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Macbeth Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy Review Game

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Personalized License Plates First Day Icebreaker Activity

By Ryan Reeves

This is a simple, yet fun, activity where students create a personalized license plate as a way to introduce themselves to you and their classmates at the beginning of the school year or a new semester. The file includes customizable and pdf

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subjects

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

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Activities, Handouts, Bulletin Board Ideas

$1.50

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The Great Gatsby Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy Novel Review Activity / Game

By Ryan Reeves

In addition to being a Common Core State Standards text exemplar, The Great Gatsby is also making a comeback with a new movie version starring Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013. This PowerPoint includes a Jeopardy-type review game focusing on Chapters 1-5

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Tools for Common Core

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

$6.99

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Introduction to Shakespeare, Macbeth and the Macbeth Curse

By Ryan Reeves

There are a lot of reasons why Macbeth is my favorite Shakespeare play to teach. Not only because it’s the shortest, but also because it has a lot of elements that today’s teens seem to need to be interested in anything: violence! It also has a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Tools for Common Core

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Journalism / Newspaper Staff Handbook Plus Bonus

By Ryan Reeves

These activities could be everything you need for a journalism course or class. Based on over 10 years of experience, the materials are taken from many different resources plus my original creations into: a 69-page staff handout covering almost all

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English Language Arts, Journalism, Writing

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Handouts

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Ender's Game Simulation -- Pre-reading Group Project

By Ryan Reeves

This is a simulation based on the premise of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. In groups, students are given the same basic scenario as the beginning of the book and are asked to formulate a plan to save the world. This combines a group project

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Reading, Literature, Writing

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

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Activities, Handouts

$4.00

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Introduction to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Culture Activity

By Ryan Reeves

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is my all-time favorite novel! It is the ONE novel that I have taught every single year for 18 years. I can’t get enough! While the novel is almost 200 years old, it has NEVER been out of print! Frankenstein is also a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Tools for Common Core

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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Projects, Activities, Handouts

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Frankenstein Multigenre Research Project

By Ryan Reeves

This research project combines traditional research and expository writing with student choice and creativity as students practice applying themes from classic literature (Frankenstein) to issues today. This activity includes the customizable

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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Research, Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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Brief History of Journalism and Newspapers

By Ryan Reeves

Although journalism students are anxious to get writing, I believe it's important to give them a bit of the history of journalism so they understand and learn to appreciate the traditions of the past. This is a short presentation that will help give

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English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Other (Specialty)

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Multigenre Presentation -- Get to Know You w/Student Examples

By Ryan Reeves

One of my favorite types of projects/presentations is the multi genre, developed by Tom Romano. I use these for a lot of different purposes. This presentation would be effective as a beginning-of-the-year "get to know you" project, or as an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Life Skills

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

$4.00

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CCSS Aligned Grade 8 Reading Informational Text and Language Assessment Practice

By Ryan Reeves

This activity includes John Adams’ Letter on Jefferson, one of the CCSS Grades 6-8 text exemplars, as the reading passage. The activity presents 14 different practice assessment questions closely aligned to some of the Reading Information Text (RI)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

8^th

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Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, L.8.1b, L.8.4c

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CCSS Aligned Grade 7 Reading Informational Text and Language Assessment Practice

By Ryan Reeves

This activity includes John Adams’ Letter on Jefferson, one of the CCSS Grades 6-8 text exemplars, as the reading passage. The activity presents 19 different practice assessment questions closely aligned to some of the Reading Information Text (RI)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text

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7^th

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Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.4, L.7.1b, L.7.2, L.7.4c

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Rock Poetry (Creative Writing/Poetry Activity--Students' Favorite!)

By Ryan Reeves

This is always one of my students' favorite activities of the entire year. It is a poetry writing activity that could be used as an introduction to a poetry unit, a creative writing unit, or as an object lesson about the power of getting to know

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, ...

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$3.00

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Multigenre Research Paper / Project and Student Models

By Ryan Reeves

With the increased emphasis on informational text in the common core, I enjoy adding a multigenre approach more and more. This research paper takes the traditional research process but allows students choice and creativity in how they present their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, English

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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Phineas Gage -- Creative Learning Activities (Student Examples Included!)

By Ryan Reeves

The story of Phineas Gage is one of my favorites to share with my students, because the life of Phineas Gage and how the injury dramatically changed it really interests the students and keeps their attention. I use the book, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Informational Text

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Grades 11/12 CCSS (Common Core) Differentiated Instruction Unit: Hyphens

By Ryan Reeves

One of the challenges of the new common core standards is that some students will have already learned some of the concepts due to where they were in previous years. One way to help maximize learning time is to differentiate instruction, giving

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

L.11-12.2, L.11-12.2a

$5.00

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven + The Greatest Showman Argument Essay

By Ryan Reeves

My students always enjoy reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. As I’m always looking for new ways to teach the standards, I created this argument essay assignment addressing society’s treatment of those with physical

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

$3.00

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Cars Connotation SMARTBoard Activity AND Group Activity

By Ryan Reeves

*NOTE: This item now includes a Powerpoint version of the SMARTBoard lesson.-- I have put this together from a number of ideas/sources using car names to teach connotation. This is a engaging way to teach connotation: using car names. The SMARTBoard

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$3.00

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Grade 6 CCSS Aligned Informational Text and Assessment Practice

By Ryan Reeves

This activity includes John Adams’ Letter on Jefferson, one of the CCSS Grades 6-8 text exemplars, as the reading passage. The activity presents 16 different practice assessment questions closely aligned to some of the Reading Information Text (RI)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.4, L.6.1a, L.6.1b, L.6.3a

$4.00

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"This Is Life" Poster -- Life Rules / Journal and Discussion Starters

By Ryan Reeves

This is an 8.5 X 11 poster that can be customized (Word version), or printed as-is (PDF version). The poster includes 12 "life rules" that have broad appeal. This is a good beginning of the school year poster that can be printed much larger at local

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Back to School

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Posters

$2.00

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Data-Informed Writing Assessment Activity for CCSS Practice

By Ryan Reeves

We know students need to write more, but making the time to give them feedback is always a challenge. The Data-Informed Writing Assessment activity allows you to involve students in writing more and tracking their own progress. This is a YEAR-LONG

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Handouts

$7.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

High school (1995-2007): senior English; junior English; German I, II, III, AP; Communication 2000, journalism. Newspaper adviser, class adviser, club adviser, accreditation chair (twice). Middle school (2007-present): ninth grade language arts and ninth grade honors language arts. Department chair, staff developer, head academic data coach.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Flipped Classroom Differentiation Data-Informed Classroom

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Washington County School District Teacher Team of the Year (2009) Superintendent's Award for Excellence (2007)

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA in English (1995) BA in German (1995) Gifted/Talented Education endorsement (2012) M.Ed. (2013)

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