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Harrisburg, North Carolina, United States
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I have been teaching high school since 2007. I have taught grades 9-10, creative writing, AP English Literature, IB English, and Journalism. I have also been teaching online undergraduate and graduate-level courses online since 2014 with Southern New Hampshire University. I love my content area and am constantly working on improving my craft.
My online teaching experience helps me design products for distance learning but will also work in a traditional face-to-face classroom!
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Get-to-Know-You Bingo for High School Theater/Drama
Students need to have a strong classroom community to fully commit in a theater classroom. This activity is a great way for students to get to know one another. It encourages students to get up and move around, ask questions, and learn about each other. This activity takes about 20 minutes. The twist? The bingo card prompts are theater-focused. Students will need to find peers who: Have been a production outside of schoolCan name Tony Award-winning musicals and more! This download includes: T
7th - 12th
Art, Drama
Ode on a Grecian Urn Visual Analysis Activity
Students will annotate, summarize, and analyze "Ode on a Grecian Urn" with this no prep activity. After annotating and summarizing, use this activity as a printable and have students draw, or ask students to add clip art or other images to create a visual representation of Keats masterpiece. Students will also be asked to connect their images with textual evidence. Finally, students can complete the comprehension and analysis questions included. In addition, extend the activity with a discussion
10th - 12th
English Language Arts
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.2
, RL.9-10.3
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Social Justice Final Project
To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic text to introduce social justice. This project allows teachers to take a classic text and make it more relevant to students today. With this project, students will be researching a social justice topic, learn how to use credible research, and connect research to a larger text like To Kill a Mockingbird to create a digital project, reinforcing 21st-century skills. This Download Includes… Instructions for the teacher (in-person)Instructions for the teacher (dis
8th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies
Understanding Symbolism, Motifs, & Themes in Romeo & Juliet (Remote & In-Person)
Students often need a helping hand to navigate the symbols, motifs, and themes of a large work like Romeo & Juliet. This Niemeyer chart and discussion board is a great way to get students to slow down and examine each act of the classic Shakespearean tragedy. As a handout, it's great on brightly-colored paper. Students can keep it out as they read the text in class. Remotely, it offers students the opportunity to visualize a challenging text. In addition, this download has a grading rubric wh
8th - 11th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Social Studies
Introducing Annotation for ANY TEXT and ANY LENGTH (high school)
This activity is designed to show students that reading closely helps them dig deeper and get more out of a text. The activity also provides a tool for you to have your students engage with each other and begin an academic conversation about a short text or chunk of text. Introducing Annotation is a great activity to help establish the expectation that annotation is the norm in your classroom. This product includes instructions for teachers to use this assignment in both face-to-face and remote
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Other (Social Studies)
Also included in: Introduction to Annotating Bundle for High School
To Kill a Mockingbird: Examination in Setting Remote or In-Person
This activity is designed so students examine the specific choices Harper Lee is making in the first chapter of the novel with regard to setting and then to make a connection to their own hometown, deepening the reader's connection to the text. This activity can be extended to work with the entire novel, but these activities are specific to chapter 1 of the novel. This Download Includes… Teacher instructions in-personTeacher instructions remote/distance learningSetting and quote analysis for C
8th - 10th
English Language Arts, Social Studies
Romeo & Juliet Prologue and Sonnet Annotation Activity
This simple activity can be done in-person or remotely. It's a great way to encourage annotation. Students learn how content fits form and how Shakespeare is maximizing impact using the sonnet to open this famous tragic lovely story. It's designed to get students thinking critically about why author's implement certain rhetorical and literary devices and helps them verbalize the impact on the moment and thematically. This Download Includes: Remote Learning Teacher instructions including an in
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature
Free Annotation Chart and Tips for Annotating for High School
If you need to provide your students with a quick resource for annotating and a document that you can easily grade, this product is for you. This chart works great for distance/remote learning and face-to-face classrooms. You can use this chart for short or longer texts. This download includes: Tips for students to annotate (T.W.I.S.T.) List of reading strategies students can use when annotatingAnnotation chart (easily adaptable for any text) students can use to complete this activity (in-per
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Social Studies
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About the store
Experience
I have been teaching high school since 2007. I have taught grades 9-10, creative writing, AP English Literature, IB English, and Journalism. I have also been teaching online undergraduate and graduate-level courses online since 2014 with Southern New Hampshire University. I love my content area and am constantly working on improving my craft.
My online teaching experience helps me design products for distance learning but will also work in a traditional face-to-face classroom!
Teaching style
Intentionality is a major component of my teaching and the content I create. I want my students to see how writers and artists are intentional with their craft. I want my students to understand the value of being intentional in their own writing. I believe students should do the heavy lifting in the classroom, so my resources are designed to be robust and rigorous, but easy to adjust and customize for all levels of learners. I’ve done the front loading so that my resources make it easy for teachers to make literature and writing accessible and relevant to their students.
My own education history
I have a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Florida Atlantic University. I earned a Graduate Teaching Certificate in English grades 9-12 from the University of North Carolina Charlotte, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami in English.
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