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Having taught English Language Arts and incorporated related academic skills for nearly 30 years, I have primarily relied on writing and close reading as access points, giving students a solid base. However, I have taken the opportunity to pivot from many other angles to both engage and access student interest and motivation. Having taught skills-based curricula for over the years, I have a broad range of teaching experience at the high school level: AP Language and Composition, English 9, English 10, Enriched 10, American Literature 1 and 2, Grammar and Usage, Humanities, British Literature, and English for the 21st Century. I have also taught university graduate-level courses, ACT preparatory courses, and English classes at the community college level.
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Parts of Speech CHART | Syntax &Types Literacy | Patterns | Phrases & Clauses V2
It's the beginning of the school year. Are you already thinking about the AP examination in May? Will your students be ready? Add this to your syntax lesson plans early on in the school year--and then keep the inclusion consistent! Consider adding extra focus on transitions, subordination, coordination, and correlation. I made this for my oldest daughter when she was in middle school. I've adapted this worthwhile document each year since then. My students have come to rely on it for "process
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Grammar
Test Prep! | AP LANGUAGE | Pre-AP | BUNDLED (*AP) | Skills Based | Literacy
Feel free to digitize these resources on your password-protected LMS site or on Google Docs! Get ready for the new school year with this bundle of essential resources! These handouts and activities are not only perfect for the beginning of the year, but they will also be your go-to tools throughout the entire school year. And when it's time to prepare for AP exams, you can count on these resources to keep your students engaged and focused. Don't miss out on this must-have bundle for a succes
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Writing
Writing Literacy | AP Essays: Synthesis, Rhetorical Analysis & Argument
Talking about Essay Types in AP Language & CompositionHi, Friends! Are your students a bit panicky right now? Help calm student nerves and add this handout into your routine RIGHT AWAY! IN FACT, go ahead and let students use this sheet as they get used to the idea that they'll be writing THREE back-to-back essays in May. Add this to your lesson plan—and then keep the inclusion consistent! Have a discussion about each essay type. AP Language & Composition students in Semester 1 (especially) ar
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
BASIC BUNDLE #1 | CRITICAL TEACHER & STUDENT HANDOUTS | (*AP / Pre-AP)
Want more than what's included here? You may like these BUNDLES: · BACK TO SCHOOL Bundle! (*AP)· CRITICAL READING Bundle! (*AP)· GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX Bundle! (*AP)· GET ACTIVE—GAMES Bundle! (*AP) Deä Everything Is Connected * * * For other items that may interest you , download and peruse our updated 2024 RESOURCES CATALOG;we'd love to see you back in the shop! * * * Customer Tips: Be the first to know about new item launches and sales! · Follow me: look for the GREEN STAR next to my
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Grammar
CRITICAL READING in a BUNDLE | *Pre-AP & AP | Across The Curriculum |
I want to go beyond connecting with texts, and I want the same for others. I want internal conversations with texts. I need both engagement and comprehension before synthesis and conversations. . . . just some of the resources and skills inside: Annotation helps students remember what they were thinking as they read and alerts instructors to things that might be discussed as an entire class. Annotations can also foster future writing ideas and communicate ideas that need additional attent
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
Syntax Study Growing BUNDLE | Sentence Diagramming Work, PPTs, Keys, Quizzes
SENTENCE DIAGRAMMING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMFor decades, debates in the world of grammar have revolved around whether language has concrete conventions and how those conventions should be taught. At the center of these debates is grammar and sentence diagramming. Although many confine grammar to an academic study, this debate is relevant to the everyday lives of all English speakers because it affects how we understand language. Diagramming is a visual representation of the grammatical stru
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Grammar
Sem. 2 | Writing Literacy | AP Language Rubrics | Analysis, Synthesis, Argument
ESSAY EVALUATION RUBRICS for AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITIONContains the most recent language from the College Board. Hello, Friends! These NEW student-friendly rubrics (that also correlate to 100-, 50-, and 25-point scales as converted from the old 1-9 holistic rubric) have already saved my ESSAY EVALUATION SANITY! I’ve taken the NEW AP Language & Composition Rubrics and made them not only student-friendly, but also teacher-friendly. (I use these in conjunction with Essay Evaluation Comment shee
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA)
CCSS
RL.11-12.1
, RL.11-12.2
, RL.11-12.3
+67
AP Lang V1 |Rhetorical Choice | Features & Effects | Essay Organization Planning
