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I love sharing resources with teachers and have been doing so with colleagues and on TPT for over 20 years. My lessons engage students and provide real-life learning connections. In support of teachers, my resources include keys and linked standards.
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SATIRE in Shrek - Chart the satire, write a paragraph - KEY paragraph included.
Shrek is ripe with satirical moments! This assignment focuses on finding examples of the satirical techniques used throughout (examples provided on page 1) and then writing an expository paragraph using those examples. Paragraph rubric included. KEY - I've included a sample paragraph that can be used as a guide for students or for an example. It is color-coded to match the outline (see preview). For more resources for teaching satire (included a free terminology sheet), please click here.To bro
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
 +8
To Kill a Mockingbird Pre-reading STATIONS: navigating links in Google w/KEY
Before reading To Kill a Mockingbird, these five stations acquaint students with the societal conditions of the time period and with the author of the novel. Students can be partnered or grouped or work on their own. The objective is to rotate them in any order to learn and answer questions about:1. Harper Lee 2. Jim Crow "Laws" 3. Expectations of Southern Women in the 1930s 4. The Great Depression 5. Real photos of small-town, rural life in the 1930s. For more lessons and tools for teaching To
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.4
 +7
Night UNIT BUNDLE: 12 resources, poetry, study guide, slides, more with KEYS
When learning about the Holocaust, many people ask how it could have possibly happened? This unit is designed to help students understand how it was orchestrated over time and to hear the voices of those who survived and bore witness. Major themes connected to the essential questions are inhumanity, survival, loss of faith, and fathers and sons. The unit includes: Teacher Slides (full unit 118 slides) with multiple embedded videos, timeline, writing, discussions, themes, more. This acts a
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Informational Text, Literature, Poetry
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +18
Poetry Unit with Modern Poetry: Google Slides, Packet w/12 poems + Keys
Students love this poetry unit because it includes teen, slam, modern, and classic poetry to teach the skills of tone, symbolism, idioms, rhyme scheme, assonance, alliteration, consonance, similes, metaphors, personification, imagery, line breaks, and the art of haiku.Poetry can be difficult for some students, and this unit provides all the skills needed using simple, modern poetry with visuals and scaffolded learning through participation and application of techniques. The Google Slide presen
8th - 10th
English Language Arts, Poetry
CCSS
CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
, CCRA.R.4
 +14
A Thousand Splendid Suns Complete Thematic unit BUNDLE w/KEYs (Google)
The unit includes: A unit pre-reading of the poem "Kabul," from which the title was chosenPre-reading close read on Afghanistan climate from late 1970s to early 2000s with information on Russia and the forming of the Mujahideen.A study guide packet w/ KEY with Farsi vocabulary, chapter questions and discussions, and paragraph writing = matches the Google Slice presentation, pacing, lessons and open notes quizzes and testA Google Slide Presentation with daily pacing, videos, visuals, notable quot
9th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +18
Teach Ghost by Jason Reynolds Complete Unit (Google) - 11 Resources w/Keys!
This bundle has everything you need to teach Ghost and the skills that go with it, including lessons on characterization, plotline, and protagonist and antagonist. The bundle includes: Complete Google Slides with links to videosReading and discussion guide for each chapter, including practice pages for the above skills with TEACHER KEY.Worksheets related to theme, symbolism, group discussions, rewriting the point of view for chapter 5, creative writing, constructed response writing using RACE m
5th - 8th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +17
Back to School or End of Year Project - I Celebrate Myself Walt Whitman style!
I cannot tell you enough how much my students and I loved this project! I used it at the end of year, but it can be used any time. The idea is students celebrate who they are and what they stand for and believe in through words and visuals, building their written voice. The bundle includes:A teaching PowerPoint that includes brainstorming, learning about Walt Whitman and directions.A worksheet with excerpts from Leaves of Grass for annotation and style that students will imitate.A scoring guid
6th - 12th
English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +7
Satire Partnered Practice using CARTOONS AND VIDEOS with KEY
This is a great activity to help students get acquainted with identifying satire in visuals and videos. I recommend this as a partnered activity as it allows them to analyze and discuss each visual. If you are unable to have students watch the videos on their own, you can play one at a time and then provide a certain amount of time for them to discuss and record their answers. The Easel Activity allows students to complete on their devices.For a free satire terminology sheet, click here.For more
9th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Other (ELA)
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.4
, CCRA.R.7
 +5
Fahrenheit 451 tests for all three parts of the novel - BUNDLE WITH KEYS
The bundle includes tests for parts one, two, and three with each test including: multiple-choice questionsvocabulary fill in the blank with word banksquote match-upconstructed written response to a promptFor study guides that connect to the tests and include vocabulary, literary terms, allusions, and archetypes, please click here.
