Casey South
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Over 20 years of experience as a secondary teacher in public school systems in Indiana and Ohio pushed me to be more creative and risk-taking with my lesson plans. A former administrator of mine (Mr. V!) really supported and encouraged my teaching outside of the box in order to challenge my students and myself. I owe much of my style to his generous and understanding support, as he understood that you've got to break a few eggs to make an omelette!
I also consult on and offer Leadership Seminars and Team building in the area.
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NIGHT by Elie Wiesel: Study Guide with Keys
All the work is done for you with the Complete Study Guide Packet for Elie Wiesel's Holocaust memoir NIGHT, numbering over 40 pages and includes introductory information, related literature terminology with accompanying 60-slide PowerPoint, an abbreviated chronology of laws that revoked many individual rights and freedoms, a glossary of terms found in NIGHT, a copy of many of the quotes found in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a section on Holocaust Denial, as well as study guide qu
10th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature
Improving Student Writing: Sentence Patterns and Power Writing
Do you seek to improve your students' writing? Do you desire for your students to think and write in an organized manner? Have you encouraged your students to spice up their writing style only to find the same old sentences over and over? Improve students' writing styles with varied sentence openings by using the thirteen sentence patterns introduced in this bundled lesson resource with two PowerPoint presentations and a student note sheet. Based on J.E. Sparks' book Write for Power, this bu
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Cultural Differences in Communication: A Web Quest!
Increasing cultural awareness in adolescents is sometimes difficult, but this web quest encourages students to look at customs in other cultures and to consider their own culture from another perspective. Easily adaptable, this activity and its subsequent presentation and/or classroom discussion can help broaden the horizons of students studying in various content areas such as communications, social studies, business, and career readiness. The web quest provides viable links for students to f
9th - 12th, Adult Education
For All Subjects, Social Studies, Speaking & Listening
Perception Activity: Create a Caption for the Photo!
Whether you are studying perception, communications, nonverbal messages, or are engaging in creative writing, this PowerPoint and its accompanying worksheet will challenge your students to think critically! Using old time pictures from the Consumer Reports archives, students are instructed to create captions, share their work, and discuss what influenced their thoughts and conclusions. Entertaining as well as thought-provoking, the slides make a great one day activity and can be adapted or adj
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening
Punctuating Dialogue and Replacing "Said" in Personal Narratives!
Punctuating dialogue and replacing boring verbs such as "said" are skills that usually need reviewed in creative writing or personal narratives. This interactive 20 slide PowerPoint reviews important rules for punctuating dialogue while asking the students to apply the rules on sample sentences and at the same time requesting them to replace the dull word "said." The first slide introduces a rule, gives the student a couple of sentences to correct using the rule, and prompts them to choose bett
8th - 10th, Adult Education
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Grammar
Listening Skills: Oral Communication Basics!
Listening is a one of life's most basic skills and one that may take a lifetime to master, but don't let that daunting fact keep you from giving your students a mini-lesson "shot in the arm" to help improve this vitally important skill! Suitable as an introductory unit or as a brief reminder of listening basics, this PowerPoint will help drive home some key points we neglect about our listening skills. Included are some thoughtful quotations about listening from some famous contributors to our
8th - 12th
English Language Arts
Creating a Research Paper PAINLESSLY! 2010 Version!
They have completed the research and written the rough draft: now how do you get your students to put the research paper in its final MLA format without causing your students - or yourself - a lot of pain?! This up-to-date PowerPoint with 35 slides walks students through every step of the formatting journey - from setting the margins and auto numbering pages to correctly creating the works cited page with automated hanging indents! With examples to use as models and humor to make the medicine
9th - 12th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Writing-Expository
A SINGLE LUCID MOMENT - A New Approach to the Personal Narrative Essay
Do you want to push your students' personal narrative writings to the next level? Do you desire for them to experiment with plot structures? Do you yearn for narratives that demonstrate self-awareness and introspection about your students' own personal growth? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, this assignment might be the answer. RAther than telling just any old story about something that happened to them, give your writers a deeper purpose while at the same time encouraging t
11th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Writing
Research Paper Revision Checklist
A direct checklist for students to use in revising rough draft research papers in order to put them in final draft status. Handy for peer revision as well as student self-checking, this form is adaptable in order to emphasize the problems your current students are experiencing. This revision reminder checklist covers topics from avoiding state of being verbs to eliminating the use of "textese" in students' formal writing!
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts
Special Occasion Speeches: Public Speaking Banquet Bonanza Style!
