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I have taught English for grades 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. I have also taught Intensive Reading for 9 and 10 as well as Creative Writing. I moved to the ESE Department in the 2017/18 school year to provide additional support for teachers and students in the sophomore English classroom, which I loved! Tenth grade is my favorite grade because I really notice maturity growth in them from their Freshman year. Additionally, at this time students are also really beginning to hone their critical thinking skills and begin asking some tougher, outside of the box, questions. However, in May of 2024 my husband and I welcomed our first child and I resigned from the district to raise our son. I still have many resources to organize and will continue to post new lessons and units. :)
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Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Short Story Unit Lesson Questions Activities
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a great short story to get students speaking thoughtfully and thinking critically. This unit for Flowers for Algernon is comprehensive, thorough and detailed. Students will practice their inference skills while they explain character actions and thoughts, identify changes in Charlie and summarize their overall thoughts of each "progris report" session. This all-in-one resource for Flowers for Algernon allows students to thoroughly understand not only th
7th - 9th
Literature, Reading, Short Stories
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
+11
8 Parts of Speech EDITABLE Quiz Summative Assessment with Answer Key
Assess students on the 8 parts of speech with this completely EDITABLE and CUSTOMIZABLE comprehensive quiz, This parts of speech quiz assesses students on all 8 parts: Noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, interjection! This quiz on the 8 parts of speech requires students to use their analytical skills and really think about the relationships of words and their usage. This lesson includes: 30 question quiz (Part I: Matching Definitions (1-8); Part II: Ident
6th - 9th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Argumentative Essay Introduction Doodle Notes for Argument Essay Writing Unit
Teach students the basics of argumentative essay writing with these Argumentative Essay Essentials Doodle Notes! Studies have shown that students retain their learning better when there is a link between visual and linguistic delivery, and these essay doodle notes provide that link! These essay notes give students all the tools needed to teach them how to write a solid argumentative essay. These essay notes are simple, fun and creative—and print and teach ready! They are designed to be use
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
MLA Doodle Notes, MLA Works Cited Practice Citation Activity Writing Unit Bundle
Make MLA citations and works cited pages fun and engaging with this MLA and citation unit bundle! The uniquie format of this MLA citations and works cited introduction PPT and Doodle Notes helps students better focus, follow along and retain their learning. The included MLA in text citation practice with Billy Joel’s classic, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” provides all students need to apply their learning. The clear and well-laid out graphic organizers scaffold and guide students through
7th - 11th
Informational Text, Writing, Writing-Essays
Parts of Speech Introduction Editable PowerPoint and Guided Notes Lesson
Introduce students to the 8 parts of speech with this easy to implement FULLY EDITABLE and CUSTOMIZABLE PowerPoint and GUIDED NOTES lesson! This PowerPoint covers all 8 parts of speech with definitions, examples and application sentences that allow students to practice their newly acquired knowledge! This parts of speech lesson includes:37 slide EDITABLE PowerPointDetailed teacher notes to help explain grammatical concepts3 pages of guided notes1 Practice HandoutGuided notes ANSWER KEY (h
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
FULL YEAR ELA 7th 8th Middle Yearlong Curriculum Writing Poetry Short Stories
Save time, stress and 35% with this FULL YEAR, 180 days bundle, of secondary 7th and 8th grade ELA curriculum! Each quarter in this curriculum comes with a ready-made pacing guide to help show you how you can connect lessons for smooth implementation and transitions. This full year curriculum bundle includes the following: Quarter One: With a focus on academic writing such as parts of speech, punctuation and essay writing, this first quarter of resources gives you all you need to set your stud
7th - 10th
Literature, Novel Studies, Writing-Essays
ELA Full Year Middle High School English Secondary Curriculum Analysis Lessons
Cut out the stress of having multiple preps with this multi-prep bundle! This bundle is geared toward 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th but comes with a multitude of resources that can be used with various grade levels. This curriculum bundle contains enough lessons for two years worth of curriculum! Perfect if you teach back-to-back grade levels because the curriculums are designed to build upon each other! Download the preview to see what’s included! This bundle also contains over a dozen bundle bonu
7th - 10th
Novel Studies, Poetry, Writing-Essays
