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"Constant Reader Learning Materials" is really a teacher and professor hiding in the background avoiding the policies that says he can't write curriculum for others or sell his work. Professor Constant Reader earned a position as an expert in Common Core from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has created curriculum for himself and his classroom, for other schools and educators, for publication, college courses, and home school.
His publishing credits include more than 40 online courses for a major university, 55 online textbooks, a guide to writing, a novel, four travel guides, and numerous chapters, stories, poems, and essays.
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Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
6th - 12th
Informational Text, Reading, Writing-Expository
CCSS
RI.6.2
, RI.6.3
, RI.6.4
+47
Essay Assignment: Who am I, Really?
This is a free-standing essay assignment OR is part of the larger "Search for Self" unit. This essay assignment asks students to consider who they are. There is a brief self-exploration exercise to help students understand themselves better. Material from Les Miserables, Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, and the Six Steps in Search for Self are condensed as part of the self-exploration exercise.
The material includes information for the teacher, the self-exploration exercis
6th - 12th
Grammar, Writing, Writing-Essays
CCSS
W.6.3
, W.6.3a
, W.6.3b
+27
Lesson Plan: The Six Steps of Search for Self
This lesson is a multi-day curriculum that gives students tools to help them think about who they have already become as people and who they want to be. Some of the steps are ones students have made and are making, while others are in their future, and at least one is a level few of us ever achieve but many attempt. This is the SECOND lesson in a unit called “Search for Self”; however, it also can be a self-contained lesson. This lesson is appropriate for any time of the school year, but make
6th - 12th
Close Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
CCSS
RI.9-10.1
, RI.9-10.2
, RI.9-10.3
+15
Most Used AP English Literary Terms PowerPoint Presentation
This 103-slide PPT presentation covers more than 130 of the most-often-used literary terms found on the Advanced Placement / AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition exams. The presentation is also useful for 8-12 grade non- AP / Advanced Placement courses including honors, gifted and talented, and on-level. Terms range from allegory and alliteration to understatement and verse. Each slide provides the term, definition, examples, and an image to help students
8th - 12th
Informational Text, Literature, Poetry
Explaining Hero vs. Villain Protagonist vs. Antagonist PowerPoint
This 14-slide presentation presents hero, villain, protagonist, and antagonist. It explains the shift from using the terms "hero" and "villain" to the more contemporary "protagonist" and "antagonist." The presentation also uses Greek and early English root words to explain how the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist" evolved. The fourteen slides include 15 images, dynamic and active presentation methods, and colorful representations. THIS ITEM is also available in a package that includes a les
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, Informational Text, Literature
CCSS
SL.6.2
, SL.7.1d
, SL.7.2
+9
Lesson Plan & PPT Package Explaining Hero vs Villain Protagonist vs Antagonist
This is a two-part package -- a Power Point presentation and a lesson plan. The PPT is available separately by the same name.
This 14-slide Power Point presentation presents hero, villain, protagonist, and antagonist. It explains the shift from using the terms "hero" and "villain" to the more contemporary "protagonist" and "antagonist." The presentation also uses Greek and early English root words to explain how the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist" evolved.
The fourteen slides include 1
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Informational Text, Literature, Writing-Essays
CCSS
W.6.2
, W.6.2a
, W.6.2b
+104
Lesson Plan Who am I? An Exploration of The Self with Les Miserables
This two-day lesson asks students to critically think about who they are as people in a complex and challenging world. It asks students to go beyond who they think they are to evaluate who they really are. Les Miserables is used as a resource and basis to help the students understand the depth to which they are asked to think. Perfect for an introductory lesson at the beginning of the school year, this lesson also makes a good segue lesson anytime and anywhere in the curriculum. Contents Incl
6th - 12th
Close Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.SL.1
, CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
+2
The Modern Freytag Pyramid and Other Plot Diagrams
This 48-slide Power Point Presentation briefly reviews the Classic Freytag Pyramid that includes introduction / exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, revelation, resolution / conclusion. However, since the Victorian period when Freytag developed the pyramid plots have changed in dramatic ways. The presentation explains three more recent diagrams including the Modern Freytag Pyramid, the Post Modern Plot Diagram, and the Post Post Modern Plot Diagram. The present
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, Informational Text, Literature
CCSS
SL.6.1a
, SL.6.1b
, SL.6.1c
+23
Guide to High School Writing, MLA Format & Citation, and Literary Terms
This 25-page document is a terrific way to give your students plenty of useful information on the writing process used in high school (and college) writing. The guidelines, tips, and suggestions are the basics gleaned from numerous and popular writing guides presented in a concise and condensed format.