8th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
, CCRA.R.6
 +6
Google Slides for Night by Elie Wiesel 118 slides - video links and notes
This Google Slide presentation includes 118 slides for teaching Night with daily reading pacing, discussions, videos, and critical thinking. See the matching reading guide for allusions, notes, themes, etc. The unit is designed to teach students the progression of the Holocaust from Anti-Semitism in the 1930s to the concentration camps with propaganda visuals and timelines connected to readings. Themes focus on inhumanity, survival, and fathers and sons. Included videos are:1. Antisemitism 2.
8th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +14
Also included in:Â Night UNIT BUNDLE: 12 resources, poetry, study guide, slides, more with KEYS
Oedipus Rex Unit BUNDE: 12 resources! Slides, guides, close readings, KEYS
This bundle includes A study guide to be used throughout the unit with information on Greek theater, the tragic hero, the Oedipus myth, and motifs and themes - with KEYFive close readings for each section that explore the deeper meanings and key ideas connected to the study guide with KEYS. The close readings are text-based questions and writing prompts for cited text.Lesson on the tragic hero and Greek theaterThe PowerPoint contains terminology that connects to the study guide for note-taking.A
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +18
Of Mice and Men Pre-reading Research 1930s Society w/links and TEACHER KEY
Students research four subjects that are relevant to the novel and answer three to four basic questions and then a complex question for each of the following: Dust BowlGreat DepressionSharecroppingMigrant WorkersStudents will need to read and restate to ensure comprehension. Recommended websites are included along with a TEACHER KEY. My students really enjoyed this, and they remembered learning about similar subjects in Social Studies. For other lessons and tools for teaching Of Mice and Men, pl
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.4
 +10
Also included in:Â Of Mice and Men Unit BUNDLE (Google): pre-read, guide, lessons, test w/KEYs
Twelve Angry Men Pre-reading with Vocab and Reading Guide BUNDLE w/KEYS
The pre-reading resource includes three activites. The first activity involves students choosing from a list of 15 legal terms and writing a made-up news story in which they correctly incorporate those terms. I've included a scoring guide and an example story in the teacher key.Students label a picture of the set with the stage directions so they can accurately envision, while reading, where the characters are located.Students choose words from a list of 16 vocabulary words and create original
9th - 12th
Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +6
Twelve Angry Men Pre-reading with Vocab and Reading Guide BUNDLE w/KEYS
The pre-reading resource includes three activites. The first activity involves students choosing from a list of 15 legal terms and writing a made-up news story in which they correctly incorporate those terms. I've included a scoring guide and an example story in the teacher key.Students label a picture of the set with the stage directions so they can accurately envision, while reading, where the characters are located.Students choose words from a list of 16 vocabulary words and create orig
9th - 12th
Literature, Reading, Vocabulary
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +8
Beowulf Unit: BUNDLE: Google Slides, study guide, activity worksheets w/KEYS
The PowerPoint has 65 slides that provide background, terms, visuals, and an argumentative essay with guiding slides for writing. The Study Guide w/KEY includes epic hero and epic poem research, literary terms, themes, and text-based chapter questions. Activities include lessons on: Life in 999 + key (pre-reading)Alliteration + keyKennings + keyFor other lessons and tools for teaching Beowulf, please click hereFor other English Language Arts lessons, units, and tools with EASY BROWSING please c
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +7
SATIRE UNIT- PowerPoint, lessons, videos, close readings, cartoons, test w/KEY
This unit includes PowerPoint with definitions, video and visual examples, lessons connected to the following:Launch activity on recognizing verbal irony, stereotypes "Teenage Girl Rules"Article on Child Labor w/KEYSimpsons episodeShrek the movie with KEY paragraph"What I'd Say to the Martians" article analysisPersuasive techniques workshopAnalysis of two articles that criticize modern society using verbal irony (Mark Twain article has Easel and KEY)Close reading of "A Modest Proposal" condense
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Other (ELA)
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +13
A Raisin in the Sun Final Test with KEY
The test includes: Character match-upMultiple ChoiceShort Written AnswerRubric for written answers.To view other lessons for teaching A Raisin in the Sun, please visit that section of my store.
