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Lit Up

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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!

Taylor Swift #Swifttok Activity Theories, Thesis, Rhetorical & Literary Analysis

Theme & Modern-day Retelling of Fairy Tales for High Schoolers Remote/In-Person

Mexican Gothic Teaching Unit High School Remote/Distance and In-Person

Macbeth Crime Board Project High School Remote/Distance or In-Person

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Analyzing Suspense and Setting in Stranger Things

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Lit Up

Students love learning about suspense and what better way to do that than by pairing it with a popular TV show the students already know and love? With this activity, students will be asked to answer basic plot-based questions during the viewing. The viewing guide also includes 13 critical thinking and analysis questions that can be assigned for a Socratic seminar or remote-learning discussion board posts. After viewing the episode, students will analyze the intention choices made by the write

8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts

Digital Crime Board Template for Textual Analysis (Remote/Distance or In-Person)

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This digital crime board template is great for any text where a murder or crime needs to be "investigated." With easy to customize text boxes, student click and type. It's that easy! The template includes specific guidelines and continuously prompts students to incorporate textual evidence. There is even a slide where students are asked to write two short paragraphs analyzing the text. This is great for remote/distance learning classrooms. With this crime board, students will incorporate motifs,

7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies

Ode on a Grecian Urn Visual Analysis Activity

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Lit Up

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

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Social Justice Final Project

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Lit Up

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

Literacy Circles for Novel/Book Study High School (Remote/Distance & In-Person)

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This 5-week unit is everything you need to complete a rigorous novel study. Students are grouped by novel or other larger text and complete roles that rotate on a weekly basis. The unit is designed to encourage a deep dive into any larger body of work and then create a product that shows an outgrowth of learning. Students will collaborate and create with this unit. It works well in conjunction with other lessons and is a great way to break up the week so students are consistently reading indepen

8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Other (Social Studies)

CCSS, TEKS

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Gothic Literature Presentation, Guided Notes, & Quiz (Remote & in-person)

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This download is everything you need to kick off your Gothic literature unit. Students will complete guided notes and then a quiz. Simply download and go! Easily embed notes and quiz into your LMS and your virtual learners will be ready to rock and roll! THIS DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:Resourced PowerPoint Slides Presentation about the Characteristics of Gothic LiteratureGuided Notes Key to Guided Notes15 question Comprehension QuizQuiz KeyThis product pairs nicely with...Remote/Distance Learning Rubric

9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature

Also included in: Mexican Gothic Teaching Unit w/Gothic Lit Notes & Quiz Remote/In-Person

Canterbury Tales "Wife of Bath" Dear Abby Activity and Frame Narrative

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Lit Up

This fun and engaging activity allows students to connect to the challenges of romantic relationships and find the universal themes in Chaucer's work. In addition, with this activity students will analyze the frame narrative structure of The Canterbury Tales. This activity has instructions for remote or face-to-face classrooms. This Download IncludesInstructions for teacher face-to-face classroomInstructions for remote learning classroomFrame Narrative Review Activity Understanding “The Wife of

11th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Social Studies

Understanding Symbolism, Motifs, and Themes in Macbeth (Remote or In-Person)

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Students often need a helping hand to navigate the symbols, motifs, and themes of a large work like Macbeth. 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 that can be

10th - 12th

English Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies

FREE Socratic Seminar Prep, Peer Review, & Rubric Bundle

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The Socratic seminar is one of the best activities for students to show and share a deep understanding of a complex text. This product, which can be used in remote or in-person classrooms, helps students prepare for a successful Socratic seminar. By completing a prep sheet and understanding the rubric, students will be equipped with textual evidence, questions, and a clear perspective on the text while also understanding expectations for the discussion. This Download IncludesTeacher Instruction

10th - 12th

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

1984 Current Events Activity

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1984 is as relevant as ever. To help students make real-world connections to the novel, many teachers assign current events. This current events activity is designed to help students connect their world with Winston's. There is no prep required on the teacher's part. This assignment helps students determine what makes a resource credible while analyzing the text. It can be assigned in virtual/remote classrooms or face-to-face classrooms. In addition to having students make connections through w

10th - 12th, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Social Studies, Writing

Also included in: 1984 No Prep Teaching Unit (Growing Bundle)

Taylor Swift #Swifttok Activity Theories, Thesis, Rhetorical & Literary Analysis

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Lit Up

For years, Taylor Swift fans, Swifties, have identified Easter Eggs in the artist’s work to determine messages and meaning and come up with theories about the style of her different eras, messages she’s trying to send the public, album and track lists, and release dates. For this assignment, students will do the same, but with their favorite artist. Students will review and analyze different forms of media to justify a theory they have about their favorite singer. Just like a Swiftie, they wi

