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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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First Chapter Friday Program : Independent Reading Activities & Book Club Tools
First Chapter Friday is a popular program that helps your students get excited about independent reading books. Each Friday, you choose a book and read the first chapter, then make that book available for students to check out. If you're new to the concept, you can discover everything you need to know in this helpful blog post, The Ultimate Guide to First Chapter Friday. Your First Chapter Friday Materials: 16 Book Recommendations to get you Started: 6 ideas for your middle school program and
5th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading
CCSS
RL.9-10.10
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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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