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After 32+ years of teaching in New York City, I retired on January 1st. I celebrated my career with a ten day trip to Iceland - it was awesome! Though I miss my students and school community, I do not miss the ever constant call for teachers to add more responsibilities to their already full plates. So now I'm enjoying naps, reading, and swimming at the local Y, and I finally have time to update and upload more of my resources to TPT. I hope you find something inspiring to lighten your load.
Highlights
*For three years I taught in the Project Freire Saturday Literacy Program in Brooklyn.
*For three years I worked developing teachers as a literacy instructional specialist for the Brooklyn High Schools Superintendent's Office. My double period literacy class acted as a "fishbowl" and springboard for workshops.
*I was a co advisor for my school's Peer Group Connection Class, where I taught upperclassmen to facilitate weekly mentoring activities with small groups of freshmen in order to make their transition to high school successful. This turned out to be one of the most meaningful experiences I've had as an educator.
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Letters of Legacy: Rhetorical Analysis Stations | Famous Fathers' Letters | 9-12
A 3-day rhetorical analysis stations activity featuring four public-domain letters from fathers to their children. Perfect for Father's Day, end-of-year reflection, or any time you want to teach rhetorical devices through authentic, moving texts. WHAT'S INCLUDED (39 pages, print-ready PDF):✏️ Detailed Teacher Guide with overview, learning objectives, CCSS alignment, pacing, three setup options, differentiation strategies, and sensitivity considerations ✏️ Rhetorical Devices Reference Sheet (13 d
9th - 12th
Close Reading, Informational Text, Writing
Prince Ea Rhetorical Analysis & Argument Unit | Spoken Word | Grades 9-12 APLang
Turn Prince Ea's viral spoken word piece into 5 days of rigorous rhetorical analysis AND original student argument. Includes SOAPSTone, anaphora, reverse outlining, a written-OR-spoken final product, and built-in differentiation supports for Grades 9–10 and 11–12/AP. Featuring Prince Ea's "I Just Sued the School System" Your students have feelings about school. This unit teaches them what to DO with those feelings rhetorically — how to take a complaint and turn it into a real argument with struc
9th - 12th
Civics, Speaking & Listening, Writing
ELA Stations Bundle | Poetry + Info Text | Literary + Rhetorical Analysis | HS
Celebrate Earth Day with two fully-designed, print-and-go stations activities that together give students a complete close reading experience across both literary and informational texts. This bundle pairs an original nonfiction rhetorical analysis activity with a poetry close reading activity — two 45-minute lessons built on the same station structure so your planning stays simple and your instruction stays rich.What's Included*Informational Text Stations — Rhetorical Analysis & Close ReadingSt
9th - 11th
Reading, Writing
The Anthropocene Reviewed: A Rhetorical Analysis WebQuest | AP Lang | 9-12
Turn your students into Rhetorical Consultants! In this 5-day, fully-scaffolded WebQuest, students deconstruct one essay from John Green's bestselling collection The Anthropocene Reviewed and reverse-engineer how he transforms everyday objects (Diet Dr Pepper, Canada Geese, the QWERTY keyboard) into profound commentary on the human experience. Using the SPACE-CAT framework, student teams analyze the rhetorical situation, map structural shifts, profile emotional appeals, and ultimately "rate the
9th - 12th
Reading, Writing
Logical Fallacies For AP Language and Composition | 2-Session Power Point Lesson
Teach your AP Lang students to identify, analyze, and write about logical fallacies with this engaging, ready-to-use 2-session PowerPoint lesson. Aligned to College Board AP Language and Composition standards, this resource covers 12 logical fallacies using real examples from advertisements and political speeches — exactly the type of texts students encounter on the AP exam. What's Included SESSION 1 Foundations✅ Discovery Warm-Up — students analyze 3 suspicious real-world claims before instruc
10th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, Informational Text
CCSS
RI.11-12.6
, RI.11-12.8
Syntax & The Four Sentence Types | AP Language & Composition | 2-Session PPT
Help your AP Lang students move beyond labeling sentence types and start using syntax as a rhetorical tool — exactly what the FRQ 2 rubric rewards. This fully designed, ready-to-teach PowerPoint lesson spans two 45-minute sessions and takes students from discovery to independent assessment. Every slide is classroom-ready with timed segments, differentiated supports, and explicit AP Language & Composition skill alignment built in. What's Included :✔ Discovery warm-up — students inductively notice
10th - 12th
Grammar, Reading, Writing
The Power of Diction | AP Language & Composition | 2-Session PowerPoint Lesson
Does your AP Lang class struggle to move beyond surface-level observations about word choice? This two-session PowerPoint lesson teaches students to analyze diction with precision — identifying types, explaining connotation, and connecting word choice to rhetorical effect in a way that holds up on the AP exam. Everything is built into the slides. You open the file and teach.What's Included✅ Discovery Warm-Up — "The Word Swap" think-pair-share that gets students noticing diction before you defin
10th - 12th
Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
