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Driggs, Idaho, United States
About the store
I have 25 years of experience teaching English and have created lessons for Advanced Placement and dual credit courses as well as writing and research at the community college level. I experience with every level of high school English, from remedial to honors and regular English courses. I also have taught a newspaper class for 18 years and done stints as a journalist and a writer-editor for an environmental company.
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Preview of BIG Macbeth Bundle: Engaging research/activities, writing prompts, tests

BIG Macbeth Bundle: Engaging research/activities, writing prompts, tests

This is a NO PREP, ENGAGING grouping of Macbeth materials! Product includes a pre-reading group project and presentation, information on witches and witchcraft, scene-by-scene summaries and discussion questions that can be used for group work, journal writing, QuickWrites, comprehension checks, and more. Graphic organizers and close-reading worksheets for soliloquies and monologues, an insanity chart and motif quotation organizer/analysis, character thought tracking worksheet, and tests and qui
Preview of Macbeth Act II Bundle: Comprehension Questions, Poster, Bookmark, Activities!

Macbeth Act II Bundle: Comprehension Questions, Poster, Bookmark, Activities!

This product is for ACT II of Macbeth and includes scene-by-scene summaries and comprehension questions, a close reading exercise, graphic organizer, and questions for the Scene I of Act II soliloquy. I've included a Macbeth poster and my Literary Luminary Bookmarks as a bonus!
Preview of Beginning Macbeth Bundle

Beginning Macbeth Bundle

This bundle includes everything you need to start Macbeth! I've included a fun poster of Macbeth, bookmarks for students, a pre-reading group research presentation, an assignment on witches and witchcraft in the play, and Act One Comprehension Questions and a Character Insanity Chart assignment.
Preview of Witches and Witchcraft in Macbeth

Witches and Witchcraft in Macbeth

Want a quick engagement activity for Act one of Macbeth? Try this ready-to-use, NO PREP worksheet. Students LOVE focusing on the Weird Sisters, the witches, in the play. Worksheet includes background and artwork that is about characterization, lines of the play, and the witches, Macbeth, and Banquo. There are five questions that can be completed as a classroom discussion, with partners, or in small groups. I've also included a choice of journal or writing prompt that can be used as a writing act
Preview of A Doll's House by Ibsen: Mini-Background Research Project

A Doll's House by Ibsen: Mini-Background Research Project

This product is a NO PREP, READY-TO-USE pre-reading mini-research project for A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, and it can be assign individually or as a group presentation. A rubric for the group presentation is included in the packet. Project includes the following: Questions and websites with articles to read about Henrik Ibsen Articles about women during the Victorian Age Realism as a literary movementThe TarantellaThe Myth of ArachneGender stereotypingA response to research and learning.
Preview of Macbeth Act II Soliloquy Close Reading Chart and Stage Directions Worksheet

Macbeth Act II Soliloquy Close Reading Chart and Stage Directions Worksheet

This product helps students close read and break down Macbeth's soliloquy in Act II. The soliloquy is organized into a chart with each row containing a few lines. Students are asked to interpret the lines and provide stage directions for the character, when important.
Preview of A Doll's House Ibsen: Agree or Disagree + Act III Questions

A Doll's House Ibsen: Agree or Disagree + Act III Questions

Use this handout at the end of Act III of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. The first section of the handout includes thirteen Agree or Disagree statements and the second section includes questions that relate to Nora, morality in the 1800s v. morality today, and the meaning of the play as a whole. Great for end-of-play discussions for partners, group work to prepare for a student-led Fishbowl discussions or whole class discussions.Discussion questions also can be used for in-class writing prompt
Preview of Six, Large, Inspirational Classroom Posters

Six, Large, Inspirational Classroom Posters

Decorate your walls with these wonderful and fun inspirational classroom posters! This is a bundle of five posters plus a bonus poster. Give your students something fun to look at this year!
Preview of Macbeth Act II: Comprehension Questions for Critical Thinking and Learning

Macbeth Act II: Comprehension Questions for Critical Thinking and Learning

This NO PREP, ready-to-use product includes student-led activities for groups, partners and individual students. This product is a guide to teaching Act II of Macbeth, and it contains ideas and comprehension questions to help student engage with Shakespeare's language and the play. Some activities extend throughout the play. Questions encourage students to use the text to find answers and quote specific lines.
Preview of Macbeth ACT I:BIG BUNDLE of NO PREP Activities, Handouts, and Worksheets!

Macbeth ACT I:BIG BUNDLE of NO PREP Activities, Handouts, and Worksheets!

This product contains everything you need to teach ACT I of Macbeth PLUS some activities that extend throughout the play. Bundle includes a pre-reading research project, guided notes and a character log for students, discussion questions that can be used for QuickWrites, journal prompts, discussion groups, and more, a motif chart, soliloquy and line analysis, close-reading handouts, a like/dislike chart for main characters, a worksheet and a quiz.
Preview of Writing Structures for Complex Thesis Statements

Writing Structures for Complex Thesis Statements

This product helps students learn to write complex thesis statements through writing samples with different structures and punctuation. Handout includes three different samples that work for any topic and high school writing level. Included are directions for classroom use.
Preview of Macbeth Act III Bundle: Discussion Questions, Characterization, Writing Sample!

