Ken Wolfe
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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30 years' experience teaching English/Comm. Arts in the middle school, high school and collegiate level. Courses range from standard Middle School English courses to exploratory courses ("Great Productions" video production, "Books with Spines" advanced literature study for Middle School scholars, etc.) to High School varieties (Science Fiction, Satire, Horror, English Lit., Western Lit., etc.). College courses include Storytelling, Satire, Media Literacy and Speculative Fiction.
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The Ransom of Red Chief - by O. Henry - Audio Recording
O. Henry's hilarious story packed with irony, malapropisms, and humor makes a delightful piece of literature to introduce to one's scholars. Depending on the age and reading level of those scholars, this great short story can be a challenge for some to see the humor through colloquial language.
Reading aloud to one's scholars is the best way to emphasize the tone and humor of the characters and situations; just the additional of vocal tone helps the scholars find the depth of the theme behind t
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Blood, Steel and Sand: A Unit Plan for the Teaching of Treasure Island
This unit plan for teaching Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, takes a more relational approach than most. Rather than coming at the story like most do, from factual or literary points of view alone, relying on study questions, quizzes and worksheets, this approach emphasizes the significance of the characters. While the class reads through the chapters of this action-packed novel, the scholars discuss themes of good and evil, duplicity and loyalty and they see these themes demonstrated
7th - 9th
English Language Arts, Literature
Clean Copy - The Murders in the Rue Morgue
This is a rendition of Edgar Allan Poe's brutal masterwork, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," often given the crown of being the very first detective story. Within, it sets several conventions of the genre, which are used commonly in following stories of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. The text, unabridged and verbatim from good ol' Eddie's cleverly plotted original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult pros
10th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
The Most Dangerous Game - Richard Connell -Audio Recording w/ Enrichment Effects
Richard Connell's classic tale of dread, intrigue and mystery on a dangerous tropical island is an exciting piece of literature to introduce to one's scholars. Depending on the age and reading level of those scholars, this great short story can be a challenge for some to visualize the action and setting of the story. Reading aloud to one's scholars is the best way to emphasize the experience of the characters as well as the risk and nefarious nature of the situations. Cadence, dialect and vocal
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Clean Copy - The Ransom of Red Chief
This is a rendition of O. Henry's hilarious, "The Ransom of Red Chief". The text, unabridged and verbatim from Henry's original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encouraged at progressing with speed down a column, rather than all the way across a full page and back to the next line.
This rendition is as close as one can come to a textbook-formatted copy of the story; much better
7th - 9th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Clean Copy - The Most Dangerous Game, Illustrated
This is a rendition of Richard Connell's masterwork, "The Most Dangerous Game", formatted with illustrations for the benefit of your scholars. The text, verbatim from Connell's original and unabridged, contains illustrations throughout to enrich your scholars' understanding of the environment and dangers of General Zaroff's Ship-Trap Island.
This rendition is as close as one can come to a textbook-formatted copy of the story; much better than printing from the pages of a website or photocopyi
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading, Short Stories
Locker Cleanout! Making Inferences in the Hallway
If one's scholars are struggling with making inferences or deductive reasoning, this activity may be of help. When a scholar works with "Locker Cleanout!", she/he will review the contents of sundry fictional scholars' lockers, then answer question based on the evidence presented.
For example, one of the scholar's locker contains:
• Several LEGO mini-figures
• An encouraging note from his mom
• A picture from his dad's deployment
• Wrist and shin guards
• A beat up Physics text
• A pristine
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading Strategies
Clean Copy - The Birthmark
This is a rendition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic, "The Birthmark". The text, unabridged and verbatim from Hawthorne's original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encouraged at progressing with speed down a column, rather than all the way across a full page and back to the next line.
This rendition is as close as one can come to a textbook-formatted copy of the story; much bett
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Clean Copy - The Gift of the Magi, Illustrated
This is a rendition of O. Henry's legendary, "The Gift of the Magi", formatted with illustrations for the benefit of your scholars. The text, unabridged and verbatim from Henry's original, contains illustrations throughout to enrich your scholars' understanding of the items and key points in the episode of Della and her Jim. Further, the story is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encou
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Clean Copy - August Heat
This is a rendition of William Fryer Harvey's haunting, "August Heat". The text, unabridged and verbatim from Harvey's original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encouraged at progressing with speed down a column, rather than all the way across a full page and back to the next line.
This rendition is as close as one can come to a textbook-formatted copy of the story; much better
7th - 9th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
How's Your Voice? An Academic Voice Primer
Scholars must learn how to change the register in which they write. The academic voice is the style in which most expository works are written and the one in which the scholars will have to be versed, but it's a far cry from the writing voice to which they are accustomed. This explanatory page for scholars helps them better understand the differences in writing in a casual, a consultative and an academic voice.
