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Dr O's English Class

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Tampa, Florida, United States

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13 years of combined teaching experience at the collegiate and high school levels. Whenever someone accuses me of being immature I kindly remind them that I've been in the 11th grade for 8 years.

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The Crucible

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Dr O's English Class

This unit includes: - character chart - anticipation activity - act-by-act reading and discussion questions - vocabulary terms - after reading activity - test (multiple choice, matching, short answer, long response with answer key) - Fear Essay Unit

10th - 12th, Adult Education

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

King Lear Essay with Guided Planning

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Dr O's English Class

My 11th grade honors students use this assignment to start working towards AP Literature writing skills. Using AP Literature prompts, this assignment walks students through the explicit planning involved in reaching deeper levels of literary analysis. They have the choice of two different prompts. Can be used to help plan before an in-class essay or for an out-of-class essay. Can be adapted to texts other than Lear.

10th - 12th, Adult Education

Writing-Essays

Toni Morrison's Beloved -- reading guides and quizzes, tests, lectures and more

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Dr O's English Class

Reading guides, reading quizzes, test (2 versions). Introductory lecture(s), review slides with important quotes, and free access to my fear essay unit.

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

CCSS

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Taming of the Shrew -- Reading Guides and Quizzes

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Dr O's English Class

Reading guides broken down by act and scene, quizzes by act

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

King Lear: Reading Guides with answers, Reading Quizzes, Test 2 Versions

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Dr O's English Class

Perfect for someone teaching Lear for the first time, or an experienced teacher looking to change up their assessments. Includes reading guide by act and scene with answers, reading quizzes, and a test with 2 versions (matching, quote identification/translation, open response).

10th - 12th, Adult Education

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds -- Complete Unit!

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Dr O's English Class

Includes reading guide questions, dialectical journal entry forms, poetry project, two test versions, and a creative writing project! Includes rubrics.

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Close Reading, Creative Writing, Literature

CCSS

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A Christmas Carol Complete Unit

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Dr O's English Class

Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is one of my favorite texts to teach this time of year. Included in this unit are 9 lessons, vocabulary words by chapter, a test (56 MC and short response -- can be broken down into quizzes if desired; answer key included), 4 essay prompts (rubric included), and a menu project (3 parts, 7 major assignments with rubrics). This is everything you need to teach "A Christmas Carol"! If you love it, follow me and make sure to leave a review!

8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Literature

CCSS

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A Room of One's Own Complete Unit

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Dr O's English Class

Complete guide to Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own." Originally intended for use in the AP classroom (AP Language and Composition), but can be leveled to any high school grade. Includes: cooperative anticipation activity, daily lessons with bell work that can be leveled up or down (originally used for AP Language to coincide with the Q2 but can easily be adjusted), chapter high lights to ensure thorough lecture/discussions, reading quizzes, 4 test versions, and an essay assignment/project.

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

CCSS

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Hamlet Complete Unit

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Dr O's English Class

Includes: 2 Projects 1 test Act-by-act reading guide (with answers) Reading Quizzes Passage walk through activity $22 dollar value for $15 Goes with FREE resources: Fever chart, mock trial, compare/contrast essay prompt

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

CCSS

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Hamlet: Guided Close Reading (Soliloquies 2 and 3)

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Dr O's English Class

This assignment guides students through 2 of Hamlet's soliloquies (oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I - AND- to be or not to be). Could be used as an assessment tool, in class activity, group discussion/activity, etc.

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Close Reading, Reading Strategies

CCSS

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Also included in: Hamlet Complete Unit

Hamlet Research Assignments

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Dr O's English Class

This is two different projects that go with Hamlet. 1) Students are given a choice of 3 topics: Rhetoric of Madness; Film Pitch; Social Critique. Culminates in a presentation of project. Includes rubrics. 2) Mini-research essay assignment. Students are given a choice of 4 topics: Function of madness; Soliloquies; Humor; Ophelia. Includes rubric.