WAIT! Do you want the companion piece (in photo 3) that guides students through thinking and writing about rhetorical choices and working towards stronger effects as well?Working towards Effects in the AP and Pre-AP ClassroomAre your students prepared to discuss the effects of language features? Help calm student nerves and add this handout into your routine---EARLY! Give students a way to critically think about an author’s rhetorical choices and their effects. If both you and your student
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
BUNDLE #3 | MULTI-SUBJECT | CRITICAL LITERACY | HANDOUTS | +PLUS | (*AP)
Enjoy! Deä Everything Is Connected * * * For other items that may interest you , download and peruse our updated 2024 RESOURCES CATALOG;we'd love to see you back in the shop! * * * Customer Tips: Be the first to know about new item launches and sales! · Follow me: look for the GREEN STAR next to my store logo and click it to become a follower! You’ll receive email updates to save even more! Get TPT credit: · Go to your "my purchases" page (after you've logged in) and click the "provide fe
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
For All Subjects, Other (ELA)
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
+6
Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives, Absolutes, and Prepositional Phrases
Do you and your students diagram sentences for syntactic understanding? Do your students struggle with verbals? Start the school year off strong with this Gerund, Participle, Preposition, Absolute, and Infinitive chart (PDF). It has been an exemplary addition to our classroom, especially when we use it consistently. Students appreciate the visual cues for each verbal as well as the diagrams for understanding how each verbal functions! And if you're looking to work into language analysis with
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Grammar, Other (ELA)
Also included in: Sem. 2 | Grammar & Syntax Bundle | Syntactic Literacy | Pre-AP | (*AP)
Sem. 2 | Pre-AP BUNDLE | +PUSH | Analysis | Writing | Syntax | Critical Thinking
Hello Friends! Working with Pre-APs or AP PUSH towards syntactic and language analysis in the high school classroom. I've put together this bundle by teacher request for 9th and 10th grade students to work on sentence style in language analysis. Certainly, I'd be happy to add more resources to this bundle if you would like, so please don't hesitate to be in touch. I've also included a bonus resource on metacognition: it's definition and process, in which we'll get readers and writers
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
RL.9-10.4
, RL.9-10.10
, W.9-10.1
+25
BASIC BUNDLE #2 | CRITICAL STUDENT HANDOUTS | (*AP Appropriate)
Looking for something a little different from what's included here? Check out the following: · BACK TO SCHOOL Basic Bundle #1 (*AP)· BACK TO SCHOOL Bundle! (*AP)· CRITICAL READING Bundle! (*AP)· GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX Bundle! (*AP)· GET ACTIVE—GAMES Bundle! (*AP)Deä Everything Is Connected * * * For other items that may interest you , download and peruse our updated 2024 RESOURCES CATALOG;we'd love to see you back in the shop! * * * Customer Tips: Be the first to know about new item laun
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
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Failure & Success | Lesson [or Sub] | Ready-to-Go Plans! #1 | English++ Subjects
Updated Nov. 2023 Failure & Success | Ready-to-Go Plans! #1 | English | Across the Curriculum (AP) | Middle and High School English or Across the CurriculumOne to Three Standard Class Periods Hi teacher friends! We know that now and again their schedule gets thrown under the bus! The solution— before the catastrophe—make copies and put them in an Emergency Sub Plans folder that you keep in a convenient spot. No worries about slapping together lesson plans for an hour when you or the baby is
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
SL.9-10.1
, SL.9-10.1a
, SL.9-10.1c
+10
Sem. 2 | Verbs & Sentence Structure +Theme & Thematic Categories (*AP/Pre) V2*
Hey Friends, You're reading about V2 of VARY Your Verbs & Sentence Structure +Theme & Thematic Categories (*AP/Pre) You can find V1 of this product right here.Already thinking about the AP examination in May? Help students be ready. Add these student handouts to your lessons now and use them frequently as you work on writing. AP Prep can be intimidating, and students want any possible resource that we can provide. This particular resource is great for getting students to set both their sente
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
Transitions, Subordination, Coordination, & Correlation (AP) Reference & Lesson
Hey Friends, Have you been studying the parts of speech and syntactic literacy, sentence patterns, phrases and clauses? Have you been using Martha Kolln, Nora Bacon, or a favorite, Virginia Tufte, in the classroom? Perhaps you study grammar and syntax and you're diving into sentence types? By layering what might be gained with this analysis into other rhetorical choices, close readers and careful writers can raise their level of attention to and for rhetorical analysis as they move forward
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, Grammar
CCSS
RL.11-12.1
, RL.11-12.2
, RL.11-12.3
+67
The Language of Composition (TLC) Quiz V1 & V2 Ch. 2 Quiz & Retake (*AP)
