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Rachel Karns of Karns & Noble LLC has 15 years of experience in the 7-12 ELA classrooms. She has taught all ability types (high, medium, and low) and has learned that every level will grow exponentially with engaging lessons with some added rigor. She has experienced it all (grades 7,8,9,10,11 and 12)--and loves it all! The results in her classroom led her to an offer to become a consulting teacher for other districts who needed ELA coaching and support. I love teaching, and I LOVE seeing kids fully engaged and connecting to material. Engagement and rigor with support can and will change students' lives!
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SAT Prep Grammar Review Packet and Daily Powerpoint slides for Back to School!
Boost SAT Scores with Daily Practice! This high school SAT prep BUNDLE is perfect for back-to-school planning! It includes grammar instruction, reading and writing quizzes, and last-minute review slides—all aligned to the digital Reading/Writing SAT modules. With five months of daily concept slides (start near the beginning of the year as bellringers), low-stakes quizzes, and a Problem of the Day slideshow, students build confidence and mastery over time. (Didn't start at the beginning of the sc
9th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
CCSS
RL.11-12.1
, RL.11-12.2
, RL.11-12.4
+15
SAT/PSAT Grammar Powerpoint Slideshow + Daily practice + bonus worksheet!
This is a Google folder of 5 months of daily slides to prepare students for the SAT test. I designed this when I realized that students needed to see grammar concepts over and over again to retain the knowledge and build confidence with it. You will get five months of daily slides that take 1-3 minutes per day. (Each month is 3 weeks of slides. The fourth week I review the concepts and then give students a 10-question quiz in the style of the SAT test. I will add this set of quizzes soon.)
9th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Grammar
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
, CCRA.L.4
Also included in: SAT/PSAT & Grammar powerpoint slideshows and quizzes
Poetry RANT! (Let them vent...and turn it into a poem!) FUN and engaging!
This is my absolute favorite way to start out any poetry writing unit! (It can even be used as a 1–2-day filler activity when kids need a break from a heavy workload, before a holiday or spring break, or when you sense your students are overwhelmed and need some reprieve from the pressures of school. They will be learning and at the same time they will be calm, reflective, and creative. These 10 step instructions in the lesson plans lead you, the teacher, to guide students through this "found p
6th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry
CCSS
W.6.3d
, W.7.3d
, W.8.3d
+2
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Experience
Rachel Karns of Karns & Noble LLC has 15 years of experience in the 7-12 ELA classrooms. She has taught all ability types (high, medium, and low) and has learned that every level will grow exponentially with engaging lessons with some added rigor. She has experienced it all (grades 7,8,9,10,11 and 12)--and loves it all! The results in her classroom led her to an offer to become a consulting teacher for other districts who needed ELA coaching and support. I love teaching, and I LOVE seeing kids fully engaged and connecting to material. Engagement and rigor with support can and will change students' lives!
Teaching style
Rachel Karns holds a philosophy of rigor and support in the classrooms. Students love to be challenged when they feel safe to try and potentially fail at first. In her lessons, students are supported, encouraged, and challenged to take on grade level-rigor, with lots of scaffolds in place. Modeling reading, thinking, questioning, and discussing complicated themes are key. Engagement in learning creates curiosity, which creates connection and value for students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Rachel Karns has been awarded the Kiwanis teacher of the district in her community--Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She has taught all levels of students from 7-12 (honors, regular, and struggling students with special needs.) Rachel's belief in rigor with support have led her students (no matter their level) to outperform their cohorts on required state testing. Students typically respond that they have never enjoyed English class until taking Mrs. Karns' English class.
My own education history
I attended Whitworth College (now Whitworth University) for my bachelor's degree in English Education.
I taught three years of middle school English and a middle school reading class in Las Vegas, Nevada.
I decided to pursue my master's in film and television (MFT, emphasis screenwriting) at Chapman University in Orange, CA. *This degree heightened my desire to become an expert writing teacher, and the skills I learning in film school have benefited my analysis skills when teaching novels, short stories, and creative writing.
I have taught the final 12 years of my teaching career at Coeur d'Alene High School in Idaho (grades 9-12: I have taught it all, and all levels).
*Now I am a consulting ELA teacher, a consulting PLC educator, an SAT prep class teacher (for students), and SAT prep class teacher (for teachers, Professional Development), and much more for my community and now schools all across the USA.
Please check out our consulting opportunities at www.karnsandnoble.com
Additional biographical information
I would be happy to come to your school to do consulting work through my other business, Karns & Noble LLC.
*Please contact me through info@karnsandnoble.com
website: www.karnsandnoble.com
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