Dr. Broome
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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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I have taught in urban and rural settings as well as all levels of student (gifted to learning disabled.) From 2001 to the present I have worked at the North Carolina Governor's School, a residential program for gifted and talented high school students.
From 2001-2006, then 2009-present, I have taught English/Humanities for grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. (I did not teach from 2007-2009 because I was a full time PhD student.) I have taught Honors 9th grade English (genre study), Honors 10th grade English (world literature and writing), 10th grade English (inclusion class), Honors 11th grade English (American literature), 11th grade English (inclusion), Advanced Placement Literature and Composition, SAT prep, Philosophy, General Conceptual Development, Independent Inquiry, and Adolescent Social-Emotional Development.
From 1998-2005 I taught for The Princeton Review. I conducted classes in SAT and GRE test preparation.
I have a strong record of interdisciplinary collaboration and team-teaching with history instructors.
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Complete Novel Unit: Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
This package, created by Dr. Broome, contains a complete month-long unit on the classic mystery novel And Then There Were None. The most noteworthy feature is the comprehensive vocabulary glossary. This unit actually includes three glossaries: a 586-item combined glossary (both common vocabulary in the novel and British English/slang of the time period); a period slang glossary; and a glossary with only SAT vocabulary found in And Then There Were None. The unit contains lessons and ready-to-go r
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature
And Then There Were None: Reading Comprehension Quizzes
This download contains seven reading comprehension quizzes for Agatha Christie's famous suspense novel And Then There Were None. Quizzes each consist of ten (10) short answer and are paired as follows: Chapters 1-2; Chapters 3-4; Chapter 5-6; Chapters 7-8; Chapters 1-10; Chapters 11-12; and Chapters 13-16. The download includes a separate answer key for each quiz.
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Their Eyes Were Watching God and AAVE (African American Vernacular English)
This presentation serves as an introduction to literature written in AAVE or that contains AAVE (*Their Eyes Were Watching God,* *Native Son,* etc.) The notes contain a descriptive view of AAVE and use contrastive grammar to explain the systematic and grammatical features of the dialect. The notes include an explanation of verb tense formation, an explanation of pronunciation differences (phonology), the use of double negatives, the use of "be," theories about AAVE's origins, resources for furth
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Literature
How to Take Notes in High School (Presentation Slides)
This presentation is designed for students who are having trouble adjusting to lecture courses or to taking their own notes in class. It contains instructions and examples of model notes for discussion.
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Shakespeare's Macbeth: Full text with annotations
This file contains the entire text of Shakespeare's *Macbeth.* Annotations are directly parallel to the line references. No more looking up and down to find footnotes! The annotations include transliterations, definitions of Shakespearean terms, sources of allusions, names of literary devices being used, and commentary on the major themes and conflicts in the play. Famous lines ("Double, Double, toil and trouble") are highlighted for easy locating. This text can be used to prepare lectures or gi
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Macbeth Act I Quote Analysis With Answer Key
This chart provides 18 important quotes from Act I of Shakespeare's *Macbeth.* Students must identify the scene and line numbers, the speaker, the addressee and the literary/rhetorical devices used in the quote. Students must also discuss the significance of each quote and how it contributes to the play's plot/characterization/themes. The material can be used for either individual or small group work. The product comes with an answer key for teachers. This chart is a great way to get students to
10th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature
Visualizing the Detective (Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, Marple, and more)
This file is a 4-part activity that accompanies a unit or lesson on detective fiction. It uses art, technology, and writing to help students understand the power of description on characterization. It includes Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Easy Rawlins, Virgil Tibbs, Phryne Fisher, and Father Brown but can be adapted to any mystery story.
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature
Research Paper: Complete Unit Materials
Keywords: research, research papers, research paper, research paper rubric, research paper outline, rough draft, research paper topics, research writing, MLA
This file contains everything you need to teach students about writing academic research papers. It can be printed and used "as is" or be customized to your needs.
The unit includes:
*Handouts with explicit instructions and examples in MLA format for source cards, note cards, outlines, Works Cited pages, block quoting, paraphrasing, and
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Expository
Grammar Game: Review of Clauses and Sentence Types
This game is designed to help students review sentence types and construct different variations of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. This file contains a detailed lesson plan, review handout of the relevant grammatical concepts, and game pieces, as well as explicit instructions for playing the game and a homework assignment that builds on the lesson.
The game requires students to use the game pieces (described below this paragraph) to construct various sentence types. A
8th - 11th
ELA Test Prep, Grammar
Vampires and Vegetarians: Introduction to Ethics
This file contains presentation slides for a lecture on ethical philosophy. In order to draw students into the discussion, the presentation posits the following question: Should vampires be allowed to hunt and kill humans for food like humans hunt and kill animals for food?
The lecture teaches students about various philosophical concepts, including necessary and sufficient conditions; argument construction; deontology; ethical agents; philosophical persons; and moral imperatives. It takes stud
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Fairytale and Fable Unit Game: Name that Allusion! for Shrek
This handout is designed as a fun classroom activity that also teaches students about genre-specific allusions. While students view the movie *Shrek,* they use this handout to spot allusions to fairy tales, fables, and pop culture. The handout contains over 30 allusions with additional blanks for students to add their own. When I use this game in my class, the student who spots and correctly explains where the most allusions occur in the movie wins a prize.
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Speaking & Listening
Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Project: Spy Wars
This product is a two week unit that requires students to exercise creative problem solving and interdisciplinary knowledge. The project's premise is that the student is part of a group of spies that needs to help two field agents recover an important document. Students work in teams to plan the mission and write up a report.
