Open Book Learning Lab
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Whitsett, North Carolina, United States
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Hi! I’m Rachel, and I have been an educator since 2018, first teaching high school English and now working as a K-8 school library media specialist. I enjoy creating thoughtful, practical resources that help students build skills while also discovering a genuine love of reading and learning. My goal is always to support curiosity, engagement, and meaningful literacy experiences.
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Student-Made Anchor Charts Activity: Story Elements (Plot, Character, Irony)
In this activity, students create anchor charts (informative posters) about six main story elements: plot, round/flat/static/dynamic characters, indirect/direct characterization, types of conflict, types of irony, and point of view. This is best used as a summative review activity, e.g. before a test on story elements. By having students create anchor charts, you improve their retention of the material, they get to see their own work on the walls (that's community building and cultural responsiv
3rd - 10th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Other (ELA)
CCSS
CCRA.R.5
, CCRA.SL.1
Literary Terms Circle It! Game
Are your students getting tired of the same digital learning tools for review? Does the once-beloved Kahoot or Jeopardy now elicit an eyeroll? This fun, competitive, paper-based game (also known as Flyswatter or Matamoscas, often used in world language classes) can be played with upper elementary, middle, or high school students to review literary terms. As the teacher reads definitions out loud, students race against an opponent to circle the matching term. This download includes the gameplay s
4th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.L.6
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Experience
Hi! I’m Rachel, and I have been an educator since 2018, first teaching high school English and now working as a K-8 school library media specialist. I enjoy creating thoughtful, practical resources that help students build skills while also discovering a genuine love of reading and learning. My goal is always to support curiosity, engagement, and meaningful literacy experiences.
Teaching style
I create skill-based and text-based ELA resources for middle and high school, as well as both standalone lessons and collaborative resources for K-12 school library media specialists. Overall, accessibility is my priority. I approach every assignment through a Universal Design for Learning lens. When I create a resource, I ask myself -- how will a student receive this information if they have a visual impairment, or ADHD, or dyslexia, or if they are multilingual? My resources are intentionally simple, structured, and chunked so struggling students can gain a foothold quickly, which often means they are easy for teachers to understand too! I believe that accessibility and rigor go hand-in-hand; I don't believe in "easy work" but do believe that students can only do hard work if they are supported.
Awards & shining teacher moments
My most proud accomplishment as a teacher has been earning my National Boards Certification in Library Media (Early Childhood - Young Adult). I have also earned awards and moments of recognition at the school level, but I am especially proud of the way I support my colleagues to implement instructional technology, and the way I make students feel safe and supported in my room.
My own education history
I earned my Bachelors in English from Meredith College, a women's college in Raleigh, North Carolina. I then completed my English 9-12 teaching licensure through East Carolina University and continued at ECU to earn my Masters in Library Science with a concentration in K-12 school librarianship.
Additional biographical information
A major reason why I am so passionate about accessible design is that I grew up with ADHD and struggled to "chunk" assignments for myself. With that experience in mind, I design assessments that are structured in a way that students can digest, without lowering expectations.
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