journal entries. I often use journaling in my classroom to promote student analysis and regularly incorporate writing into our daily activities. The instructions are easy for students to understand, and the rubric is easy to use.
3rd - 12th
Literature, Reading, Writing
Story Elements Hopscotch
Students learn the elements of fiction through this fun hopscotch activity. Teachers can use this hopscotch activity with any story. It can also be used in groups, pairs, or by individual students. Students pick a question about the story elements from each category and write a short response based on the story the class just read.
3rd - 12th
Literature, Short Stories, Writing
Iktomi and the Dancing Ducks (Oglala Sioux Tale) - Story by PowerPoint
This presentation is simply a Native American tale told in a series of PowerPoint slides. I used it to tell the story to my class in a visual way, and I also used it as an example when I assigned a storytelling presentation project to them.
5th - 11th
Literature, Native Americans, Reading
Howard Finster Presentation
This is a short presentation on the life and art of Howard Finster. Howard Finster was a well-known folk artist and preacher who lived in North Georgia. He would take trash, broken items, and other things people had thrown away and make art out of them. His work is featured at his former home, Paradise Gardens, and has been featured at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. He and his art have also been featured in several music videos, including videos by Blackhawk and R.E.M.
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Art History, Visual Arts
30 Hatchet Writing Prompts
This packet contains 30 writing prompts related to the novel Hatchet. The prompts are engaging and will cause students to use their critical thinking skills. In addition, there are many different styles and formats of writing presented in the prompts (e.g. dialogue, letter, telegram, re-writing a scene).
4th - 9th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.3
 +7
Bloom's Taxonomy Cube #2 - Story Elements / Reader Response
This cube template uses the various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy to get students to think critically about the stories read in class. These can be used in groups and pairs. These are great differentiated instruction tools, as you can use different cubes for different groups (if you base groupings on ability level, learning style, etc.).
You can print these out on card stock, cut, and assemble them with tape. They can be rolled like dice in the groups. Or you can purchase acrylic golf ball display
3rd - 12th
Literature, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
Adjectives & Adverbs Worksheet
This worksheet asks students to identify whether the underlined words are adjectives or adverbs.
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Grammar
Tolerance Presentation & Activities
This presentation helps students understand what it means to be tolerant of others. The presentation includes information on tolerance and student activities designed to teach students about tolerance.
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Character Education
Classroom Participation Vouchers (All Subjects)
Participation vouchers are a great way to get students to participate in class or to reward students for a job well done! You distribute the vouchers as you please, and you decide what rewards students can cash them in for! The vouchers come in 1 point, 5 point, and 10 points. Each sheet contains 10 vouchers which can easily be cut out for immediate use in the classroom!
In my classroom, I printed these on colorful card stock and cut them out. I would give them to students for participating
1st - 12th, Higher Education
For All Subjects
Cube Template - Differentiation Tool for Group Work
This is a blank cube template that can be used for group study. It is a great differentiation tool, as you can customize your cubes to fit the needs of each group (if you group by ability, learning styles, etc.). The blank template is also versatile because you can add questions or prompts for whatever you are studying in class. These cubes are often used with the categories of Bloom's Taxonomy.
You can print the template onto card stock, write what you want on each cube side, and cut and as
K - 12th
For All Subjects
20 Hatchet Discussion Prompts
This product contains 20 prompts for discussion of the novel Hatchet in your classroom. These prompts will get your students talking and thinking critically!
4th - 9th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +2
Reader Response Log (Weekly)
This is a chart that students use each week to record a short response to something that was read in class each day. The chart has space for students to write a response for Monday - Friday. I often used this to increase comprehension, encourage analysis, and simply to have the students write something (even a sentence or two) each day.
1st - 12th
Reading, Reading Strategies, Writing
Daily Grammar Practice Worksheet (Weekly)
This is a blank weekly worksheet I made to go along with the Daily Grammar Practice exercises (which you must purchase from the author). We use Daily Grammar Practice in every grade as the warm-up for the day (the first five minutes or so the students are in the room). They know to come in, sit down, and begin working on it immediately because I made this worksheet for them. I gave them a new one every week, and they would record their daily answers in the appropriate day's space.
It is al
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Grammar
Class Participation Vouchers - 1 point
This sheet contains 10 vouchers, each worth one point. I used these in my classroom to reward students for participation. I simply print the voucher sheet onto cardstock and cut them out. Students collect vouchers and redeem them for various prizes or rewards.
1st - 12th
For All Subjects
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About the store
Experience
My student teaching experience and practicuums were in 8th grade and the 12th grade, but I taught full-time at the high school level several years after that. As a high school teacher, I taught 9th Grade Literature and Composition, 10th Grade Literature and Composition, British Literature (12th Grade), Literary Types (elective), and SAT Preparation. I was also the sponsor of the school's literary journal.
For six years, however, I taught at the college level at a local community college. At the college level, I have taught learning support English classes, ENGL 1101, ENGL 1102, and HUMN 1101 (Humanities at our college is a combination of art history, music history, philosophy, religion, and European history). I have taught traditional/ in-class classes, hybrid courses (part in-class and part online), and fully online classes.
I am now an attorney, but I am teaching paralegal classes at our local technical college. I also still enjoy sprucing up my English teaching resources to share with all of you on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Teaching style
I use a combination of lecture, visual materials (particularly presentations, videos, and images), and I use a lot of group or student-centered activities. I prefer to incorporate as many mediums as I can into my classes so that students of different learning styles will be better able to understand the material. I tend to use a lot of research projects, writing activities, group projects, multimedia projects, and individual student-centered activities to promote learning. I find that students internalize the material best and are able to use higher-order thinking skills when they engage in a variety of activities that speak to their learning styles and require them to engage in research and critical thinking.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teaching/Education Awards: ETS Score of Excellence - Praxis II English Language, Literature, and Composition Content Knowledge Exam (for teacher certification); Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society)
----------Law School Awards: Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Scholarship - 2013; CALI Award for Excellence in Introduction to Law; CALI Award for Excellence in Modern Family Law; CALI Award for Excellence in Gender & the Law; CALI Award for Excellence in Pretrial Advocacy
My own education history
B.S.Ed. in Secondary English Education; M.A. in English; Gifted Endorsement Program; currently a J.D. Candidate (3L) and in the Legal Writing Certificate Program
Additional biographical information
I am also a wife and a mother of three, and I am a perfectionist. As you can see, I put 100% into creating all of my classroom materials, and I typically create them from scratch. I enjoy sharing my lesson plans and activities with other teachers so that they have more time to be good teachers, wives and husbands, and mothers and fathers rather than spending their lives completing lesson plans. My husband is also a teacher. He teaches resources classes in all subjects for special education students at our local middle school. We often share and collaborate on teaching materials. Our oldest child is also special needs.
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