Line of Reasoning: 90 Min AP Language Power Point Lesson
Help your AP Lang students move beyond *listing reasons* and start building arguments that actually persuade — with this complete, ready-to-teach two-session lesson on line of reasoning.This engaging, standards-aligned PowerPoint lesson walks students through one of the most misunderstood — and most heavily weighted — concepts on the AP Language exam. From a hook that reveals the concept before naming it, to a self-scoring exit assessment tied directly to AP rubric language, every slide is purpo
11th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, Writing, Writing-Essays
CCSS
W.11-12.1
, W.11-12.1c
AP Language | Methods of Development | Two-Day (90 Min) | Student Facing PPT
📍Give your AP Lang students the tools to write with intention — not just instinct. This fully designed, student-facing two-session lesson teaches all nine methods of development through direct instruction, mentor text analysis, and hands-on writing activities that build toward the AP Argument FRQ. ⭐️Most students know *what* to argue. This lesson teaches them *how* to build and develop that argument — and why the choices they make as writers matter to AP scorers. What's Included:✅️22 fully desi
9th - 12th
Informational Text, Vocabulary, Writing
CCSS
RI.11-12.6
, W.11-12.1
, W.11-12.2
AP Lang | Intro to The Rhetorical Situation | Two Day Lesson Plan | Power Point
📍Introduce the rhetorical situation to your AP Lang Gang with this two session lesson plan which covers speaker, purpose, audience, context, exigence, choices, appeals, and tone. The slides contain:✅️Lesson Overview ✅️Warm Ups ✅️Direct Instruction ✅️Activities ✅️Exit Tickets ✅️Teacher Notes w/ Standards, Differentiation Strategies, & Suggested Texts 💬 Questions?Feel free to reach out before purchasing! If you enjoy this resource, please leave a rating — it means the world to independent tea
11th - 12th
Informational Text, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RL.11-12.5
, RI.11-12.1
, RI.11-12.6
+2
4 Differentiated Argument Essay Checklists
This document includes four separate one page checklists for argument essays. They are differentiated by skill level (A=simple, D=complex) and test type (English Regents/AP Language and Composition). They can be used by students to organize as they write, and later by teachers as they grade. Return essays with each element on the checklist assessed (check plus, check, check minus, minus) and add specialized comments for improvement. I have found this tool particularly helpful for students with
6th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, For All Subjects, Writing-Essays
"Sticks"by George Saunders | Literary Analysis Stations Activity | HS ELA 10-12
Looking for a no-prep, print-and-go short story activity that gets high school students doing real literary analysis? This engaging stations activity for George Saunders' flash fiction story "Sticks" is built for grades 10, 11, and 12 and covers close reading, symbolism, author's craft, and theme — all in one ready-to-use resource. At just ~400 words, "Sticks" is the perfect short story for high school ELA. It's complex enough for AP-level readers and accessible enough for on-grade learners, mak
10th - 12th
Close Reading, Short Stories, Writing
CCSS
RL.11-12.1
, RL.11-12.3
, RL.11-12.4
+2
Media Literacy Activity | Crisis PR Rhetorical Analysis Jigsaw | Grades 11-12
Media literacy meets rhetorical analysis in this engaging two-day jigsaw activity for 11th and 12th grade ELA. Students analyze four real-world crisis PR texts — a YouTube apology video, a celebrity Instagram statement, a brand press release, and a political public statement — using a custom Crisis PR Checklist built around ethos, pathos, logos, and media literacy skills. This is a high-interest, discussion-driven activity that asks students to think critically about how public figures use langu
10th - 12th
Close Reading, Informational Text, Writing
CCSS
RI.11-12.1
, RI.11-12.6
, W.11-12.1
+2
Informational Text Stations Activity - All About Spring - No Prep - CCSS Aligned
📍This editable 45 minute activity includes: ✅️Teacher Guide*Full lesson overview, learning objectives, and CCSS Standards alignment *45 minute pacing timeline table *Complete materials checklist and room setup instructions *Warm-up prompt and exit question with facilitation notes *Differentiation tips for ELL and advanced learners ✅️Informational Text Stations*Station 1 Why Spring Happens: Earth, Tilt, and the Awakening Season *Station 2 How Cultures Around the World Mark the Arrival of Spring
8th - 11th
Close Reading, General Science, Informational Text
CCSS
RI.9-10.1
, RI.9-10.2
, RI.9-10.4
+1
Also included in: Spring Stations Activities Bundle: Poetry & Informational Text
Denotation vs Connotation | 45 Minute PPT Lesson | Adaptable for 6-12g
Stop teaching vocabulary in isolation — this engaging, fully built PowerPoint lesson helps students discover the difference between denotation and connotation through hands-on exploration, real text analysis, and creative writing tasks. From the very first slide, students are hooked: they're comparing word pairs like "cheap" vs. "affordable" and "politician" vs. "statesman" before they even know what connotation means. That discovery moment sets the tone for the whole lesson. ✅ What's Included
6th - 12th
Close Reading, Vocabulary, Writing
Earth Day Informational Text Stations | Rhetorical Analysis & Close Reading
