CREATIVEEYE
15 Followers
Friday Harbor, Washington, United States
About the store
I am nothing if not eclectic.
I have taught in private schools in the US, Vietnam, and Ecuador, as well as at a university in Mexico.
As a Washington State native, I continually revisit my roots. Recently, I had the pleasure of teaching at an IB Private school in Bellevue.
Previously, I taught Language Arts in Arizona.
I have also taught Adult Education in Grant writing, reading, the ACT & TOEFL test taking, and writing fiction.
I am currently a PHD student at California Institute of Integral Studies where we consider the spaces where the intersectionality of thought systems can coexist in conversation.
Read more
All resources
Filters
Grade
Subject
Format
Resource type
Standard
Language
Programs & methods
Supports
xicana -Latina - Mexicana Decolonize your assumptions
This presentation provides you with an introduction to xicana women, their art, their work, and the history of their movement within US borders since 1900. To know a person is to understand how they call themselves, and most of the terminology is related to this understanding. The evlolution of self-understaning is complex. Women's writer's spolight includes Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Alicia Gaspar de AlbaCultura
11th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Art History, Latino and Hispanic Studies, U.S. History
House of the Scorpion
I taught this with 6th grade IB International baccalaureate MYP students. This item has nearly 50 slides to take your students through the reading experience, looking at similes and word choice, as well as character development and relationships. There are lesson plans and visual activities with which your students can engage. It includes activities for learning about cloning, and and focusses on the theme of Nature vs. Nurture. There are three major projects due at the end of the unit, The f
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature
Holes by Louis Sachar Book Activities
Chapter by chapter activities. roleplays, summaries, poster making, and much more.
Writing for a specific audience
WRiting to reflect -
text to self
text to text
inquiry and research - a make your own Youtube - Roleplay activity
fact finding and using quotations to support a claim
5th - 12th
Literature, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RL.7.2
, RL.7.3
, RL.7.4
 +16
TOEFL Exam Preparation College Course
This power point is designed to begin preparing for the TOEFL exam. It covers requirements and examples as well as strategies for the for the reading and written expression portions of the exam. It has dozens of examples that provide: a question, then using slide show tools, it reveals the skill and answer as well underlining the contextual clues students should be able to parse out as part of their process. This is a snappy and pretty power point that will take your preparation and organiz
12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
leadership, Charisma, Music and Writing Unit
Objective: Creating art, music, writing, and impact that matters Students will: listen to an interview ofa famous musician, write a lyrical poem, research a charismatic leader, create a white board, reflect, write, present. Activity Outcome: -Write about how the musician and poet used their life -experience and the inspiration of a thought leader to create art that matters. -create a group project Cultural impact - how do words and art and feeling work together to create charismatic change - h
6th - 10th
Art, English Language Arts, Writing
MYP IB Historical Fiction Writing Summative
Bundled MYP writing Summative Includes Powerpoint for conducting class activities Lesson PlanHandouts (18 pages) Rubric Criteria a, b, c, d This assignment was conducted in both a traditional classroom as well as a Microsoft OneNote hybrid course. Students enjoyed having a choice as to whether they could use the forms in one note, or write them in pencil. They liked sharing updates with their peers on interesting facts that were researching about times and places at least 20 years in the past.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts
Irregular English Verbs
There are 86 irregular verbs. AudienceI used these for many grade levels in various countries. They are very supportive for your ESL students to get talking with each other. They can also be used with native English speakers that are learning to spell irregular verbs. UseThese are great bell ringers and end of period activities for your ESL students or Spelling activities. There are enough of them for you to break up the stack for five workgroups. Students can quiz each other. The sentences ar
3rd - 11th
Grammar, Spelling
Writing Historical Fiction Summative
Students will write a historical fiction story, demonstrating their understanding of story elements as well as research skills to create an authentic historical experience for the reader. Timeline: students had 2 weeks to research, write, edit, peer review, and submit a final. This summative assignment uses an example snippet historical text: Fever from 1793 and contains questions as well as example slides of how to research a historical event. (You can use whatever text you prefer.) Directions
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Creative Writing, English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.W.3
, CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
 +5
Also included in:Â MYP IB Historical Fiction Writing Summative
46 weeks vocabulary bundle
Struggling with integrating vocabulary into your already busy schedule? 5-10 minutes at the beginning of the week can be a game changer- helping students with their reading skills in and outside of your classroom. - Most have fun interactive web-based quizzlets or other activities Roots, suffixes and prefixes are the keys to advancing vocabulary from the mundane to the intriguing. Get your writers new material with this weekly shared experience.
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Vocabulary
Interactive Activities for TOEFL Vocabulary
This product is a template created for you to project activity instructions for students in simple English for your high school or adult ESL students. Each activity takes about 15 minutes and can be extended to 30 minutes. There are 17 slides with objectives posted for each activity. Ancillary cards and vocabulary lists are not provided. They are great for Brain breaks, opening activities or introducing new vocabulary.