8th - 12th, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Social Studies, Writing

CCSS

RI.9-10.1

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Writing Research Question Remote/Distance or In-person High School

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Lit Up

Students often struggle to write thesis statements because they struggle to understand what they are arguing. If your students are having a hard time writing thesis statements, have them write research questions first! This assignment guides students through this process. It's a great activity and assignment to kick off a research unit. This is designed to work with students in virtual or in-person classrooms. Included in this download is a ready-to-go PowerPoint presentation that can be use

9th - 12th

English Language Arts, Social Studies, Writing

Understanding Symbolism, Motifs, & Themes in Romeo & Juliet (Remote & In-Person)

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Lit Up

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

"The Hill We Climb" Amanda Gorman Analysis & Social Justice Remote/In-person

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Lit Up

Since performing "The Hill We Climb" at President Biden's inauguration, Amanda Gorman has become a historic figure herself, as the youngest poetic laureate. Her poem and its relevance make it an ideal text to study with students. This activity, which would be a fantastic text for Black History Month, asks students to read and annotate the poem. In addition, 30 specific guiding questions to get students to think more deeply about the craft of writing. The activity specifically focuses on the fol

8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Poetry, Social Studies

Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis of Inaugural Speech & Poem (Remote or In-Person) High School

"Chorus of the Captains" Amanda Gorman Local Hero Activity (Remote/In-person)

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If you're looking for an activity to get students to research local heroes and then thank them, I've got you! This would be a great way to have students look at how local leaders are working with POC and other marginalized groups, and then reach out to thank and possibly help. Why not make it part of your focus for Black History Month as well? This is a great way to go beyond the traditional BHM activities and make them more relevant to students. It's also designed for in-person or remote/distan

7th - 9th

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Social Studies

Instagram Stories Plot, Structure, & Author's Intent (Remote/In-Person)

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Lit Up

Your students are already making Instagram and Snapchat stories to share with their friends. Why not have them share what they know with you using a platform they already love and know how to use? This activity is designed to help students summarize, understand the structure and plot of a story, and analyze the intentional choices writers make and the impact of those choices. This download includes options for remote and in-person learning, as well as project guidelines and rubrics to help comm

8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Social Studies

CCSS

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Also included in: Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitter, Pinterest, & Facebook Projects Bundle (Distance)

Social Justice, Poetry, Research, & Activism High School (Remote/In-Person)

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Lit Up

We often tell young people to "Be the change" without actually giving them thetools to do this. This activity is designed to nurture and foster the passion students have for social justice issues in our society while giving them the tools to affect change in their schools, town, state, and beyond. This activity asks students to research a social justice issue they are passionate about. Like many social justice warriors and activists, they have them reach out to lawmakers and leaders to make a

9th - 12th

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry

Rhetorical Analysis Biden's Inaugural Address (Remote) High School

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Speeches are great text to use when analyzing rhetoric. This assignment is designed to have students examine Biden's argument and the rhetorical devices he uses to reinforce the inaugural theme of unity. Students are asked to annotate, color-code, and answer guiding questions. In addition, an extension activity is included for students to connect the speech with Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb." THIS DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:In-person teacher instructionsRemote Learning teacher instructionsFull te

9th - 12th

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Social Studies

CCSS

RI.9-10.1

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Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis of Inaugural Speech & Poem (Remote or In-Person) High School

Research, Thesis, Justification, and Outlining Hyperdoc Distance/Remote

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Lit Up

This assignment is designed to help keep students organized and focused throughout the research paper process. Easily add or remove parts of the document to differentiate instruction, include deadlines in specific cells to help chunk the assignments and make it more manageable for students. With this assignment, you can continuously check on your students' progress, give feedback, and see how their research papers are progressing. Students can easily draft their research papers because everythi

8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Social Studies

1984 Pop Culture Scavenger Hunt (In-Person or Remote)

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1984 continues to remain relevant in modern times. For students, finding those connections can be challenging. This no-prep activity asks students to investigate different types of media from song lyrics to comic books to identify the way artists today continue to reference Orwell's masterpiece. For teachers wanting to make this activity more rigorous, this download includes options for differentiating and customizing to meet the needs of students performing at, below, or above grade level. Thi

10th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature

Also included in: 1984 No Prep Teaching Unit (Growing Bundle)

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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.