FULL YEAR ELA 9th 10 Secondary Yearlong Curriculum Writing Poetry Short Stories
Save time, stress and 35% with this FULL YEAR, 180 days bundle, of secondary 9th and 10th grades ELA curriculum! Each quarter in this curriculum comes with a ready-made pacing guide to help show you how you can connect lessons for smooth implementation and transitions. This full year curriculum bundle includes the following: Quarter One: With a focus on academic writing such as MLA and informative essay writing, this first quarter of resources gives you all you need to set your students up for
7th - 10th
Novel Studies, Short Stories, Writing-Essays
8 Parts of Speech Guided Notes Scaffolded Intro and Quiz Summative Assessment
Introduce and assess students with the 8 parts of speech using this easy to implement FULLY EDITABLE and CUSTOMIZABLE PowerPoint and GUIDED NOTES lesson and quiz! This PowerPoint covers all 8 parts of speech with definitions, examples and application sentences that allow students to practice their newly acquired knowledge as they move through the notes. Then, to gauge learning, there is a completely EDITABLE and CUSTOMIZABLE comprehensive quiz. This parts of speech quiz assesses studen
7th - 10th
Balanced Literacy, Grammar, Writing
ELA Q4 9th 10th Secondary Middle High Curriculum Dystopian The Giver Novel Unit
Save 30%! This fourth quarter bundle focuses on dystopian socities and Lois Lowry’s The Giver! It is full of lessons, activities, assessments and full unit curriculum plans to give you an entire, 45 day, quarter’s worth of curriculum for your secondary ELA students. All the lessons are comprehensive, high-level, ready to teach and done for you!To make implementation a little easier I have a recommended curriculum map and pacing guide available here. This pacing guide gives suggestio
7th - 10th
Close Reading, Literature, Novel Studies
Essay Writing Doodle Notes Informative Argumentative Persuasive PPT Introduction
Teach students the basics of essay writing with this Essay Essentials Doodle Notes Bundle! Studies have shown that students retain their learning better when there is a link between visual and linguistic delivery, and this essay doodle notes bundle provides that link for each major essay type: Argumentative, informative and persuasive! Additionally, the Essay Essentials Introduction PPT provides students with a comprehensive rundown for the baseline requirements for any essay type by teaching
7th - 11th
Informational Text, Writing, Writing-Essays
ELA Q2 Secondary Middle Curriculum 9 10 Argumentative Unit Debate Short Stories
Save 30%! This bundle of lessons, activities, assessments and full unit curriculum plans gives you an entire, 45 day, quarter’s worth of curriculum for your secondary ELA students. This bundle has all you need to give your students the needed academic skills for the rest of the school year--and their educational careers. This second quarter bundle focuses on debate, argumentative essay writing, juxtaposition and short stories. All the lessons are comprehensive, high-level, ready to tea
6th - 10th
Informational Text, Short Stories, Writing-Essays
Short Story Unit Bundle Rose for Emily, Sweat, Everyday Use, A Visit of Charity
This short story bundle includes lessons for A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston, Everyday Use by Alice Walker and A Visit of Charity by Eudora Welty. There is loads of analysis to be done, dialogue to be had, and inferences to be made with this bundle! I am confident that you and your students will have fun with all these stories and materials! In this bundle you will find a 29 slide EDITABLE introductory PowerPoint (I’ve also included a PDF of the same PPT, just
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.11-12.1
, RL.11-12.2
, RL.11-12.3
+9
ELA Q4 7 8 Middle High Curriculum American Historical Fiction Fever 1793 Study
Save 30%! This fourth quarter Q4 bundle focuses on American literature and American historical fiction with a novel study unit for Laurie Halse Anderson's Fever 1793! This Q4 quarter bundle is full of lessons, activities, assessments and full unit curriculum plans to give you an entire, 45 day, quarter’s worth of curriculum for your secondary ELA students. All the lessons are comprehensive, high-level, ready to teach and done for you!To make implementation a little easier I have a rec
7th - 10th
Close Reading, Informational Text, Novel Studies
Greek Mythology Close Read Unit Analysis BUNDLE Medusa King Midas Pandora Echo
Engage students with some of the most popular myths of Greek mythology: Medusa and Perseus, King Midas, Echo and Narcissus, Pandora’s Box and Epimetheus, Pegasus and Bellerophon. This comprehensive bundle for Greek mythology contains all you need from start to finish! A BUNDLE BONUS PPT and PDF (PDF for formatting) are included to create a single, smooth introduction for the overall unit and each individual myth. This Greek myth unit includes the following: The Gorgon’s Head: Medusa
7th - 10th
Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
+16
Informative Essay Introduction Doodle Notes for Informational Essay Writing Unit
Teach students the basics of informative explanatory essay writing with these Informative Essay Essentials Doodle Notes! Studies have shown that students retain their learning better when there is a link between visual and linguistic delivery, and these informative essay doodle notes provide that link! These essay notes give students all the tools needed to teach them how to write a solid informative essay. These essay notes are simple, fun and creative—and print and teach ready! They are de
