Teaching While Catfeinated
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West Midlands, United Kingdom
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I've been working in the classroom for nearly twelve years. I started out as a Teaching Assistant to my favourite English teacher, when I was sixteen, and then immediately began working as a substitute teacher while I worked toward my degrees in English-American Literature and Secondary English Education. Once I earned my BA, in 2013, I began teaching full time at the High School level.
I took a year off to emmigrate to the United Kingdom, and I am currently working in England at the Middle School level.
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Discussion Guide
Designed as a teacher's guide for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot. Complete with a teacher's guide and a student's guide.
11th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
Author's Style Checklist
A 1-sheet handout designed to help students break down the different elements that make up author's style. Students can use this sheet to help formulate responses for any question pertaining to author's style.
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
"To My Dear and Loving Husband" Class Discussion
A student hand out and teacher's guide for "To My Dear and Loving Husband" designed to help students read poetry that seems difficult at a glance, and to guide teachers who haven't taught the poem before (or want to do something a little different!).
11th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
Elements of Fiction Notes Packet
An all purpose PowerPoint designed to be a crash course/review of the basic elements of fiction. Includes extensive coverage of: Setting, Character/Characterization, Plot/Conflict, Point of View, Theme, and Symbolism. Provides basic coverage of 8 additional elements. Packet includes a PowerPoint and 2 sets of notes: one for beginners (cloze note style), and one for intermediate level students--perfect for diverse instruction.
8th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
The Great Gatsby & Winter Dreams Essay
Materials for a week long assignment, for which students will write an essay comparing the short story "Winter Dreams" to THE GREAT GATSBY.
I use this in my lower level classes, which wouldn't be able to produce quality comparison analyses or answer the higher level questions for consideration (linked below).
Folder includes instructions, grading criteria, the Design Question 4 handout, links to online material, etc.
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11th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays
Transcendentalism Cloze Notes & PPT Pack
A quick PowerPoint & accompanying cloze notes that review the basics of Transcendentalism, Romanticism, and Individualism.
10th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature
Invictus Class Discussion Guide
A brief overview of William Ernest Henley's "Invictus" complete with a student hand out, comprehension questions, teacher's discussion guide, and common core standards.
12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
How to Read a Poem
This guide will give students step-by-step instructions for how to read a poem. It includes guiding questions, things to look out for, suggestions for things to make notes on and take note of, and reminders to look for literary devices that may help students understand what they are reading.
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
Shakespeare's Language Made Easy
A quick worksheet that guides students through Early Modern English. The worksheet gives students the ability to familiarize themselves with EModE by having them read and translate a segment of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Page 2 of the worksheet gives students a few tips and tricks for tackling Shakespeare's language.
9th - 12th
Drama, English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
RL.9-10.9
, RL.11-12.4
, RL.11-12.10
 +3
Weekly Vocabulary (GLEA)
GLEA: Greek Root, Latin Phrase, Eponym & Allusion.
This assignment is a fantastic way to improve your students' foundation vocabulary and literary knowledge as well as their research skills on a weekly basis. The rubric provides an example of a completed GLEA, and answers the inevitable, "What if I'm absent?" question.
This is a great addition to an interactive notebook or binder.
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary
CCSS
CCRA.L.4
, CCRA.L.5
, CCRA.L.6
"Rebecca" Discussion Questions
A selection of questions for Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" designed to be preparation for a Socratic seminar.
12th
English Language Arts, Literature
Richard Corey Class Discussion Guide
A handout for students, and a reference sheet for teachers. Includes questions to ask while reading with the class, and a short activity helping students break down the poem on their own.
9th - 12th
English Language Arts
The Great Gatsby Reading Journal
Originally designed as part of a supplementary hand outs packet for the Modernist unit I teach, this handout provides a "deeper thinking" alternative to comprehension quizzes for the chapters in The Great Gatsby.
In addition to the rubric, there is a handout which you can give to students as part of differentiated instruction. I have found this to be particularly useful for students who struggle to organize their work, and higher level ESOL students.
11th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature
Hands (Sherwood Anderson) Discussion Questions
A collection of questions designed to help students work through the short story "Hands" by Sherwood Anderson. This can be used as a comprehension guide, a preparation for a Socratic Seminar for your students who have a hard time developing their own questions for class discussions, or even a guide for a Jigsaw-esque activity, if you set the students in groups and have them work together to answer the each set of questions.
11th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Active Reading Bookmark
Cut this paper in half and give it to your students so that they always have a series of simple questions that will help them understand and interact with their text.
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading
Reader Response Guidelines
A comprehensive student checklist for writing a Reader Response that requires text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connections. includes an FAQ designed to help students identify which connection they want to make in their response, and how to avoid summarizing. Gives complete freedom to instructor for how many points each component is worth.
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading, Writing-Essays
CCSS
CCRA.W.10
Author's Purpose Flow Chart
Demonstrates to students how elements of text such as imagery, word choice, tone, and structure feed into the main idea and author's purpose. A fantastic tool to give students who are struggling with extended responses or identifying author's purpose.
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
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About the store
Experience
I've been working in the classroom for nearly twelve years. I started out as a Teaching Assistant to my favourite English teacher, when I was sixteen, and then immediately began working as a substitute teacher while I worked toward my degrees in English-American Literature and Secondary English Education. Once I earned my BA, in 2013, I began teaching full time at the High School level.
I took a year off to emmigrate to the United Kingdom, and I am currently working in England at the Middle School level.
Teaching style
Reciprocal, student based learning, & Socratic instruction, outlined w/ Marzano Domain 1.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Consistently awarded Highly Effective according to Marzano evaluations.
My own education history
Alumna of University of South Florida
Additional biographical information
Teaching While Catfeinated was started as an excuse to polish up some of my existing lesson plans, and to make a bit of extra money during my move from the US to the UK.
I miss the American curriculum a great deal, and use TWC as my excuse to percolate new ideas for literature not on the UK curriculum, and not suitable for the age group I'm currently teaching.
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