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*Personal Narrative Unit

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This comprehensive, 24-lesson, 200+ page unit has everything you need to empower your students to speak their stories, find their voice, and create something they're proud to share. Perfect as a first unit of the year, or any other time of the year,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Unit Plans, Handouts, Lesson

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W.8.3, W.8.3a, W.8.3b, W.8.3c, W.8.3d, W.8.3e, W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, W.8.10, L.3.1i...

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Argumentative Writing Unit - Middle School

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25 CCSS-aligned lessons walking students through writing passionate argumentative letters about an issue they care most about, one letter of which they will mail at the end of the unit. The unit begins by exploring how teen activists have changed

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Unit Plans, Lesson

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W.8.1, W.8.1a, W.8.1b, W.8.1c, W.8.1d, W.8.1e, W.8.2, W.8.2a, W.8.2b, W.8.2c, W.8.2e...

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Brainstorming Choice Topics

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So, you want to have students write about what they care about--but how do you get them to come up with an idea? This 2-day lesson challenges students to identify problems in their community and the world that they care deeply about. The first day,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.4

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Speech Gallery Walk Lesson Plan

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We hardly get it right in the first go, so why should we expect our students? This lesson plan prepares students to perform a speech, slam poem, presentation, or any other type of scary performance before the actual day. This lesson plan takes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

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Activities, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

SL.7.4, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.SL.4, WHST.6-8.5

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Peer Feedback Lesson Pack

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Wondering how to teach your students to give thoughtful, meaningful feedback on their writing, but not sure how? Productive peer conferences do not happen automatically, and it is a difficult skill to teach. It's no wonder that they can lead so

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.4, CCRA.L.3

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Slam Poetry Mini Unit

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Looking to add slam poetry to your poetry unit, but too swamped to plan it out? I’ve got you covered. This one-week slam poetry mini-unit is designed to be inserted into your poetry unit, and is packed with 5 days of my best slam poetry lesson

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.4, W.6.3a, W.6.3d, W.6.3e, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10...

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Slam Poetry Unit Plan--Middle-High School

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Push students to write, revise, and publish multiple slam poems with this packed Slam Poetry Unit. Lesson plans built around thematically-curated, school-appropriate slam poems will challenge students' notions of poetry AND identity, encouraging

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.4, RI.6.5, RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.4, RI.7.5...

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Study Habit Log

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A log for students to set a GPA goal, log steps they've taken that week to work towards it (aka, study skills), and create goals for themselves in the coming week--with a space at the bottom for both the student and their guardian to sign. It is

Subjects:

Study Skills

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, For Parents, Lesson

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GPA Goal Bundle

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The Student GPA Success Bundle is PERFECT for Study Hall, Homeroom, AVID, counseling or any other time you are facilitating student reflection on their performance across classes. The Student GPA Success Log is a packet of resources I’ve developed

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Study Skills

Grades:

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

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Handouts, For Parents, Lesson

$6.00

$4.99

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

6 years teaching experience: 2 years-8th grade Writing, 7th grade Writing, and 6th Grade AVID 2 years-6th grade Writing and 6th grade AVID | 2 years-Teacher Coach Student taught in high school setting: Sophomore English and Senior Creative Writing

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in hands-on learning with authentic tasks, embedding skill lessons in units that focus on empowering student voices.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

2015 IACTE Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award (Illinois Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) | Sponsor and Co-Founder of school's literary arts magazine, which earned a rating of Excellent by the National Council of Teachers of English | University of Illinois Bronze Tablet scholar--denoting that I graduated in the top 3% of my class

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Graduated with Bachelors in English and Secondary Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 | Graduated with Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with ESL/Bilingual Education concentration in August 2017 Endorsed to teach: English Language Arts: 6-12 Spanish: 6-12 Social Studies: 6-8 ESL 6-12

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Specialty, Science, Social Studies, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Study Skills, Writing, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry