12 years as a classroom teacher
3 years as a district instructional coach
16 years serving gifted students
14 years serving students with disabilities
5 years as a school administrator
This presentation is a mini-lesson on figurative language in Maya Angelou's poem, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me". This lesson is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. benchmark ELA.6.R.3.1: Explain how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning in text(s). There is also an accompanying Nearpod Activity. You can email me at diameshia.hill@gmail.com for that link.
6th - 9th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This graphic organizer serves as a support for students during reading to determine the main idea and supporting details from either the diary or the play. The graphic organizers have tiered levels of support with the one completely filled out being an exemplar.
Establishes a protocol for 2-way school radio use that: ensures students’ and families’ right to privacymaintains professionalismensures student safety by providing a protocol for timely response to teacher requests for assistance
Pre-Assessment with text for Florida B.E.S.T. Benchmarks: ELA.8.R.1.1 - Analyze the interaction between character development, setting and plot in a literary text.ELA.8.R.1.2 - Analyze two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.ELA.8.R.1.3 - Analyze how an author develops and individualizes the perspectives of different characters.ELA.8.R.1.4 - Analyze structure, sound, imagery, and figurative language in poetry.ELA.8.R.2.1 - Analyze how individual text sections and/or f
This graphic organizer is tiered for different levels of support in helping students to map out the plot structure for The Diary of Anne Frank, both the diary and play versions.
a series of lessons including a Learning Arc (lesson plan) for the teacher, aligned student tasks and activities, aligned assessments, and an equivalent game-day experience for Florida's new state standardized test
Anchor chart or handout with terms, definitions and steps for analyzing the central idea or theme of a textCan be used with fiction and non-fiction testCCSS and Florida BEST Standards
6th - 12th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
Be proactive in your approach to documenting student use of accommodations and sharing this information with parents and other stakeholders prepare for IEP meetings, parent-teacher conferences, and case conferences in advancefewer parent complaintsproactive approach
ELA.7.V.1.3 - Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level. Clarifications Clarification 1: Review of words learned in this way is critical to building background knowledge and related vocabulary. Clarification 2: See Context Clues and Word Relationships. Clarification 3: See ELA.7.R.3.1 and Secondary Figurative L
6th - 9th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
This graphic organizer asks students to read The Iroquois Constitution and examine it for explicit and implicit political assumptions and beliefs. It also asks to students to briefly analyze the symbolism in the document.
8th - 12th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Social Studies
This is an informational sheet, anchor chart, graphic organizer, writing prompt, and rubric all-in-one. This instructional resource is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. Benchmark ELA.8.R.1.2 - Analyze two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.
8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
CCRA.R.1
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Experience
12 years as a classroom teacher
3 years as a district instructional coach
16 years serving gifted students
14 years serving students with disabilities
5 years as a school administrator
Teaching style
varies - but must be a Disney-like experience for students
"Classrooms where dreams come true"
Awards & shining teacher moments
Rookie Teacher of the Year
select speaker to district teachers on student engagement
My own education history
B.A. in English
M.Ed. in Education
Ed.S. in Educational Leadership
reading-endorsed
ESOL-endorsed
read, write, and speak Spanish (bilingual)
Ed.S in Educational Leadership
ESE (SPED) certified
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