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, Vocabulary
Test taking Strategies
Tested on high school students preparing for the ACT < this resource can be used for many kinds of tests. This product takes the best tools and helps students create personal schedules and strategies and habits leading up to the exam. 31 slides Also includes a few slides for practice: authors purposeTonemultiplemeaning wordsvocabulary in context
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Getting Started with Writing
This power point takes students step by step through teacher expectations about how to fully answer a question by rephrasing, etc. Additionally, it provides several practice slides with specific reading examples and links to online short reading passages. The assessment piece uses 1, 3, 5 as a score to show depth and complexity in sentence generation to help students know and decide for themselves how complete of an answer they want to create for the grade they want to earn.
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing
Words in Context TOEFL Practice
This is a ppt set of slides that delves deeply into context clues with ten more difficult vocabulary words placed in different contexts. The audience for these slide activities: 400 level College or Advanced Adult learners. The time duration for this lesson is 2-3 one hour classes. There are two slides with Activities, and the explanation slides have interactive parts to enable teacher spacing of informative discussion and student questioning. Comment: I taught this several times to TOEFL grad
Adult Education, Higher Education
IB Language & Literature Parent Resouce
Reduce the Stress! use this to prep for parent conferences For the beginning of the year presentations to parents to explain Language and Literature grading criteria a, b, c, d and the scoring of 1-8.
6th - 12th
English Language Arts
Perspective, Impressionism to study nature
This is a powerpoint of 16 pages and two creative activities- a boat scene and building a garden bridge. Using Claude Monet´s work for examples, students explore foregroundsbackground middle groundhorizon lineimpressionism mood with respect to lightingTried and tested on grades 3 to 8 and ESL/EFL, it is easily adaptable to older students.
3rd - 8th
Visual Arts
TOEFL Technology Study Material
This is a Powerpoint to help you introduce apps and websites to study for the TOEFL exam. It is a resource meant to make teaching easier for you by eliminating all of the research and work of aggregating such information. Assign homework that is fun and less intimidating for students. This product is not an endorsement or sales commission product. Creativeeye does not work for or receive commissions for any product, nor does she guarantee any results.
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep
46 weeks of English Roots presentation
TO prevent the plateau effect in language acquisition, students need to develop their understanding of how words are made so they know how to decode new words they find as they are in their CORE subject classes. Teacher tested power point slides for each week of the year. I used this with year 6.7.8.9 EFL and Native English speaker English courses. Great for warm up bell work. Each of the 4 Terms has a little bit different layout to keep it fresh and to develop the complexity of the learning ou
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Grammar, Vocabulary
Also included in:Â 46 weeks vocabulary bundle
TOEFL Test Study College Course
This slide show introduces a college course concentrating on a TOEFL exam. It is a visual eye candy power point to engage students in considering their level of commitment to studying, and what tools and habits are necessary for passing the exam. It also provides slides for you explain your syllabus and expectations. If you are looking for an eye catching way to engage students, this is the power point for you. It also: -contains examples with audio snippets -online resources for students to
12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep
Showing 1-18 of 18 results
About the store
Experience
I am nothing if not eclectic.
I have taught in private schools in the US, Vietnam, and Ecuador, as well as at a university in Mexico.
As a Washington State native, I continually revisit my roots. Recently, I had the pleasure of teaching at an IB Private school in Bellevue.
Previously, I taught Language Arts in Arizona.
I have also taught Adult Education in Grant writing, reading, the ACT & TOEFL test taking, and writing fiction.
I am currently a PHD student at California Institute of Integral Studies where we consider the spaces where the intersectionality of thought systems can coexist in conversation.
Teaching style
Interdisciplinary, with an emphasis on historical context, student interaction and creative process.
IB world schooling
group work
Project based learning
Right Question Institute
Specific structures leading to student independence
Awards & shining teacher moments
Project Excel, Federal Grant, 4 years, $40,000
AVID CORE curriculum teacher
Artist in Residences, 2010, 2011
Graduate school, University Grants
My own education history
PH.D candidate - Women's Studies
IB school training
AVID curriculum training, San Diego, CA
ESL Certificate, Arizona State
Pacific Lutheran University, MA in Education
Seattle University, Bachelors English and Studio Art
Visions in old Masters oil painting technique, Italy
Additional biographical information
https://mwilber-teaches.my.canva.site/hire
Private Sector work
-Professional Tutor and writing editor
-Grumbacher Art teacher
-Copy editing for various authors
- Art Curator; Volunteer Coordinator of an art 501 3C, Seattle
- Art Director, Community Development Programs, Seattle
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands