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Welcome! Here you'll find innovative secondary ELA curriculum, like podcasting projects, one-pagers, PBL units for genius hour and AI research, choice reading program elements, hexagonal thinking for any text, and more. After almost a decade in teaching, I now host The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast and design curriculum for creative English teachers full time. You can find me on Edutopia, Cult of Pedagogy, Truth for Teachers, We Are Teachers, NCTE's Read Write Think and more.
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40 Fun Questions to Start Class, All Disciplines, Grades 5-12
Help your students connect with you and each other as a community by turning a boring old "here" into a chance to get to know each other better. This product contains a printable poster with forty entertaining questions for your students to respond to briefly as class opens. My students love it when I announce one of these questions. Print the poster and tape it by your desk. Then throw in a question whenever your class needs a boost at the beginning. From the Reviews: "LOVE this! Thanks for
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Welcome! Here you'll find innovative secondary ELA curriculum, like podcasting projects, one-pagers, PBL units for genius hour and AI research, choice reading program elements, hexagonal thinking for any text, and more. After almost a decade in teaching, I now host The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast and design curriculum for creative English teachers full time. You can find me on Edutopia, Cult of Pedagogy, Truth for Teachers, We Are Teachers, NCTE's Read Write Think and more.
Teaching style
I like to use creative, artistic, differentiated pedagogies. I constantly promote free-choice reading, use interdisciplinary journal prompts and help students explore different forms of creative writing. I like a variety of discussion forms like literature circles and fishbowl discussions, but particularly focus on developing the group dynamics required for round-table discussions.
Awards & shining teacher moments
National Arthur Ashe Award for Community Involvement, Leadership, and Sportsmanship
The Webb Schools New Teacher Award
My own education history
B.A., Pomona College
M.A., Middlebury College
Additional biographical information
The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast
The Creative High School English Facebook Group
@nowsparkcreativity
nowsparkcreativity.com
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