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YouTube Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarolMcNally
Mom of four;
Granny to six ;
Sunday school teacher 10+ years ;
Public school teacher (Title 1, middle school ELA regular education and support classes) 20+ years...retired ;
Literacy Coach ;
Instructional Coach ;
School improvement team member for nearly all of my teaching career;
Author of significant amounts of ELA curriculum for my district, most recently a revision of 6,7, and 8 regular and advanced/accelerated ELA curriculum and supporting documents/materials aligned with CCSS;
Currently ELA teacher in of our district's advanced/accelerated program;
Fellow: National Writing Project
Adjunct Professor: Western Michigan University
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Guided Reading of "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty
I have re-typed the story and added in guided reading questions for students to ponder as they read. The questions lead students to think about : visualizing, background knowledge, point of view, imagery, vocabulary, idioms, personal connections, vocabulary connections, character analysis, and includes five critical thinking questions at the end. Vocabulary words are in italics so they can be easily identified for further study. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a C
6th - 8th
Short Stories
CCSS
CCRA.R.10
MIRACLE'S BOYS Reading Assessment
This fill in the blank test assesses students' understanding of setting, character, personal connections to text, plot, and metacognitive strategies. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
6th
Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
 +3
Quiz - Punctuating Dialogue
Using dialogue from HOLES, students are challenged to correctly place quotation marks, commas, periods, & question marks properly. We had previously read the book. If students have not read this particular book, teacher could lift dialog from any book the students have recently read. Providing students with dialog they are already familiar with provides scaffolding for their efforts in that they don't have to apply concentration on decoding and understanding the words or what is going on in
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.L.2
Model Cause and Effect Paper based on CRASH (includes rubric)
This model includes a completed graphic organizer, cause and effect paper, and four point grading rubric for a cause and effect paper based on the character of Crash. The rubric assesses intoduction, cause, effects, conclusion, and mechanics. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
6th
Literature, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.L.1
 +1
Cause & Effect Paper based on HOLES (includes rubric)
This cause and effect writing prompt is based on the reading of HOLES by Louis Sachar. The theme of the paper is "lying." Students are given three possible approaches to the topic to use in their writing to choose from. Each prompt is set up to guide students through writing the intro (in this case, that is done whole group), body, and conclusion of the paper. The four point grading rubric has categories of organization, cause, effect, conclusion and mechanics. Also includes a graphic organ
6th
Writing, Writing-Expository
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.L.1
 +1
Short Story Planning Sheet
After my students have read and analyzed several short stories whole group, then individually, we read one more short story together, "The Black Cat" by Edger Allen Poe, before they then write their own original short stories. This graphic organizers gives them models of all the literary elements in "The Black Cat" and provides room for them to organize their own ideas. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
7th - 8th
Creative Writing, Short Stories
CCSS
CCRA.W.5
Middle School Reading Packet for March is Reading Month
This packet guides students through the reading of historical, science, realistic (Michigan 8th grade genres) fiction AND a choice other fiction extra credit book. I use these packets (four pages each--2 pages copied back to back) during March is Reading Month to keep them focused on skills/concepts we have already been working on: identifying vocabulary in context, asking/answering their own questions about literature, locating proof in the literature to defend the genre, and locating and art
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.10
Advanced Writing Techniques - Developing Conclusions
This seven-slide power point presents 6 models of conclusions from literature. It is geared toward middle school students. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
Advanced Writing Techniques - Crafting Leads
This 9-slide presentation shows 8 different kinds of leads taken from literature. It is geared toward middle school students. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
Advanced Writing Techniques - Effective Titles
This slide show presentation is 17 slides altogether. It contains 15 examples of different kinds of titles from 15 different books. It is geared toward middle school level. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
Short Story Graphic Organizer & Quiz Format
A graphic organizer that can be used to quiz students on any short story. A reminder of the definition of the literary element is in the middle column. Form could be modified by eliminating the definitions. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
7th - 8th
English Language Arts, Short Stories
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.5
 +1
Descriptive Writing Power Point
This power point presentation is meant to accompany the teaching video on my YouTube channel available at this link: https://youtu.be/ZXk-jcP9L_Y Concrete examples from Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" are used to illustrate how writers can use these approaches to revise writing to be more descriptive: imagery simile metaphor allusion alliteration explanations definitions appositives
Not Specific
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.3
, CCRA.W.4
 +1
Short Story Inquiry Form
After I have read several short stories WITH my students, I give them three copies of this graphic organizer and allow them to choose from a plethora of collections of short stories I have in my classroom. They are to read three short stories and fill in this graphic organizer as they read. The graphic organizer gives them definitions of plot, character, and writer's craft literary terms and give them space to fill in that information specific to the short stories they choose to read. At the
7th - 8th
English Language Arts, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.8.1
, RL.8.2
, RL.8.6
 +1
How To Critically Analyze Literature Power Point
This teaching power point is meant to accompany my teaching video of the same name located at: https://youtu.be/VdsIgxHOaJw
8th - 10th
English Language Arts
Periods in American and English Literature Power Point Lesson
This is a resource I used with my 8th grade English Language Arts students to help them understand what influences authors and to help the students differentiate between the types of literature written during the different eras of English and American Literature.
8th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RL.9-10.4
, RL.9-10.6
, RL.9-10.10
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About the store
Experience
YouTube Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarolMcNally
Mom of four;
Granny to six ;
Sunday school teacher 10+ years ;
Public school teacher (Title 1, middle school ELA regular education and support classes) 20+ years...retired ;
Literacy Coach ;
Instructional Coach ;
School improvement team member for nearly all of my teaching career;
Author of significant amounts of ELA curriculum for my district, most recently a revision of 6,7, and 8 regular and advanced/accelerated ELA curriculum and supporting documents/materials aligned with CCSS;
Currently ELA teacher in of our district's advanced/accelerated program;
Fellow: National Writing Project
Adjunct Professor: Western Michigan University
Teaching style
Constructivist: I believe that students learn best when they set their own learning goals and discover information for themselves. I use inquiry learning in my classroom as a structure for learning about the time periods from which literature emerges. My classroom is built around individual choice in reading and writing.
Awards & shining teacher moments
2004 Excellence Award for a Professional Development Program - Michigan Association of School Boards;
2008 Annual Recognition Award for Educational Equity - American Association of University Women
My own education history
Bachelor of Science: Business, WMU;
Teaching Certification k-8, English & Language Arts, WMU;
Master's degree: English, WMU;
Certification in Gifted Education, Purdue
Additional biographical information
My focus is on equipping students with strategies for learning. Learning is not remembering;, it is not doing; it is not completing. Learning is developing automaticity with skills and owning concepts to support their journey and success in higher level academics.
I want to support teachers as well with excellent literacy materials for teaching and learning.
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