The tips and guidelines included here discuss avoiding colloquialisms (here defined
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays
The Hero's Journey in Film
As your class examines the ancient story pattern, The Hero's Journey, your scholars will find it useful to see the pattern in our modern context of film. This worksheet is a companion to whatever Hero's Journey-related film you plan to screen, and can be used during pauses of the screening or afterwards in discussion with equal effect.
The Hero's Journey in Film by Ken Wolfe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
6th - 9th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Clean Copy -- The Outcasts of Poker Flat - Harte
This is a rendition of Bret Harte's classic, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat". The text, unabridged and verbatim from Harte's original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encouraged at progressing with speed down a column, rather than all the way across a full page and back to the next line.
This rendition is as close as one can come to a textbook-formatted copy of the story; much bett
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Clean Copy - Rikki Tikki Tavi, Illustrated
This is a rendition of Rudyard Kipling's famed, "Rikki Tikki Tavi", formatted with illustrations for the benefit of your scholars. The text, unabridged and verbatim from Kipling's original, contains illustrations throughout to enrich your scholars' understanding of the items and key points in the episode of Rikkit Tikki Tavi and his nemises, Nag and Nagaina. Further, the story is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more diffic
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (audio recording)
O. Henry's classic tale of mutual sacrifice for the sake of love is a fine piece of literature to introduce to one's scholars. Depending on the age and reading level of those scholars, this great short story can be a challenge for some to see the emotional aspect through the prose. Reading aloud to one's scholars is the best way to emphasize the emotional experience of the characters; just the additional of vocal tone helps the scholars find the depth of the theme behind the words. If the schol
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Clean Copy - The Yellow Wallpaper
This is a rendition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic of encroaching madness that's been interpreted in so many ways, from horror classic to feminist indictment, "The Yellow Wallpaper." The text, unabridged and verbatim from Gilman's cryptic original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encouraged at progressing with speed down a column, rather than all the way across a full page
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Clean Copy - The Open Window
This is a rendition of Saki's haunting and clever "The Open Window". The text, unabridged and verbatim from Saki's original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encouraged at progressing with speed down a column, rather than all the way across a full page and back to the next line.
This rendition is as close as one can come to a textbook-formatted copy of the story; much better tha
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Classroom Philosophy Pack
A combination PDF of all the classroom philosophical material in this store. Includes The Litany, The Creed, The Four Occupations, the Policy Posters, and the ever-popular 30 Drastic Measures for Parents.
You'd spend $8.00 and a bunch of bandwidth downloading them separately, but in this offer you'll only part with $6.00 and... well, pretty much the same bandwidth.
Save some dough for a donation in the next canned food drive and buy the Classroom Philosophy packet today.
Classroom Philosop
6th - 9th
For All Subjects
The Jabberwocky Toolkit
The activities in this collection compose a number of different approaches to a common goal: the memorization of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky". Differing from the traditional classroom avenue toward rote memorization and inculcation, this short program of exercises immerses the scholar in the text and flow of the poem. Soon the scholar will become increasingly familiar with the structure and, with some concentration, she/he will fin the she/he knows it completely. The exercises vary in scholast
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Poetry
Clean Copy - The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber
This is a rendition of Ernest Hemingway's classic, "The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber". The text, unabridged and verbatim from Hemingway's original, is formatted in a two-column page for the reading ease and encouragement of your scholars. Scholars reading more difficult prose may find themselves encouraged at progressing with speed down a column, rather than all the way across a full page and back to the next line.
This rendition is as close as one can come to a textbook-formatted cop
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
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About the store
Experience
30 years' experience teaching English/Comm. Arts in the middle school, high school and collegiate level. Courses range from standard Middle School English courses to exploratory courses ("Great Productions" video production, "Books with Spines" advanced literature study for Middle School scholars, etc.) to High School varieties (Science Fiction, Satire, Horror, English Lit., Western Lit., etc.). College courses include Storytelling, Satire, Media Literacy and Speculative Fiction.
Teaching style
Neo-Classical, fortified and enriched with humor, ritual, storytelling, lots of strange accents, year-long spiraling content, long-term projects and random, edifiying scholar activities.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Best of Brentwood, 2005
My own education history
Baylor University, B.S.Ed., 1991
Webster University, M.A.T. (Storytelling and Creative Drama), 2001
Additional biographical information
By day, Ken Wolfe has spent twenty-eight years teaching St. Louisan middle and high school scholars mastery in the ways of English. By night, it's been narrative lies and tall tales to anyone who will listen and pay him. He's a champion of the middle school underdog, four-time winner of the Missouri State Liars Contest, a leading professor of storytelling at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, a published poet, a regular in the hip St. Louis storytelling scene, a unicycling coach, and a nascent author of darkly droll adolescent spy fiction. (Wun, a story of the crumbling ruins of a Bond-esque villain's lair in the jungles of Brazil and the boy who, on a mission trip to the same region, stumbles upon it to find the evil scheme it houses still active and malevolent.)
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