I have taught middle school for the past 32 years in all subject areas. I currently focus on ELA and Ancient Civilizations. I create lessons that will challenge gifted students and will interest students with learning challenges.
Travel across Ancient Egypt to discover the rules of conjunctions. Students explore sentences about Ancient Egypt to look for patterns and rules for the various types of conjunctions. They they use these discoveries to create a treasure map across the deserts of Africa, which will further solidify their understanding of conjunctions and how they work.
Students research and discover through hands on activities in areas of achievements in Ancient Greece: Art and Architecture (sculpture, pottery, floor and wall art, architecture) Each unit contains 2-3 activities for the students to choose from in each area of study. They rotate between stations to explore and investigate aspects of Greece culture. After hands on work, students begin researching the knowledge Greece brings to the world and the people known for these works. Through short readin
Show your middle school student what life is like in the real world. Get a job, shop for apartments and furnish it, plan a menu, create a budget and pay your taxes. Interactive, cooperative, real world. A total of 10 tasks to make students understand the challenges of living on their own, and how DIFFICULT it would be to enter the workforce without any post secondary training. This project could easily become an anchor activity for a semester or even a year. Enjoy a Friday fun day where stud
Students research and discover through hands on activities exploring achievements in Ancient Greece: Math and Science (math, astronomy, physics, medicine) Each unit contains 2-3 activities for the students to choose from in each area of study. They rotate between stations to explore and investigate aspects of Greece culture. After hands on work, students begin researching the knowledge Greece brings to the world and the people known for these works. Through short readings and videos, students
A digital breakout room reviewing grammar and language skills many students struggle with. Students find clues, solve puzzles, and "break" the professor out of the locked library in time to save the vial which could rid the world of a horrible illness! Skills include: Figurative language Irregular verbs proofreading (punctuation and capitalization) Direct objects, indirect objects and subject complements Prepositions
Students research and discover through hands on activities in areas of achievements in Ancient Greece: Literature and Language (theater and language) Each unit contains 2 activities for the students to choose from in each area of study. They rotate between stations to explore and investigate aspects of Greece culture. After hands on work, students begin researching the knowledge Greece brings to the world and the people known for these works. Through short readings and videos, students note wh
Three "movies" are showing at the theater. Each will help your students review difficult grammar skills. The Princess Bride reviews direct, indirect objects and subject complements. Star Trek review phrases such as: infinitives, prepositions, participles and gerunds. Clue reviews simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. After reviewing, there is a 24 question quiz, reviewing these skills.
Students use investigative, research and observation skills to "help" a professor from Oxford decode a Cuneiform tablet. (research sites not included)
6th - 9th
Ancient History, Social Studies
CCSS
RH.6-8.3
, RH.6-8.4
, RH.6-8.7
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I have taught middle school for the past 32 years in all subject areas. I currently focus on ELA and Ancient Civilizations. I create lessons that will challenge gifted students and will interest students with learning challenges.
Teaching style
I teach through experience and story. Students are engaged in learning when they can be part of the action! Our projects are investigative, research based and hands on!
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