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
ELA Q3 9th 10th Secondary Middle High Curriculum Poetry Greek Mythology Units
Save 30%! This third quarter bundle focuses on poetry and Greek mythology, and is full of lessons, activities, assessments and full unit curriculum plans to give you an entire, 45 day, quarter’s worth of curriculum for your secondary ELA students. All the lessons are comprehensive, high-level, ready to teach and done for you!To make implementation a little easier I have a recommended curriculum map and pacing guide available here. This pacing guide gives suggestions on how to connect
6th - 10th
Close Reading, Literature, Poetry
Essay Writing Informative Argumentative Persuasive MLA Punctuation Unit Bundle
This essay and writing mega bundle contains lesson plans and units for teaching the basics and essentials of essay writing. This bundle introduces argumentative, informative and persuasive essay writing using fun, engaging and efficient doodle notes. It also teaches MLA, citations, parts of speech and punctuation! This writing bundle contains everything you need to teach each the essentials of academic writing. This essay writing bundle includes the following resources: 1.
6th - 10th
Informational Text, Writing, Writing-Essays
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.2
+4
ELA Q3 7th 8th Secondary Middle High Curriculum Poetry Greek Mythology Units
Save 30%! This third quarter bundle focuses on poetry and Greek mythology, and is full of lessons, activities, assessments and full unit curriculum plans to give you an entire, 45 day, quarter’s worth of curriculum for your secondary ELA students. All the lessons are comprehensive, high-level, ready to teach and done for you!To make implementation a little easier I have a recommended curriculum map and pacing guide available here. This pacing guide gives suggestions on how to connec
6th - 10th
Close Reading, Literature, Poetry
Persuasive Essay Introduction Doodle Notes for Persuasive Essay Writing Unit
Teach students the basics of persuasive essay writing for with these Persuasive Essay Essentials Doodle Notes! Studies have shown that students retain their learning better when there is a link between visual and linguistic delivery, and these essay doodle notes provide that link! These persuasive essay notes give students all the tools needed to teach them how to write a solid persuasive essay. These essay notes are simple, fun and creative—and print and teach ready! They are designed to be
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
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About the store
Experience
I have taught English for grades 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. I have also taught Intensive Reading for 9 and 10 as well as Creative Writing. I moved to the ESE Department in the 2017/18 school year to provide additional support for teachers and students in the sophomore English classroom, which I loved! Tenth grade is my favorite grade because I really notice maturity growth in them from their Freshman year. Additionally, at this time students are also really beginning to hone their critical thinking skills and begin asking some tougher, outside of the box, questions. However, in May of 2024 my husband and I welcomed our first child and I resigned from the district to raise our son. I still have many resources to organize and will continue to post new lessons and units. :)
Teaching style
I like to mix independent work with group collaboration. There is a time where brainstorming and bouncing ideas off of each other is invaluable, but then, as we gradually release, the students need to each fly on their own. I try to make everything relevant to their lives, no matter if it's an informative writing assignment or reading Shakespeare, it all can all apply to them in some way.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Watching students wrestle with, conquer, and grow from challenging material is the best reward!
When I self-published my novel, a former student drew the cover illustration--a decade after I had her for Creative Writing her Senior year! I love that I am able to keep in touch with some of my students; watching them blossom into responsible adults is a blessing
My own education history
I graduated from Hillsborough Community College with my AA in 2003 and then went onto the University of South Florida Tampa to earn my Bachelor's in English with a concentration in creative writing. I graduated with my Bachelor's in 2005. I am a lifelong learner and reader and am always seeking out new bits of information.
Additional biographical information
I am a lifelong bibliophile and find no past time more enjoyable! Born and raised in Florida, I enjoy beaches, rivers and warm weather. In February of 2022, I checked off one major personal goal when I self-published my fiction novel, The Tale of the Starbreather's Realm. It is available on Amazon as a paperback and a Kindle ebook! You can find me online at mdsaintswrites.com where I post teacher blogs and have a Free Little Resource Library (of lessons not available in my TpT store) for subscribers. :)
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