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Ed Inspirations

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Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States

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I have over twelve years of high-school teaching experience in urban NY and PA schools. I have taught every grade level and branch of E.L.A., including A.P. English Literature and Composition. I have carved out a niche in creating and teaching yearlong writing courses. I have a ton of self-created essay and fiction-writing units. I have two years of professional experience in the College Access sphere where I specialized in creating and teaching units on the college essay. I have quickly adapted to increased demands for teaching via remote and distance learning. I can help you maximize instructional opportunities on Google Classroom and/or digital interactive notebooks.

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Anti-Racist and Social Justice Education

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Finding Credible Sources, Internet Bias, and Fake News (Full Lesson)

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Ed Inspirations

This 11-page Google Doc. gives you a complete set of learning activities for one of my initial lessons on finding credible sources, internet bias, and fake news: lesson objective, opening activities, explicit teaching notes, developmental (higher order) thinking questions, and workshop and/or homework tasks. I came up with some neat entry points to introduce students and young writers to the concept of internet bias and fake news. For example, this lesson will have students evaluate different

7th - 12th

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Essays

CCSS

CCRA.W.8

Introduction Paragraph Graphic Organizers (with Filled In Examples)

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Ed Inspirations

This product will give you three different sets of graphic organizers to help students write full introductions (introductory paragraphs) for essays. Each set contains a blank organizer and a filled-in example. In general, I teach introductions by giving distinct lessons on types of sentences: hook sentences, thesis statements, and roadmap sentences (similar to a line of reasoning, or sub-points for a thesis). My organizers reflect this sequential method of teaching. Here is a brief run dow

7th - 12th

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

CCSS

CCRA.W.1

College Essay Help - Full Graphic Organizer with Separate Example (Filled In)

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Ed Inspirations

This product is a full graphic organizer (blank) plus a filled-in example (of the organizer). I also provide teacher instructions for how to use the organizer and think more generally about teaching college essay writing. Specifically, the organizer shows students a workable structure and organization for writing a winning college essay (personal statement). The organizer also gives students sentence-starters and ideas for each part (or chunk) of a college essay: mini-intro/focus-statement,

9th - 12th

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

FUN AP LANG Assignment - "Copy a Great Writer's Style"

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Ed Inspirations

This product is a fun and interactive creative writing assignment, especially useful for students in AP Language and Composition. The assignment can, however, be used in any creative writing class. You will see directions that ask students to select a famous writer and then respond to a few prompts while imitating the famous writer's style. This assignment is great for teaching diction and syntax (as well).This product will give you the following teaching aides, examples, and resources: 1) F

8th - 12th, Higher Education

Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

CCSS

W.11-12.3d

Also included in: AP LANG Starter Pack - Syllabus, Lessons, Rubrics, and More

FUN Creative Writing Project - Writing the Sequel to "A Quiet Place"

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Ed Inspirations

This product gives you a full, fun, and interactive creative writing project suitable for middle school or high school students of any age. Specifically, the project is to write the sequel or prequel to the movie, A Quiet Place. You purchase includes access to these materials: 1) A 4-page project description sheet with an overview, directions and requirements, plot structure diagram, background information on the movie, a storyboard graphic organizer, and an initial example story (I.e., a pre

7th - 12th

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

CCSS

W.9-10.3

The Great Gatsby - Historical Background Research Party Activity and Cheat Sheet

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Ed Inspirations

This interactive workshop activity asks student groups to prepare research findings on different historical background areas necessary for understanding The Great Gatsby (prior to reading): 1) Research the lives of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald2) Research the political and daily life of the Twenties3) Research the social and cultural life of the Twenties4) Research the important American writers of the period The product gives you access to full instructions for this research party activi

9th - 12th, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature

CCSS

RL.11-12.9

Also included in: Teaching The Great Gatsby Starter Pack - Lessons, Historical Context, and More

Teaching The Great Gatsby (Into Lesson on Fitzgerald’s Use of Language)

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Ed Inspirations

This product (useful for AP Lang classes and other English courses) can be helpful to you if you need an entry point for teaching an initial lesson on The Great Gatsby and/or framing an entire unit of study on the book. This intro. lesson specifically focuses on Fitzgerald's rich and varied use of language in The Great Gatsby. The lesson gives students a base comparison between impressionist artwork and a sample excerpt from The Great Gatsby. It teaches students a reading habit (I.e., to l