Bring Earth Day to life with this engaging, ready-to-use stations activity designed for high school ELA! Students rotate through four nonfiction passages — covering the history of Earth Day, the science of climate change, environmental justice, and the global environmental movement — and practice essential rhetorical analysis skills in a dynamic, collaborative format.Each station challenges students to examine the rhetorical situation (speaker, purpose, audience, context, and exigence), identi
9th - 12th
Close Reading, Informational Text, Writing
The Power of Anaphora: A 45-Minute CCSS-Aligned PPT Lesson for HS
📍Help your students feel the power of rhetoric before they can even name it — and then teach them to analyze it like pros. This fully designed, ready-to-teach PowerPoint lesson walks students through the rhetorical device of anaphora using excerpts from some of the most iconic speeches in American history: Churchill, FDR, MLK, Obama, Sojourner Truth, and JFK. Every slide is polished, print-ready, and classroom-tested in structure.✅️What's included?*Compelling warm-up using Churchill's "We Shall
9th - 11th
Informational Text, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RI.9-10.4
, RI.9-10.6
, RI.9-10.9
+3
AP® Language & Composition "I Can" Skills Posters | Classroom Displays
Give your AP® Lang students a clear, student-friendly roadmap of every course skill. This set includes 23 ready-to-print posters — one skill per page — organized by the four Big Ideas of the course: Rhetorical Situation, Claims and Evidence, Reasoning and Organization, and Style. Each poster pairs the skill code with an approachable "I can" statement that makes the course's college-level skills concrete and actionable. A clean Big Idea banner tops every page, and a bold black border gives each
9th - 12th
Other (ELA)
AP Language | Rhetorical Appeals Lesson | Two-Day (90 mins) | Editable PPT
Teach your students to identify, analyze, and write with rhetorical appeals using this fully designed, standards-aligned two-day PowerPoint lesson. Built specifically for AP Language and Composition and grades 9–12 ELA, this resource takes students from discovery to independent analysis in just 90 minutes of instruction.What's included:*19 fully designed slides with a color-coded system *3 teacher guide slides with CCSS and AP Lang standards, learning objectives, differentiation strategies, pac
9th - 12th
Informational Text, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RI.9-10.6
, RI.11-12.6
, W.9-10.1
+1
Synecdoche: The Part That Speaks for the Whole | 45-Minute PPT Lesson for HS
📍This fully designed, print-and-present-ready PowerPoint lesson takes students from zero to confident with synecdoche — one of the most rarely taught yet frequently tested figures of speech in high school ELA. The lesson follows a structured 45-minute arc with every segment timed and labeled, so you can drop it into your figurative language unit, rhetorical analysis unit, or poetry study with zero prep. ✅️ What's Included*Discovery Warm-Up that lets students *find* the pattern before you name
9th - 12th
Informational Text, Literature, Writing
CCSS
RL.9-10.4
, RL.11-12.4
, RI.9-10.4
+3
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About the store
Experience
After 32+ years of teaching in New York City, I retired on January 1st. I celebrated my career with a ten day trip to Iceland - it was awesome! Though I miss my students and school community, I do not miss the ever constant call for teachers to add more responsibilities to their already full plates. So now I'm enjoying naps, reading, and swimming at the local Y, and I finally have time to update and upload more of my resources to TPT. I hope you find something inspiring to lighten your load.
Highlights
*For three years I taught in the Project Freire Saturday Literacy Program in Brooklyn.
*For three years I worked developing teachers as a literacy instructional specialist for the Brooklyn High Schools Superintendent's Office. My double period literacy class acted as a "fishbowl" and springboard for workshops.
*I was a co advisor for my school's Peer Group Connection Class, where I taught upperclassmen to facilitate weekly mentoring activities with small groups of freshmen in order to make their transition to high school successful. This turned out to be one of the most meaningful experiences I've had as an educator.
Teaching style
Teaching style is directly related to learning style. As a learner I am curious, enthusiastic, passionate, hard working and determined. My teaching style follows suit.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have been nominated for the Disney Hand Teacher Award and The New York City Apple Award. I am amongst the founders of a theatre arts high school in Brooklyn. I appeared in a Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes documentary with a student I taught to read who was inspired by Seedfolks to transform an abandoned lot into a garden for teenagers in his community. He went on to graduate, attend college on a scholarship and is currently working in the NYC public school system.
My own education history
Brooklyn College
B.A. English with a minor in Secondary Education
M.S. Special Education
NYS Permanent Certification in English 7-12,
NYS Permanent Certification in Special Education,
NYC Permanent License Teacher of English Day High School,
NYC Permanent License Teacher of Special Education
Additional biographical information
Special Training:
Adult Literacy Media Alliance / TV 411
Americas Choice Ramp Up To Literacy
Bader Language Assessment
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
Theatre for a New Audience
Theatre of the Oppressed
Wilson Direct Instruction Reading Program
Peer Group Connection
CUNY LINCT to Success Pre College ELA: Exploring the Social Sciences
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