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Miss Rushek

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ACT Reading Test Prep - Making Generalizations and Drawing Conclusions

By Miss Rushek

I created these materials for my lower-mid level students to prepare for the reading portion of the ACT. They were lowest in the standard of Generalizations and Conclusions, and I realized it was because they couldn't connect their natural

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$3.99

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Colons/Semi Colons Quiz in ACT Style

By Miss Rushek

This is an ACT-style quiz over Colon and Semi-Colon usage that I used with my Junior College Prep/ACT Prep course. I find it useful to quiz them in the format in which they will be tested. The subject of the reading is Kwanzaa, and is altered from

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Test Preparation

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Cultural Activities

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Commas With Subordinate Clauses Practice Worksheet

By Miss Rushek

This is a worksheet I created to help with Commas with Subordinate clauses using the ABBI SAW A WUWU dependent markers. It is intended to be printed on legal size paper, but could be two pages if using letter. I use this with my 11th grade grammar

Subjects:

Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

L.8.2a, L.9-10.1b

$1.50

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Self-Monitoring "Four Before Me" Behaviour Reduction Checklist

By Miss Rushek

This checklist is for a student who seeks attention from peers and teachers through calling out, interrupting, and dominating class participation. It based on the principals of Positive Behaviour Supports with Applied Behaviour Analysis; teaching

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

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Apostrophes - Plural, Possessive, or Possessive Plural Worksheet

By Miss Rushek

This worksheet I use to help with apostrophes before the ACT English portion in reference to possessive, plural, or possessive plural. I use this in 11th grade but it SHOULD be used much earlier :)

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

$1.00

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ACT Style Colons and Semi Colons Quiz

By Miss Rushek

This is an ACT-style quiz over Colon and Semi-Colon usage that I use with my Junior College Prep/ACT Prep course. I find it useful to quiz them in the format in which they will be tested. The subject of the reading is Kwanzaa, and is altered from

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Test Preparation

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Cultural Activities

$1.50

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Graphic Organizer for Textual Evidence Body Paragraphs

By Miss Rushek

My students have problems writing good analyses after inserting a quote in their body paragraphs. This organizer has helped my freshmen to my AP Language students write more effective text-to-text body paragraphs. It offers those probing question

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Colons and Semi Colons Quiz

By Miss Rushek

This is a two-sided colon usage and semi-colon usage quiz. I use this in my College Prep/ACT Prep course for high school juniors. This could go for any grade level, however.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

$1.99

Digital Download PDF (0.31 MB)

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ACT Review Jeopardy Game

By Miss Rushek

This is a great Jeopardy template that I modified using Power Point. Daily Doubles, Sound effects, etc. The kids LOVE it! You can easily change the information within the slides and it can be used for any test review. This one is specifically an

Subjects:

Science, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Games

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Digital Download PPT (9.27 MB)

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Apostrophe Catastrophe SMARTBoard Activity

By Miss Rushek

This is a 30-slide flipchart "game" that takes pictures of misused apostrophes in the "real world" for students to find and fix the mistake. I used them in my high school English/Grammar classroom when I realized they were commonly confusing the

Subjects:

Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Activboard Activities

$1.99

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Apostrophes Possessive Pronoun Worksheet

By Miss Rushek

I use this as a refresher for my 11th graders before the ACT English, but it should be used MUCH earlier in my opinion :) It teaches and reminds students the difference between it's and its, your and you're and there and they're in a practice

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

$1.00

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AP Language Tropes Resource Chart for Students

By Miss Rushek

This chart is partially filled out with examples of tropes from differing texts. The rest are blank for students to fill in throughout the readings of the course or unit. This is a valuable study resource for the AP Language Test.

Subjects:

English, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes

$1.25

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Independent v. Dependent Clause Quiz

By Miss Rushek

This 10 question multiple-choice quiz focuses on Independent v. Dependent clauses looking at the ABBI SAW A WUWU dependent clause markers. I use with my 11th grade Grammar course, but it can be utilized much earlier with some sentence tweaking for

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

CCSS:

L.7.1a, L.9-10.1b

$1.00

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Behavior Modification Chart

By Miss Rushek

This is a student-centered Behavior Modification Chart that is based one the A-B-C-s of Functional Behavior Analysis (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence). The goal of this chart is to help the student pinpoint the reasoning behind his or her actions

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For Administrators, School Psychology

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Classroom Forms, Graphic Organizers, For Principals & Administrators

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (0.08 MB)

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Jeopardy Review Game Template

By Miss Rushek

This Jeopardy Review Game Template is blank, hyperlinked, and includes sounds, giphy's graphics, and two daily doubles. It is in PowerPoint format.

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Test Preparation

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Games

$2.99

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ACT English Strategy Recap Presentation

By Miss Rushek

If you are a teacher that is, say, held accountable by students' ACT scores on the English portion, despite your feelings toward this issue, here is a quick and easy ACT English portion strategy recap powerpoint presentation. This will work best if

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Test Preparation

Grades:

11^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

$1.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching in Chicago Public Schools for the last seven years, and have loved (almost) every challenging minute of it!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Creative and enthusiastic

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Golden Apple Teacher of Distinction; Quality Core English High School Professional Development Provider

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Iowa, English University of Iowa, MAT English Education

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