Macbeth Act III Bundle: Discussion Questions, Characterization, Writing Sample!

Help students understand how to write about plays and literature with this Macbeth Act III Writing and Characterization bundle! Product includes scene-by-scene summaries and discussion questions, an interactive character thought-tracking worksheet, an Act III worksheet, creative writing prompts for papers or journals, short essay prompts for journals or quizzes, and a formal essay assignment with a guide to writing about plays and partial sample essay!
Preview of Macbeth ACT II Engaging Bundle of Activities, Writing Prompts, and more!

Macbeth ACT II Engaging Bundle of Activities, Writing Prompts, and more!

Help your students understand Macbeth with this bundle of fun and educational, NO PREP materials! Product includes a scene-by-scene summary and discussion questions for teachers, soliloquy analysis with stage direction worksheet, and a scene rewrite group project for students! Project includes a rubric and sample rewrite.
Preview of A Doll's House Character Mapping Worksheets, Fishbowl Discussion and Paper

A Doll's House Character Mapping Worksheets, Fishbowl Discussion and Paper

For use with Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. This product includes NO PREP, Ready-to-use graphic organizers for character mapping, a FISHBOWL discussion prompt related to the graphic organizer, and a short paper to assign students. This product contains well-designed charts for each character in A Doll's House. Assign the graphic organizer when you begin the play. There are sections for each of the three acts as well as separate pages for each character.Students should fill out the sections b
Preview of A Doll's House Character Relationships Worksheet, Fishbowl Discussion and Paper

A Doll's House Character Relationships Worksheet, Fishbowl Discussion and Paper

This is a NO PREP, ready-to-use group of assignments related to characterization in A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen. Assignments include a fun graphic organizer designed to help students understand Nora's relationships with other characters. Handouts included for different spellings of Christine/Kristine; a fishbowl discussion about Nora with a rubric; and a short paper assignment with a rubric.
Preview of Classic Literature Posters

Classic Literature Posters

Buy this bundle for two great, original classic literature posters AND a poster that reminds students about standards for classroom discussion! Bundle includes original Frankenstein and a Macbeth poster.
Preview of Macbeth Act IV: Discussion Questions, Spell Writing, Argumentative Essay

Macbeth Act IV: Discussion Questions, Spell Writing, Argumentative Essay

This product contains a scene-by-scene summary with discussion questions that can be used for group work or journal writing, an Act IV worksheet with comprehension questions and a spell assignment that breaks down iambic pentameter and syllables in a chart, group discussion questions handout, and a formal, argumentative essay.
Preview of Macbeth Pre-reading Research Group Work and Presentation

Macbeth Pre-reading Research Group Work and Presentation

This NO PREP, Ready-to-use product helps students understand the historical time period of Shakespeare and Macbeth through a student-led research assignment. Research focus areas include creating a Literary Luminary on Shakespeare, Royalty during the Renaissance, the Great Chain of Being, the Elizabethan Era, Witches and Witchcraft, and the Source of Macbeth. Designed for six groups, lessons include a student presentation and a grading rubric for teachers. After completing the research and
Preview of Macbeth Act V: Student Response to Play, Fishbowl Discussion Questions

Macbeth Act V: Student Response to Play, Fishbowl Discussion Questions

This product includes scene-by-scene summaries and discussion questions for teachers, a play response worksheet and chart for students, and a fishbowl discussion question with chart so students can organize their thoughts and work on using textual evidence.
Preview of Macbeth Fishbowl Discussion Question and Persuasive Essay

Macbeth Fishbowl Discussion Question and Persuasive Essay

This product contains two fishbowl discussion questions with companion student graphic organizers, a teacher feedback form, directions on how to handle fishbowl discussions, a persuasive writing assignment and rubrics.
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About the store

Experience

I have 25 years of experience teaching English and have created lessons for Advanced Placement and dual credit courses as well as writing and research at the community college level. I experience with every level of high school English, from remedial to honors and regular English courses. I also have taught a newspaper class for 18 years and done stints as a journalist and a writer-editor for an environmental company.

Teaching style

My classes are learning focused and student led.

Awards & shining teacher moments

When I taught at the community college level, I received the Outstanding Commitment to Higher Education award twice. I was a founding board member for nonprofit education organization, and in college, I was a member of Sigma Tau Delta and on my college debate team.

My own education history

I have a bachelor's degree in Comprehensive English Education and have taken myriad courses in educational leadership, curriculum design, technology, and graphic design.

Additional biographical information

I love hiking in the mountains, spending time with my family, and reading fiction and nonfiction. I'm a news junkie who loves to teach newspaper layout and design to students.