Constant Reader Learning Materials
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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
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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.
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6th - 12th
Close Reading, Reading, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.SL.1
, CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
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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.
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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