This iteration of Spy Wars is based on Dracula. Students use a variety of clues throughout the project to piece together the location of the plans (Carfax Abbey).
This p
9th - 12th
Creative Writing, Social Studies, Writing-Expository
Macbeth Graphic Novel/Comic Book final project
Help students create a comic from sections or scenes of Shakespeare's *Macbeth.*
This file includes a student handout assignment with guidelines, a teacher rubric, and online resources for students to create comics.
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Visual Arts
Course Syllabus/Outline: Detective Fiction
This document is intended for teachers who are designing a unit on detective fiction or who are creating a semester or yearlong elective course. The file contains ten units that cover the chronological development of the genre. Included are classic detective fiction staples like Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, along with units on Non-Western detective fiction, contemporary and postmodern detective fiction, and parody/pastiche. Films, short stories, and novels are included in every unit to g
10th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature
Complete Unit: Macbeth by William Shakespeare
This file links to a Google Drive folder that contains everything you need to teach a complete unit on Shakespeare's *Macbeth.* The product contains:
1. an annotated teacher's text of the play
2. outline and presentation for introductory lecture
3. characterization activity with answer key for all five acts
4. quote analysis activity with answer key
5. plot questions with answer key for all five acts
6. study questions for all five acts
7. video recommendations
8. film permission form
9. Seven
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.2
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The Great Gatsby Close Reading (Chaper 2/Valley of Ashes) Presentation
This PowerPoint presentation presents a close reading of the introductory passage of Chapter 2 in F. Scott Fitzgerald's *The Great Gatsby.* Students are presented with rhetorical and symbolic analysis. While designed for upper level students, this presentation also serves as excellent research/background reading for developing differentiated lessons on close reading.
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Close Reading, Grammar, Literature
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.3
, RL.9-10.4
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Philosophical and Philosophy Based Writing Prompts
This file contains ten writing assignments. For each assignment, students are instructed to write a brief response (300-500 words) in response to a quote by a famous philosopher.
The quotes cover multiple branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and socio-politics.
The ten assignments are staggared for differentiated instruction; the quote by Thoreau can be answered by almost all students, while the quote by John Rawls gives gifted or advanced students an intellectua
9th - 12th
Character Education
Verb Tense, Mood, and Voice Presentation
This .ppt file is suitable for projection or for copying as a handout. It reviews the six major tenses in English; the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods; active and passive voice; infinitives; auxiliary verbs; and conjugation. The presentation includes conjugation charts, a complete conjugation of the verb "to be," and a tense time line graphic. This presentation is designed for multiple lessons on verbs; it can be shortened or edited as needed.
8th - 12th
Balanced Literacy, ELA Test Prep, Grammar
A Brief Introduction to Buddhism
This presentation is designed to introduce students to Buddhism. No prior knowledge of Buddhism is necessary to understand these notes. The slides contain basic vocabulary, an explanation of Buddhist cosmology, an explanation of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold path, and a section on Buddhist art and iconography. All three major branches of Buddhism are discussed. This presentation can be used to introduce Herman Hesse's novel *Siddhartha,* to introduce another Buddhist text, or to teach
9th - 12th
Literature, Religion, World History
Comparative Religions Assignment
This file contains a comparison chart for two religions. The questions cover cosmology, religious practices, religious texts, and religious doctrines. It is able to be modified to compare two specific religions or used as is, where students choose the religions they want to compare. This assignment can be used to help students understand a new religion, as an introduction to a novel about a religion unfamiliar to students, or as a historical guide to different belief systems.
9th - 12th
Literature, Religion, World History
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About the store
Experience
I have taught in urban and rural settings as well as all levels of student (gifted to learning disabled.) From 2001 to the present I have worked at the North Carolina Governor's School, a residential program for gifted and talented high school students.
From 2001-2006, then 2009-present, I have taught English/Humanities for grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. (I did not teach from 2007-2009 because I was a full time PhD student.) I have taught Honors 9th grade English (genre study), Honors 10th grade English (world literature and writing), 10th grade English (inclusion class), Honors 11th grade English (American literature), 11th grade English (inclusion), Advanced Placement Literature and Composition, SAT prep, Philosophy, General Conceptual Development, Independent Inquiry, and Adolescent Social-Emotional Development.
From 1998-2005 I taught for The Princeton Review. I conducted classes in SAT and GRE test preparation.
I have a strong record of interdisciplinary collaboration and team-teaching with history instructors.
Teaching style
I use a variety of teaching styles. I tend to blend seminar/discussion, small group work, and interdisciplinary assignments to form most of my lessons. I adhere to the principles of contrastive grammar, writers' workshop, and CPS (Creative Problem Solving).
Awards & shining teacher moments
I currently hold North Carolina teaching licenses in English (9-12) and Gifted Education (K-12). I am a member of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and Phi Beta Kappa.
I have presented at NCTE (topic: educational technology), NAGC (topics: curriculum development, residential programs, and social-emotional development), and the North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented. In 2007, I was invited to present at an international education conference in Athens, Greece.
My own education history
I hold a PhD in English education from New York University. My research focus is gifted education.
Additionally, I earned a Master's (M.Ed) in English education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. My Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) is also from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I triple majored in English education, history, and gender studies. My undergraduate education was financed by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarship program; my PhD was financed by a Founders Fellowship from NYU.
Additional biographical information
I have designed and taught the following courses: Independent Inquiry; The Sociology of Deviance; Law, Order, and Ethics; Foucault 101; Detective Fiction; Noir in Film and Text.
I have created and conducted professional development workshops on the following topics: teaching gifted adolescents, understanding the social and emotional development of gifted adolescents, differentiated instruction, and teaching ethics in the public schools.
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