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Drama, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

CCSS

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Also included in: Hamlet Complete Unit

Hamlet Reading Guide and Reading Quizzes

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Dr O's English Class

This is an act-by-act (scene-by-scene) reading guide complete with answers. Also includes reading quizzes by act.

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

CCSS

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Also included in: Hamlet Complete Unit

Hamlet Test

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Dr O's English Class

This is a short answer test -- students choose 6 of 10 questions.

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Also included in: Hamlet Complete Unit

Hamlet Compare and Contrast Essay Passage Analysis

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Dr O's English Class

This is a passage analysis I've used for my AP Language students, but can easily be leveled to meet the needs of any classroom.

10th - 12th, Adult Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

CCSS

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Also included in: Hamlet Complete Unit

Hamlet Fever Chart

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Dr O's English Class

This fever chart borrows liberally from many sources, and has been adjusted over the years. It is a FREE resource. Can easily be adapted to another text.

10th - 12th, Adult Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

CCSS

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Also included in: Hamlet Complete Unit

Hamlet Mock Trial

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Dr O's English Class

Is Hamlet really insane? At the start of the play he says he will only pretend to be mad in order to get Claudius to reveal his part in his father's murder. Many critics contend that the pressure Hamlet feels to avenge his father makes him go authentically insane, while many believe Hamlet to be stark-raving sane throughout the entire play. This assignment asks students to put Hamlet on trial. Is he sane or insane? If insane, can he be held responsible for the blood on his hands? If found sane

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Close Reading, Literature

CCSS

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Also included in: Hamlet Complete Unit

Fear Essay Unit

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Dr O's English Class

Fear is one of the most important survival instincts we have, but making fear-based decisions has been the ruin of more than one community. In this research unit, students analyze real community and/or individual choices made out of fear. Can be paired with fictional texts such as The Lottery, Beloved, The Crucible, etc. Includes all assignment sheets from topic selection through final draft (including annotated bibliography assignment), exemplars, and rubrics.

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

CCSS

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Haunted Language Graveyard

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Dr O's English Class

This is a fun activity I put together for my students. It's leveled by the preps I teach (all 11th grade, college prep, honors, and AP), but you can use whatever system you like. I hope this is fun for your students -- I think we could all use a little fun right now!

6th - 12th

Creative Writing, English Language Arts

CCSS

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Policy Change Essay Assignment

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Dr O's English Class

This assignment was born of a room full of whiners. Much like your students, mine think our school policies stink. Rather than allow them to complain without direction, I challenged them to write argumentative proposals. They resulted in a presentation before our administration. This assignment walks students through the entire process, from topic to reflection. Includes all rubrics. I've left my schedule of dates at the bottom in case you would like a pacing guide. Assignments are split betwe

9th - 12th

English Language Arts, Writing

CCSS

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Imitation Exercise -- 13 Ways of Looking at Anything

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Dr O's English Class

This is a fun activity I do with my AP students, but I have also done it with creative writing students, honors students, and college prep students. I hope you enjoy it.

9th - 12th

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry

CCSS

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About the store

Experience

13 years of combined teaching experience at the collegiate and high school levels. Whenever someone accuses me of being immature I kindly remind them that I've been in the 11th grade for 8 years.

Teaching style

I believe in choice. Whenever possible I like to let my students "choose their own adventure" -- whether it's in giving them choice on a test or making a project topic purposefully broad. Doing so allows my students to feel ownership over their work, and it allows them to get excited about what they're doing (or as I say, "get fired up"). I believe in a balanced grade book that is dedicated to a demonstration of student mastery across the learning modalities. I believe in leaving space for my students to write the course with me. I believe in empowering students through writing.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I have a trophy. It's beaten up. Part of the top is missing. Where the plaque should be is a strip of duct tape. In slanted black permanent ink it reads: "Best Teacher Ever". The student who gave this to me struggled all year. She clearly had an auditory processing issue but her parents wouldn't get her tested. So after school she would stop by my room and we would work on reading strategies. She showed up and she did the work. Being her teacher -- being the teacher of countless other students -- is the greatest honor I could have been given.