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

CCSS

CCRA.R.1

Also included in: Teaching The Great Gatsby Starter Pack - Lessons, Historical Context, and More

Constructed Response Lessons, Activities, Graphic Organizers, & Student Samples

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Ed Inspirations

This product contains a bundle of resources to help high school students in Pennsylvania prepare for and pass the Literature Keystone Examination. The resources specifically help students see, understand, and master how to write a constructed response. Since all of the Keystone examinations contain constructed response questions, teachers and students of multiple subjects can benefit from this product. Note: Teachers in other states with exit examinations focusing on supporting claims with e

8th - 12th

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing

CCSS

CCRA.W.1

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, CCRA.W.5

APLAC Exam Prep Project / Unit - Nonfiction Literature Circles - AP LANG

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Ed Inspirations

This product is something you can use during the month of April/early May to prep students to take the Advanced Placement Language and Composition exam. It is both a unit and a student-led project (where student groups will each select a different nonfiction book of their choice). Each group's nonfiction text will then serve as a base to review all course concepts: rhetorical situation, rhetorical appeals (I.e., ethos, pathos, and logos), claims and evidence, diction, syntax, and style, etc.

10th - 12th

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Essays

Full Unit on Using and Citing Sources (10 Research Skills Lessons)

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Ed Inspirations

This unit builds students' college-level research skills. It helps them know where to look to find the information they need, and then evaluate it (rather than just using Google)! Each of the ten lessons contains a learning target, introductory activity, explicit teaching notes, workshop task, and step-by-step resources for completing an actual research project. The unit comes with added resources including, yet not limited to, example works cited pages, full MLA-9 style argumentative ess

7th - 12th

English Language Arts, Social Studies, Writing-Essays

CCSS

W.11-12.7

Diction and Syntax Lesson for AP Language or Other English Courses

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Ed Inspirations

These materials will help you teach diction and syntax in a thorough, easy-to-grasp, and fun way. Although I designed this lesson for A.P. Language and Composition, you can use it for a range of other courses: creative writing, regular English, or public speaking. Diction and syntax skills help people persuade. The lesson concept revolves around an analogy: whereas diction is like purposeful lyrics that a band chooses, syntax is more like the arrangement of their clothes on stage. This com

8th - 12th

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

CCSS

CCRA.L.3

Also included in: AP LANG Starter Pack - Syllabus, Lessons, Rubrics, and More

Intro to Constructed Response Questions - Full Lesson and Graphic Organizer

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Ed Inspirations

This product gives you my introductory lesson (15 Google Slides) on constructed response questions / constructed response writing for the Pennsylvania Literature Keystone Examination. The lesson gives students explicit teaching notes to understand what is a constructed response, what a full constructed response looks like, and a method to write one. The lesson includes a simulation where students will fill in a constructed response template as they watch portions of the movie, Night School, a

7th - 12th

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing

CCSS

CCRA.W.1

, CCRA.W.4

, CCRA.W.5

Black History Month Celebration Poster Project / Persuasive Techniques Poster

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Ed Inspirations

This product gives you access to a comprehensive Black History Month poster assignment for students to complete. Students will design a poster celebrating a prominent figure from Black History. My project idea also asks students to make a self-created hashtag (inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag) and an artistic poster backdrop (composed of additional words and images) that add persuasion to the overall message of their poster. The project includes an additional writing piece with a foc

8th - 12th

English Language Arts, Social Studies

Resume-Making Workshop for High School Students (Resume Resources and More)

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Ed Inspirations

You can use all (or portions) of this 20-page interactive resume-making workshop with high school age students who are either making a resume for the first time or looking to improve their basic resume. This product teaches students about the different parts of a resume (E.g., "Objective", "Education", "Experience") and specific resume-writing skills (E.g., using past tense in bullet-point descriptors, using active voice to indicate results and achievements rather than "doer" type language, et

8th - 12th

Informational Text, Writing

The College-Level Essay Structure (Full Unit Packet + Authentic Essay Project)

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Ed Inspirations

This is a comprehensive unit packet (and project) I created to teach the five-paragraph or college-level essay structure to high school students with little previous instruction in essay writing (or writing in general). This product carries several benefits for you: 1. My unit packet can guide you to create the same (or a similar) project that inspires your students to feel a sense of purpose and urgency with the essays they write. 2. It will show you a full sequence of lesson topics to help

