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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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Ernest Hemingway: The Life, the Legend, the Legacy (Biography) Power Point
This 30-slide presentation covers key points in Ernest Hemingway's life including his time in Oak Park, Illinois; his World War I experiences and love for Agnes von Kurowsky (including the "Dear John" letter); his four marriages to Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh; his adventures in the Spanish Civil War; his life in Key West, Florida; his hunting of U-Boats during World War II; his D-Day Normandy involvement; his Pulitzer and Nobel prizes; and his death, amon
6th - 12th
Informational Text, Literature, Reading
CCSS
SL.6.2
, SL.7.2
, SL.8.2
+2
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
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
The Monomyth / Hero's Journey Lesson Plan (PPT and PDF Printable Plan)
The Monomyth / Hero's Journey Lesson Plan (PPT and PDF Printable Plan) This 85-page plan and 39-slide PowerPoint is a comprehensive approach for students to learn about the Monomyth / Hero's Journey. This presentation and plan starts with a historical overview demonstrating the evolution of Sigmund Freud's dream analysis to Carl Jung's collective unconscious / archetypes to Joseph Campbell's Monomyth. The lesson uses the updated and expanded concepts that Campbell originally developed, which is
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, Informational Text, Writing
CCSS
RI.6.3
, RI.8.3
, RI.9-10.3
+92
The 7 Conflicts Lesson Plan and PowerPoint Presentation
This packet includes a 19-slide PPT presentation and a 29-page accompanying lesson plan. The 19-slide PPT is also available without the lesson plan. The lesson plan includes a range of teacher and student resources including activity sheets, note taking help, quiz, answer key, project assignment, rubric, and sample projects. The complete contents includes: Introduction ED1: Photo Album ED2: Audience, Placement, and Materials ED3: Common Core Standards ED4: Objectives and SWBAT TR1: Introducti
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RI.6.3
, RI.8.3
, RI.11-12.3
+37
The Classic Freytag Pyramid Plot Diagram Power Point
This 31-slide presentation is a comprehensive look at Gustav Freytag's classic plot diagram. This presentation uses Harry Potter and Star Wars as examples for each step of the Pyramid. Included, too, is a discussion of the seven main conflicts "human vs human" (man vs man), "human vs self" (man vs self), "human vs society" (man vs society), "human vs nature" (man vs nature), "human vs gods" (man vs gods), "human vs machine" (man vs machine), and "human vs supernatural" (man vs supernatural). P
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Informational Text, Literature, Vocabulary
CCSS
SL.6.1a
, SL.6.1c
, SL.6.1d
+18
The 7 Conflicts PowerPoint Presentation
This 19-slide presentation is a compact lesson that introduces students to what has been called the "Aristotelian Conflicts." Using a quote by Stanley Kubrick about how every story has already been told the presentation explains human vs. human, human vs. self, human vs. society, human vs. nature, human vs. machine, human vs. gods, and human vs. the supernatural.
Star Wars and Luke "Skywalker" & Harry Potter are used as examples throughout. There is also brief reference to "Macbeth."
The pr
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Informational Text, Literature
CCSS
SL.6.2
, SL.7.2
, SL.8.2
+2
Coordinating Conjunctions: FANBOYS PowerPoint and PDF
2-page short lesson (plus cover and Common Core standards) explains in a brief and compact manner the concept of creating a compound sentence by using the FANBOYS plus the semicolon.
The explanation is provided on a PowerPoint slide followed by an opportunity for students to create their own sentences using the coordinating conjunctions.
Utilize the PowerPoint to show the students how to use the coordinating conjunction and then either print out the blank student resource or use the PPT to add
5th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Grammar, Informational Text, Other (ELA)
CCSS
L.5.3
, L.5.3a
, L.6.3
+6
Generations and Eras PowerPoint Presentation
Text for upload This 23-slide PowerPoint presentation covers generations and eras from prehistory to Alpha Generation. More than 250 images enhance the text in a dynamic timeline sequence. Generations and eras includes prehistory, ancient history, post classical, early modern period, later modern period, Victorian (Victorianism), Romantics (Romanticism), Modern (Modernist, Modernism), the lost generation, the Roaring '20s (Roarin' '20s), the Harlem Renaissance, the Depressionists (Great Depress
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Informational Text, U.S. History, World History
CCSS
SL.6.1a
, SL.6.1b
, SL.6.1c
+18
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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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