Additionally, literary terms commonly found on the AP English Literature and Composition and AP English Language and Composition, as well as the SAT, ACT, and SAT Literature Subject Test have
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Informational Text, Vocabulary, Writing
CCSS
W.6.2d
, W.6.2e
, W.7.2d
+25
10 Tips to Improve Everything You Write for School, Work, and Life
This 90-page guide is meant to be a quick and easy way to improve anyone's writing. Teachers might want to use this for their own edification or to use in parts to help students with their writing process. The 10 tips are also helpful for everyday use, business writers, and creative writers. Really, there are far more than just 10 tips as each one of the tips includes numerous other tips-within-tips and additional ideas on how to improve writing. The material includes quotes from authors con
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Informational Text, Writing
CCSS
W.6.4
, W.6.5
, W.7.4
+7
Comparing “The Charge of the Light Brigade” with "Dulce et decorum est."
This three-day lesson plan compares Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" with Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et decorum est." The material includes historical background concerning Queen Victoria, Victorianism, World War I, and the Titanic. Both of the poems are included with footnotes. The material includes: ►Teacher Talking Points and Script ►Student Resources (SR) 1-10 ►Teacher Resources (TR) 1-3 ►Vocabulary Lists, Glossaries, and Quizzes ►2 Required Readings ►Three
6th - 12th
Close Reading, Poetry, Vocabulary
CCSS
RL.6.1
, RL.6.2
, RL.6.4
+33
Lesson Plan Who am I? An Exploration of The Self using Les Miserables (Free)
This one day lesson asks students to critically think about how they are as people in a complex and challenging world. It asks students to go beyond who they think they are to evaluate who they really are. Les Miserables is used as a resource and basis to help the students understand the depth to which they are asked to think. Perfect for an introductory lesson at the beginning of the school year, this lesson also makes a good segue lesson anytime and anywhere in the curriculum.
This free ve
6th - 12th
Close Reading, Reading, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.SL.1
, CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
+2
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About the store
Experience
"Constant Reader Learning Materials" is really a teacher and professor hiding in the background avoiding the policies that says he can't write curriculum for others or sell his work. Professor Constant Reader earned a position as an expert in Common Core from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has created curriculum for himself and his classroom, for other schools and educators, for publication, college courses, and home school.
His publishing credits include more than 40 online courses for a major university, 55 online textbooks, a guide to writing, a novel, four travel guides, and numerous chapters, stories, poems, and essays.
Teaching style
Professor Constant Reader loves to find the alternative meanings in texts. He challenges gifted students to rise to college level (or as close as they can get) thinking, reading, and writing. Meanwhile, he is very attuned to students facing various challenges who need extra help and guidance.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Common Core Expert,
Teacher of the Year,
Teaching Assistant of the Year,
Professor of the Year,
Phi Beta Kappa,
Sigma Tau Delta,
Salutatorian,
Prize in Ethics
My own education history
B.A. University of Maryland (English),
M.A. Johns Hopkins University (Creative Writing and English Literature),
M.F.A. University of Miami (Creative Writing),
M.Ed. Notre Dame of Maryland (Education),
M.A. (ongoing) Harvard University (Special Status Student)
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