7th - 11th

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

CCSS

W.9-10.1

, W.9-10.1a

, W.9-10.1b

Shoot or Don't Shoot Police Brutality Scenarios / Race and Racism Case Studies

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Ed Inspirations

This product gives you two "SHOOT" and "DON'T SHOOT" game cards, six highly interactive fact patterns based on well-known modern police brutality cases, and student game play (or "workshop") instructions. This instructional activity (which can easily be turned into a full lesson, series of lessons, etc.) puts students into a simulation: they are police officers, they internalize the given scenario (E.g., the actual events that happened in the case of Philando Castile), and then they have to re

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Social Studies

Also included in: Helping Students Discuss Race and Social Justice - Activities, Lessons, and More

Figurative Language and Imagery Escape the Room Challenge (Google Form)

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Ed Inspirations

This escape the room challenges and/or tests students on the different types of figurative language (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, etc.) and Imagery (Sight, Smell, Sound, Taste, and Touch). You can use the challenge (which is a thorough and fun Google Form) as either a timed race or independent assessment. The product preview should give you some idea of the flow of and types of questions within the challenge, but there are both general application questions (where studen

7th - 10th

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing

CCSS

CCRA.R.4

Also included in: Imagery and Figurative Language Mini-Bundle (Two Great Digital Activities)

Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby - Full Lesson (with Focus on Unreliable Narrators)

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Ed Inspirations

This product is a full lesson for teaching "Chapter 1" of The Great Gatsby: learning objective, opening activity, developmental questions, explicit teaching notes, workshop guidance, and a thorough breakdown of the events and key concepts in Chapter 1. Since students meet Nick Carraway in Chapter 1, the lesson focuses on the definition and role of an unreliable narrator. Moreover, the lesson models for students how to lead discussions on any chapter of The Great Gatsby (or any book for that

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

CCSS

RL.11-12.3

Also included in: Teaching The Great Gatsby Starter Pack - Lessons, Historical Context, and More

Writing a Winning College Essay (Module 1) - Isolating the Vignette

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Ed Inspirations

This is a great product for showing students that a college essay actually is not an essay, but rather a personal statement centered around a vignette. The product contains two identical handouts (one redacted and one non-redacted). The redacted handout isolates the vignette for students, so they can see where it goes, how long it should be, and how it is very personal. The non-redacted handout then gives students a view of the full personal statement with the exact same vignette, so they ca

9th - 12th

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

CCSS

CCRA.L.3

Affirmative Action in Higher Education - Chart, Summaries, and Court Cases

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Ed Inspirations

This 10 page chart (and 2 page photo gallery) goes over all of the major court cases on affirmative action in higher education and top American high schools. It specifically focuses on our country's history of recognizing diversity on college campuses as a compelling government interest. It further focuses on the various admissions policies (in modern, current times) that schools and universities are using to increase their diversity, equity (within admissions processes), and integration. Th

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Government, Social Studies, U.S. History

Also included in: Helping Students Discuss Race and Social Justice - Activities, Lessons, and More

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About the store

Experience

Teaching style

I utilize a storytelling approach to engage my students in authentic unit projects. When I began my career, I wrote several fact-patterns based off my own diverse experiences. These fact-patterns then became the center-pieces of my first self-created units. I try to generate a sense of authentic purpose in my projects and units. For example, my first essay-writing unit task asks students to pretend to be experts on the concepts of destiny and free-will and then produce a memorandum for a judge. I definitely have found success by promoting empathy too. It is much easier to meet students halfway after taking time to get to know their past school experiences, life stories, and diverse perspectives. As a teacher, I try to elevate my students' stories and give my students winning feelings!

Awards & shining teacher moments

2017-2018 Bank Street College of Education's Liberty LEADS Program Teacher of the Year

My own education history

1. University of Pennsylvania (B.A. in English, 1999) 2. Brooklyn College (M.A. in English Teaching, 2006) 3. Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 2003)

Additional biographical information

Although I did spend two years as a Founding Team-Member and English Teacher at a Bronx charter school, I align more with public education. I have always valued working with others to fight for public education funding and rights. For a decade, I coached my schools' mock-trial team in the New York State Mock Trial Tournament. In the 2017 Tournament, my Bronx team knocked off Columbia Grammar and Prep, where Donald Trump's youngest son attended. That was a great highlight! As a Pisces, I love the beach and walking by the water. I also love doing taco exploration, watching intriguing Netflix shows (E.g., Dark), and collaborating with others on unique writing projects.