Teaching from Scratch
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Duluth, Georgia, United States
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Teaching History
2 year of high school Theatre Arts
1 year of high school ESL
9 years of middle school Language Arts
5 years of middle school ESL
3 years coteaching middle school Social Studies
3 years of elementary ESL
I absolutely love my job and my students. I hope you can benefit from all of my hard work and experience. I make almost everything that I use in my classes.
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Characterization Notes for Middle School Language Arts classes
I made these for my middle school ELA classes, but this could also be appropriate for 5th or 9th grade ELA classes too.
Literary Terms explained: characterization, protagonist, antagonist, dynamic character, static character.
The notes also explain the five methods an author uses to develop his/her characters, which is in an easy-to-remember acronym!
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary
CCSS
RL.6.3
, RL.6.6
, RL.7.3
+3
Figurative Language Notes for Language Arts classes
These are the notes I use with my middle school Language Arts classes. They not only provide definitions for each of the terms, but also explanation and examples.
Literary Terms defined: figurative language, idiom, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, imagery, onomatopoeia, alliteration
Ready to use! And if you like this, you will like my Figurative Language Quiz, designed specifically to go with these notes. :)
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
CCSS
RL.6.4
, RL.7.4
, RL.8.4
Theme Notes for Language Arts class
Students always seem to struggle with theme. This one page of notes gives easily accessible examples. It explains what theme is not. It gives a list of common themes in literature. It explains how themes make literature timeless and universal. This has really helped my 6th and 7th graders grasp theme.
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RL.5.2
, RL.6.2
, RL.7.2
+1
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Experience
Teaching History
2 year of high school Theatre Arts
1 year of high school ESL
9 years of middle school Language Arts
5 years of middle school ESL
3 years coteaching middle school Social Studies
3 years of elementary ESL
I absolutely love my job and my students. I hope you can benefit from all of my hard work and experience. I make almost everything that I use in my classes.
Teaching style
I'll try anything once! You have to think outside of the box in this job and that's how I function. I believe that you can have rigor and fun at the same time.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I organize and present lots of staff development seminars at my school. I've been privately contracted by our school system the past few summers to do curriculum mapping and resource creation, which I love!
My own education history
B.S. in Theatre Arts Education from East Carolina University
minor in English
NC Teaching Licenses in:
Language Arts 6-9
Gifted K-12
English for Speakers of Other Languages K-12
Theatre Arts K-12
Additional biographical information
I'm the mother of a 6th grader. I'm a native English speaker, I learned Spanish in school, and I'm currently learning Serbian.
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