Want to include an Oral Communication component in your curriculum? Need to get students speaking in front of the class in a low-pressure/no-pressure format? Want to have students enthusiastically creating and delivering speeches without taking two or three weeks of class to get through the delivery of them? Do you desire to introduce kids to special occasion speeches, also termed social ritual speeches? Try the Banquet Bonanza! This compact bundled lesson introduces the concepts of these sp
8th - 12th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
"Poetry Collection Project" A Project Creating a Poetry Gift Book
Students studying and writing poetry can create a gift book of poems especially selected for persons of their choosing. In this creative project that makes a terrific culminating activity for poetry or creative writing unit, students are encouraged to both research new poems and write some of their own. Students can choose to create a poetry collection for a special family member, a coach, another teacher, a friend, or anyone they would like to honor with an inexpensive and artistic gift. For
8th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Reading
Communication Theory: An Introductory PowerPoint
This is part ONE of a two-part PowerPoint that is designed to be used as part of an introductory unit on our human need for communication and the basic elements of the communication process. The presentation includes graphics, visuals, and questions to get the student thinking or to spark discussion in groups. Also included is a brief quiz so teachers and students can check comprehension after the first fourth of the presentation. This presentation in its entirety contains 68 slides that are
9th - 12th
English Language Arts
Perception: An Introductory PowerPoint
This 50+ slide PowerPoint presentation is designed to introduce students to the concepts of perception and its role in interpersonal communication. Using examples from art, culture, and life in general, this PowerPoint presentation introduces students to definition of perception and the five major influences that cause perceptive differences for people. This PPT corresponds to a unit note sheet, handout, and quiz which are also available for purchase on this site
This work is licensed under a
9th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Visual Arts
Paraphrasing as a Listening Skill! An Introductory PowerPoint
Introduce your students to the powerful listening skill of paraphrasing! This PowerPoint, along with the accompanying FREE handout that is also available on this site, will introduce your students to the basics of that valuable interpersonal skill of paraphrasing. What is paraphrasing used for? How is it done? Use a mini-lesson or as part of a larger unit or course on comprehensive communications.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.
8th - 11th
English Language Arts
Secret Santa Letter for Staff
Use this Secret Santa letter for staff members to engage in a little holiday cheer! Created as a Word document to allow east alterations, you can customize this for your own staff. Includes basic guidelines and a sign up slip for staff members to return to Santa's helper. Have fun!
For All Subjects
Perception Activity WORKSHEET: Create a Caption for the Photo!
This Perception Activity WORKSHEET accompanies the Perception Activity: Create a Caption for the Photo PowerPoint, also for sale on this site by this same teacher-author. Whether you are studying perception, communications, nonverbal messages, or are engaging in creative writing, this PowerPoint and its accompanying worksheet will challenge your students to think critically! Using old time pictures from the Consumer Reports archives, students are instructed to create captions, share their work
9th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening
A SINGLE LUCID MOMENT: Personal Narrative Planning Sheet
This personal narrative planning sheet corresponds with the PowerPoint also available on my site. The PPT does a thorough job of explaining and describing the assignment, and I usually use this planning sheet as a pre-writing activity to get the students started once they have an idea about which event to write. Here is the description of the PPT:Do you want to push your students' personal narrative writings to the next level? Do you desire for them to experiment with plot structures? Do you
11th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Writing
Research Paper NOTE CARD Rubric
If you are overwhelmed with the task of evaluating NOTE CARDS for student research papers, this rubric may assist you making grading more manageable! This rubric asks students to submit (or for the teacher to randomly choose) five note cards taken from research, as long as the sampling includes a minimum of one quote, one paraphrase, and one summary. The rubric check for basic labeling and formatting. If you find this rubric helpful, you may wish to check out our other research paper lessons,
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Expository
Writing the Personal Narrative: Tools for the Job!
Just as a carpenter wouldn't try to build a house without the proper tools, your students shouldn't begin writing a personal narrative without a review of the necessary facets of composing good stories. This 15 slide PowerPoint goes over some basic reminders and rules for writing a personal narrative or any story with dialogue. Addresses audience, tone, description, and dialogue. Includes bits of original stories to demonstrate potential improvements one could make in creating an interesting
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing-Expository
Research Paper Oral Presentation Rubric
Fulfilling oral presentation standards is easier when you use research papers the students created as a basis for a classroom speech! This rubric covers ten key areas of oral presentations, equalling a 100 point speaking assignment. Students share insights from a research paper they created, including their thesis, key research information, and sources. Additionally, students are evaluated on aspects of oral presentations such as eye contact, attire, and vocal qualities. I use this with my S
9th - 12th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
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About the store
Experience
Over 20 years of experience as a secondary teacher in public school systems in Indiana and Ohio pushed me to be more creative and risk-taking with my lesson plans. A former administrator of mine (Mr. V!) really supported and encouraged my teaching outside of the box in order to challenge my students and myself. I owe much of my style to his generous and understanding support, as he understood that you've got to break a few eggs to make an omelette!
I also consult on and offer Leadership Seminars and Team building in the area.
Teaching style
Part adventurer, part actor, part storyteller, part motivator, part director, part law enforcement, part counselor, part insomniac... all powered by Amp Energy Supplement and God!
Awards & shining teacher moments
I was named a Jennings Scholar in 2001!
God honored me with three amazing teenagers of my own!
Additionally, countless small and shining victories both in and outside of the classroom - too numerous and possibly not universally intriguing enough to list here!
My own education history
Bachelor of Arts 1988 Manchester College
Master of Education 1998 Indiana Wesleyan University
Numerous Post-Graduate Experiences, Joys, Heartbreaks, and Thrills!
Additional biographical information
If you like this product and can use it with your class, please come back and leave a rating - your feedback is very much appreciated. If you have suggestions or see a problem, please email me at bry_aca_cs@nwoca.org. It is important to me to only provide high quality materials.
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