Meeting Students Where They Are: Foundational SkillsHey there, teacher friends! As part of of my summer enrichment assignment this year, students are reading chapters 1 - 4 by Shea, Scanlon, and Aufses. The Language of Composition © 2012, Second Ed. ISBN: 978-0312676506 (OR the first ed. ). Students read efferently Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 and take notes in the reading log section of their composition notebook. These chapters provide an introduction to rhetorical analysis as well as methods
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
VARY Your Verbs & Sentence Structure +Theme & Thematic Categories (*AP/Pre-AP)
WAIT! THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED! FIND V2 RIGHT HERE!The description below is for the updated version. Already thinking about the AP examination in May? Help students be ready. Add these student handouts to your lessons now and use them frequently as you work on writing! AP Prep can be exhausting for everyone, and students want any possible resource that we can provide. This particular resource is great for getting students to set both their sentences and verbs apart from others as well as
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
Also included in: BASIC BUNDLE #1 | CRITICAL TEACHER & STUDENT HANDOUTS | (*AP / Pre-AP)
Sem. 2 | Syntax | New Yorker Project | Ready-to-Go! #5 | HS (*AP) Tufte
Speaking of Syntax: The New Yorker Project Ready-to-Go! #5 HS English (AP) TufteSUB PLANS HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH (9-12)Hello, Friends! Out of time? Yeah, I know! Something else: students feel the same way. It always seems that our schedule gets thrown under the bus! Know what else? Students feel the same way! The solution— before disaster strikes—ready your emergency lesson plan! Put everything in your Sub Plan folder (that you keep in a convenient spot). No worries about slapping together les
10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
CCSS
CCRA.L.3
, CCRA.L.5
, CCRA.L.6
Also included in: Sem. 2 | Grammar & Syntax Bundle | Syntactic Literacy | Pre-AP | (*AP)
Sem. 2 | Brainstorming & Prep for Synthesis Essays | Critical Literacy AP/Pre-AP
SYNTHESIS introduction, NOTES, brainstorming, THEMATIC categories IN preparation FOR synthesis (or ARGUMENT) writingHello, Friends! I prepare students for argument and synthesis immediately! And because I absolutely LOVE cooperative grouping, pairing, and learning, I’ve prepared a bunch of activities and handouts that instructors can use in the classroom for student teams, pairs--or individually. These resources can easily support YOU in your classroom:Teachers set specific student goals
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.9
, CCRA.SL.1
+3
Four Verb Types: Transitive, Intransitive, Be, & Linking (*AP) Parts of Speech
Do you and your students diagram sentences for syntactic understanding? Do your students struggle with verbs? Start the school year strong with a Four Verb Type breakdown (PDF). It has been an exemplary addition to our classroom, expecially when we use it consistently--and from the beginning of the year. Students appreciate the visual cues and clues for each step as we begin our study as well as the diagrams for understanding how to progress! This resource is super helpful as an introduction or
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Grammar, Other (ELA)
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Experience
Having taught English Language Arts and incorporated related academic skills for nearly 30 years, I have primarily relied on writing and close reading as access points, giving students a solid base. However, I have taken the opportunity to pivot from many other angles to both engage and access student interest and motivation. Having taught skills-based curricula for over the years, I have a broad range of teaching experience at the high school level: AP Language and Composition, English 9, English 10, Enriched 10, American Literature 1 and 2, Grammar and Usage, Humanities, British Literature, and English for the 21st Century. I have also taught university graduate-level courses, ACT preparatory courses, and English classes at the community college level.
Teaching style
Creating both collaborative and cooperative environments in the classroom and utilizing student partnerships and groups whenever possible promotes lasting, learning relationships as well as supportive networks that stay with students long after they leave the classroom.
Awards & shining teacher moments
National Board Certified Teacher who mentors others working towards National Board Certification.
My own education history
Our mothers, fathers, and families
B.S. Secondary Education
B.A. Secondary English (Focus Native American Literature Certificate)
M.S. Curriculum and Instruction
NBCT National Board Certified Teacher
Author, Poet, Curriculum Writer, Educational Consultant, Graphic Designer, Baker, Artisan, Artist, EverythingIsConnected0101 . . .
Additional biographical information
Having grown up in the Northwoods, Nelson's career has been an exercise in weaving words with work: gardening, cooking, technical writing, marketing, graphic design, education and training, fusing curriculum and instruction specialties with educating at the middle-, secondary-, and postsecondary levels of education over nearly three decades; they have also been recognized as an Excellence In Education Educator more than several times. Their work has appeared professionally in several professional publications: _The English Journal_, _A Second Opinion_, _The Wisconsin English Journal_ and explore topics such as vocabulary, syntax, and food. Their work continues to evolve and inspire. Connect soon at http://wwweverythingisconnected.
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