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Mark Taylor is a professional writer, a TEA-certified teacher of grades EC-12, a college professor, a graphic designer, a composer, and an historian all rolled up into one guy! Before becoming an educator, Mark spent 20 years running his own marketing company, TaylorCreative. As a teacher of both elementary and middle school students and college undergraduates, Mark put his talents to work to make learning a little more hands-on to increase active cognitive engagement.
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STAAR Writing Passage — "CandyLand"
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In this STAAR practice passage, students read a short passage about the board game, Candy Land, and then answer five STAAR formatted revise & edit questions about the passage. Questions practice main idea & supporting details, pronoun usage, and conclusion statements. Included:
—Passage w/ questions (students circle the answers)
—Passage w/ answer blanks (teacher posts questions around the room, so stu
4th
Writing
Alamo Package (Crossword, Timeline, Review & Test)
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If you need a one-week set of materials for teaching about the Battle of the Alamo, this is what you need! This set contains:
-Timeline with summary questions (the answers spell a hidden word)
-Crossword puzzle
-Review sheet
-Test (divided into who, what, where, when sections; multiple choice)
This package includes answer keys for all documents. This is quick and easy, and covers all the main people,
4th - 7th
Other (Social Studies), Social Studies, U.S. History
Civil War Causes: Vocabulary Pack/Analogies/Organizers/Handouts/Presentation
You've never seen a package like this! This includes a dozen vocabulary words to introduce CAUSES of the Civil War. Choose the format of your organizer based on class time available and student ability. The package includes an analogy activity that you can choose to do BEFORE introducing the vocab (for higher level students) or AFTER introducing the vocab (lower level students). The PDF includes presentation pages you can display; print the definition pages and post them around the room, then ha
4th - 8th
Other (Social Studies), Social Studies, U.S. History
WWI Project: Texans In The Great War Questions, Quiz, and Book Jacket Project
This is an all-in-one WWI package specifically designed to encourage higher order thinking! This PDF download includes the following: -Presentation slides about Texans in WWI -Biographies of famous Texans from WWI -Activity Instruction Sheet w/ project checklist -Question (short answer) page to go with the presentation slides and bios -Book Jacket project (students create a book jacket to go with one of the bios) -WWI quiz with easy-to-use "quick grade" answer key The bios and question/answer sh
4th - 11th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, U.S. History
Causes of the Civil War Quiz Package (3 Quizzes + Review Sheet)
Need to quiz your students on the Causes of the Civil War vocabulary? Need to grade it fast and easy? No problem!
These quizzes are a half-page (mounted 2-up), so they don't use much paper! Here's what's in the package:
-Definitions Quiz: students match the word to the definition; multiple choice (12 questions)
-Context Quiz: students match the word to the context sentence; multiple choice (12 questions)
-Notes Quiz (2-sided): students sort NORTH or SOUTH and list five causes of the Civil War;
4th - 8th
Other (Social Studies), Social Studies, U.S. History
Economic-Political-Social Posters for U.S. History & Government
Your students MUST know the difference between economic, political, and social reasons, causes, and effects. Why not help them learn to mark their warm-up questions and test questions by having them draw these simple symbols anytime they see something in a question that cues them to one of these areas? Keep these posters up all year, even right up on your white board. Project questions on the screen and show students how to use these symbols to mark their questions to help them engage with the c
5th - 11th
Social Studies, U.S. History, World History
Hot Date Posters for U.S. History
Display the six major dates that students need to remember for early U.S. History:
1607 (Jamestown), 1620 (Plymouth), 1776 (Declaration of Independence), 1787 (U.S. Constitution), 1803 (Louisiana Purchase), 1861-1865 (Civil War)
These colorful posters each have the date and the main reason students need to remember that date so they can see it all year and be reminded every single day.
There are six different posters, each 13x19. You can print them out in color on card stock at your local co
5th - 11th
Government, Social Studies, U.S. History
Government Vocabulary Quiz (2 versions; answer keys included!)
This 14-question quiz assesses student knowledge of 14 government related vocabulary terms. There's an alternate version for students who need to retake and there's an answer key that will make your grading soooooo fast! (The answer spells a word that students will never know or guess at if you read from the bottom up.) You will love how quick and easy it is to use and grade!
4th - 8th
Government, Other (Social Studies), Social Studies
Leap Day Passage w/ Questions
This fun passage is about February 29th, also known as "Leap Day!" It includes facts about Leap Day traditions around the world and even some Leap Day math. It includes five questions. Directions have been left off so that you can tailor the questions for your students. You can have them answer all, or just pick one or two questions, etc.
4th - 7th
English Language Arts, Other (Social Studies), Social Studies
Branches of Government Quiz and Answer Key
This 10-question quiz will assess student knowledge of the three branches. Answer key is included.
4th - 8th
Government, Social Studies, U.S. History
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About the store
Experience
Mark Taylor is a professional writer, a TEA-certified teacher of grades EC-12, a college professor, a graphic designer, a composer, and an historian all rolled up into one guy! Before becoming an educator, Mark spent 20 years running his own marketing company, TaylorCreative. As a teacher of both elementary and middle school students and college undergraduates, Mark put his talents to work to make learning a little more hands-on to increase active cognitive engagement.
Teaching style
Hands-on; active; lots of student collaboration
Awards & shining teacher moments
Numerous awards from the International Association of Business Communicators, Communicator Awards, Telly Awards, Silver Quill Awards and more.
My own education history
B.S. in Ag Journalism, Texas A&M University
M.S. in Ag Education/Adult Education, Texas A&M University
Doctoral Studies in Educational Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University
Additional graduate studies in literature, Texas A&M University
Additional graduate studies in music, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Additional biographical information
Mark Taylor grew up on a farm in the small, farming community of Webberville, Texas, on the outskirts of Austin. After graduating from Texas A&M University, Mark work in radio for five years as a station manager for KAGC radio in Bryan, Texas and as a reporter/studio engineer for the USA Radio Network in Carrollton, Texas. His marketing background includes marketing director positions for two manufacturers, communications director for a school district, and his own experience as a self-employed marketing consultant and free lance writer. He lives in College Station, Texas with his wife, Beverly, who is also a career educator. He currently teaches Texas History for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. He is also a part-time instructor for Blinn College.
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