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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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Preview of Editable Classroom Handout Templates: Graphic Design PowerPoint Templates

Editable Classroom Handout Templates: Graphic Design PowerPoint Templates

Ever wish you had time to make your handouts look like the ones you love on TPT? Now you do! With these five templates, you can create beautiful bell-ringers, quizzes, prompts, and projects and the graphic design is already in place. Just plug in your instructions, grading info, key dates, etc. and tweak the fonts and pictures as you wish. Simply cut and paste the template you like and fill in your info, then enjoy the satisfaction of knowing everything is formatted just the way you like it wi
Preview of Editable Syllabus Template: Back to School, Middle & High School, PowerPoint

Editable Syllabus Template: Back to School, Middle & High School, PowerPoint

Designing a syllabus shouldn’t be the most time-consuming part of your back-to-school prep. This Editable Syllabus Template for Middle and High School helps you create a clear, visually appealing syllabus in less time—so you can focus on what really matters: building a strong foundation for your class. Perfect for the first week of school, this editable PowerPoint template allows you to customize your course information quickly and easily. While the layout and headings provide structure, all
Preview of Winter Holiday Maker Space Writing Project

Winter Holiday Maker Space Writing Project

HOLIDAY WRITING FREEBIE! I hope this helps take some stress out of your holiday season. Holiday creative writing projects help keep students (and teachers) going during the busy month of December. If you want happy, engaged students in the build up to winter break, this engaging unit can help. I was inspired by the amazing book Make Writing, by Angela Stockman, to create a series of ELA maker space projects. First, students make something using art or maker materials. Then, they write about it
Preview of Harry Potter Board Game Final Project (editable)

Harry Potter Board Game Final Project (editable)

Wrap up your novel study with this Harry Potter board game final project, a creative and collaborative way for students to demonstrate their understanding of the text. This engaging assignment challenges students to design a playable board game that reflects key plot points, characters, themes, and vocabulary from the Harry Potter series. The project encourages critical thinking, group collaboration, and textual analysis — all while giving students a fun, memorable way to review what they’ve re
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Experience

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