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +5
Also included in:Â A Raisin in the Sun Unit BUNDLE w/KEYS: Slides, guide, test, essay, project
Of Mice and Men - The Lonely Characters Analysis (Google) w Teacher KEY
In this lesson, students analyze why the lonely characters are social outcasts among the people on the ranch, using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to develop insightful explanations. The focus is on their interactions in chapter 4 in Crooks' room. This close reading includes: a visual and explanation of the Maslow hierarchya chart for analyzing each of the four charactersquestions designed to build students' critical thinking and writing skills when interpreting literature and using textual eviden
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Close Reading, Literature, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +12
Also included in:Â Of Mice and Men Unit BUNDLE (Google): pre-read, guide, lessons, test w/KEYs
Of Mice and Men - The Lonely Characters Analysis (Microsoft) w Teacher KEY
In this lesson, students analyze why the lonely characters are social outcasts among the people on the ranch, using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to develop insightful explanations. The focus is on their interactions in chapter 4 in Crooks' room. This close reading includes: a visual and explanation of the Maslow hierarchya chart for analyzing each of the four charactersquestions designed to build students' critical thinking and writing skills when interpreting literature and using textual eviden
8th - 12th, Adult Education
Close Reading, Literature, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +12
To Kill a Mockingbird Unit BUNDLE: study guide, slides, close reads, tests, KEYS
This bundle includes: Part 1 study guide with a link to Google Slides with literary term definitionsPart 2 packet with close readings, trial tracking chart, loss of innocence analysis, extra activities, and TEACHER KEYTests for part 1 and 2 (final test covers issues and themes from entire novel) - KEYs are included.Close readings w/KEYS (see resource list below)Loss of innocence chart w/ KEYTrial evidence chart w/KEYPlease view the previews for each item.For more lessons, tools, guides, close r
8th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +17
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About the store
Experience
NOTE: Shop by category, and you will find resources in both Google and Microsoft (editable) and most with TEACHER KEYS.
I love sharing resources with teachers and have been doing so with colleagues and on TPT for over 20 years. My lessons engage students and provide real-life learning connections. In support of teachers, my resources include keys and linked standards.
Teaching style
--Primarily, my style is student centered learning with gradual release using multiple texts and media to increase engagement, diverse learning, and demonstration. I provide supplemental texts to literature that are theme-based with real-life connections.
--I design units and lessons to help students connect themes in literature to life and the human condition.
--I believe student voice is important and provide prompts and resources for academic discussions and group projects that engage students in reading, writing, discussing, and presenting.
--I include opportunities to respond, gradual release scaffolding, DOK question levels 1-4, academic discussions, and so much more it's impossible to list!
--To all teachers, I support and always have supported my colleagues, which is why almost all of my projects are available in Google or Microsoft and include TEACHER KEYS.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Webster University Honors Award for Masters
JEA Award for Feature Story of the Year 2010 - Broadcast Journalism
School District Star Teacher Award
My own education history
Masters of Education = Webster University
Bachelors of Science Journalism - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Literacy and Diversified Assessment post-Masters Fontbonne University
Broadcast Journalism post-Masters Drury University
Additional biographical information
My role in theater and corporate communications led me to the teaching profession I love when those I mentored expressed their enjoyment in learning with me.
I've performed in and directed theater productions and classes for years. In addition to loving literature and writing, theater and music have always been my passions, so I'm very lucky to have kept them in my personal and professional life, which may be why my Shakespeare and Greek theater units are some of my favorites to share!
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