Laurel McKee

Fever 1793 This pre-reading group research project prepares students to enter the world of Philadelphia 1793. This research project also gives students background knowledge of yellow fever and how it affected the Philadelphia populace. This project has 4 different sets of questions for 3 different reading levels. This research project comes with the answers.

This is an exhaustive, 279 question series of worksheets for the book Fever 1793. The file contains questions for each chapter (an average of 9 questions per chapter.) Each question also has the page number on which the answers can be found. The worksheets are customizable. Question number, questions, pages the answers can be found on are in separate spreadsheet columns so you can delete or change information to fit your own specifications. Most questions ask who, what, where and when. There are

This is a everything you need for your students to complete a career research paper. Students will learn how to: research 3 different careers they may want to pursue, find out what they need to reach those career goals, write a research paper with MLA style documentation and finally write business letters to organizations to find more information. This updated lesson plan includes: a rubric, parent letter, Career Project Questions, note card set up, paraphrasing explanation, parenthetical docu

These documents include 6 sheets of vocabulary words and definitions from The Giver. (Chapters 1,2,3; 4,5,6; 7,8,9; 10,11,12; 13,14,15; 16,17,18. These sheets are meant to be printed for overhead use. Words and their definitions have alternating background color for easy reading. The definitions are simplified for the ESL student. Also included are 6 vocabulary tests corresponding to the vocabulary lists.

These are questions for Beowulf a New Telling by Robert Nye. The questions are thorough and specific for ESOL students to have a complete understanding of the events of the story. There are some questions that dig deeper that focus on symbols and authors views.

This is a document I created for 10th grade ESL students reading Antigone. The questions help the students thoroughly understand the play by focusing on reading comprehension. There are also several questions about irony, characterization and character motivation.

This is a packet for Chapter 1 of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. It includes vocabulary, idioms, and literary elements for the ELL - ESL learner. There is also a sheet of questions with page numbers to help students find answers. There is also a page with questions and answer.

This document is a pre-reading project to prepare students to read the novel Peak. There are 9 parts that the teacher can assign to specific groups or use as stand alone assignments. All the information can be found on the internet. The topics are as follows. 1. Mount Everest: Garbage on the Mountain - This subject looks at the problem of waste on the mountain and the organization that has been attempting to clean it up. The subject also examines the problem of human waste on the mountain and

This is an end of the novel assessment. Students can choose between 4 different assignments. They include an information assignment, an art project, an essay and a creative writing short story.

Here is a compilation of photos from the public domain and/or businesses and wikicommons. The photo montage takes the reader from Kathmandu Airport to the actual Summit Hotel through the camps, up to the Everest Summit. This is a perfect way to give students a visual representation of Peak's journey.

This document contains over 200 comprehension questions for the novel Peak. The document is made in Excel. Sheet #1 contains questions with some of the pages where the information can be found. Sheet #2 has the questions and answers. Sheet #3 has questions separated and ready for printing. I divided the pages on Sheet #3 like I would have wanted for my classroom. The document is completely customizable. You can delete or add questions and change questions numbers.

This test goes with the vocabulary list from chapters 1 2 3 of The Giver. The definitions are simplified for ESL students. The test is in excel so you can change the order of the words or the definitions to make different versions of the test.

This document is a list of 20 vocabulary words. The format is Excel and is ideal for overhead projector use. Every other line has a different background color. The definitions are simplified for ESL and younger students.

This document has two essay prompts about Wuthering Heights. I created this document while working at a Christian school. The students have their choice to delve into psychoanalysis or Biblical theory as they write about Wuthering Heights.

This assignment is a great way to introduce conflict to ESL students. Students use this worksheet to flesh out the conflicts between the character in the movie, The Man From Snowy River.

This is a test that goes directly with the worksheet questions I created for the play Antigone. The worksheet and the test are geared toward advanced ESL students.

This is an spreadsheet worksheet in which students can write a summary of each entry from The Diary of Anne Frank.