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Laura Thompson

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Lessons specifically designed for students who are less than enthused to work on English from a teacher who thought she was going to teach anything BUT English.

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ESL, SpEd The Outsiders complete book unit with chapter assignments and warm ups

By Laura Thompson

Specifically designed for ESL and SpEd students, this covers each chapter of the book with an activity that is consistent to make sure it's familiar but also has new extended reasoning activities for each chapter. There's space on each page either

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Independent Work Packet

$8.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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How American Art was Changed by the Vietnam War project

By Laura Thompson

Research project that doesn't feel like research. Starting with a web quest to establish context, the project then goes into the draft to provide context to the war itself. From there, students can research books, movies and television, or music and

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, PowerPoint Presentations, Internet Activities

$5.00

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Dystopia Unit

By Laura Thompson

Dystopian unit that includes a short story literary analysis, students using extended reasoning to identify dystopias they have already seen in media, and a creative project that allows students to create a dystopian world of their own by building

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Independent Work Packet

$10.00

$9.00

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The Handmaid's Tale Reading Questions

By Laura Thompson

All the reading questions are in order of the book and a mix of comprehension questions and questions for deeper understanding. The questions are also divided up by section of the book to make for easy planning on the calendar. Easy to use to

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Guided Reading Books, Independent Work Packet

$3.50

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DIY Dystopia: Reading, Analyzing, and Creative Writing Project

By Laura Thompson

Multi-day project that has students watch clips from dystopian movies and read dystopian stories and evaluate and explain which would be worse to live through. After seeing different dystopias, there's a blueprint to work with that has students

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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Identifying Dystopias: Activity to help students identify and explain dystopias

By Laura Thompson

Originally made for advanced sophomore English but can be adapted used for almost any levels. It starts with a Ted Talk and questions to establish understanding and then moves into extended reasoning with students connecting to dystopias they've

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

$3.00

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Google Slides™

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Halloween Argumentative Project

By Laura Thompson

Halloween has had some serious budget cuts and now it's up to your students to decide if a monster should be saved or sacrificed. Your class will be divided into teams and each team will be assigned a monster to either save or sacrifice. That means

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities, Lesson

$2.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Harrison Bergeron: Story and Lit Analysis Chart for Close Reading

By Laura Thompson

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut and a literary analysis chart to help students find text evidence, understand the story, and focus on author's purpose. Ties well into a dystopian unit and has the short film, 2081, available on youtube. Literary

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$2.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Apply Texas Essays A and B materials

By Laura Thompson

This bundle includes an example essay for both A and B, a graphic organizer to analyze the example essays, and two graphic organizers to create a first draft of he college essay for both A and B and a bonus page to help students narrow down topics

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

12^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

$4.50

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100 Word Memoir Writing Practice

By Laura Thompson

Finding a way to get students writing after a summer off is never easy so adding a word limit is a good way into making the first assignment less intimidating. This assignment has two examples, one weak and one strong, with both labeled. Both

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Independent Work Packet, Lesson

$2.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Apply Texas Essay A materials

By Laura Thompson

For teachers on seniors here in Texas, this set includes an example essay, a graphic organizer to help students closely read and analyze the example essay, and a different graphic organizer to help students write a first draft. Putting pen to paper

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

12^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Independent Work Packet

$2.50

Online Resource
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The absolute best reading strategy for reluctant readers in secondary

By Laura Thompson

This strategy was made for STAAR retesters in Texas, home of over-testing, and specifically gives skills for secondary students to read and be able to answer standardized test questions. Oftentimes secondary teachers are to what to teach but now how

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Scripts, Professional Development

$8.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Appositive Phrases Bundle

By Laura Thompson

Includes notes to introduce appositive phrases, an assessment based on identifying and writing appositive phrases, and a follow up that uses creative writing to make sure students retain what an appositive phrase is and how to use it.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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$3.15

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College Essay Pre-Writing Activity: Break up Letter for your English 3 teacher

By Laura Thompson

Specifically made for seniors, this assignment pushes kids out of their comfort zone and establishes that senior year is it's own distinct animal. The college essay is weird, uncomfortable, and requires some mental gymnastics. So this assignment is

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

12^th

Types:

Activities

$1.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Lord of the Flies - character match quiz for pre-reading activity

By Laura Thompson

Designed for before starting the reading, this google slides is meant to be direct taught. Have students take note of which answer best fits them (they tend to struggle with choosing just one so the best advice is to go with gut reaction). They keep

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Literature Circles

$1.50

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Appositive Phrase Intro/Notes/Examples

By Laura Thompson

Google slides introduction to appositive phrases that includes multiple examples, a chance to identify appositive phrases in sentences, and practice combining sentences to use appositive phrases. Background from SlidesGo.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Lectures, Lesson

$1.50

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Google Slides™

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Apply Texas Essays - planner, example, and evaluation page

By Laura Thompson

This includes a planning page that gets the hardest part out of the way: putting the initial idea on paper. The categories break down the overarching ideas of a college essay and include a section for teacher feedback that can be done in writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$2.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Rolling Stone article - "Everyone Will Remember Me as Some Sort of Monster"

By Laura Thompson

Article and close reading questions for the 2008 Rolling Stone article "Everyone Will Remember Me as Some Sort of Monster" by Mark Boal. I got the article years ago from another teacher and saved it but have been unable to find it online since. I

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Argumentative Essay Outline with Research

By Laura Thompson

Originally designed for co-teach students who need added structure, this outline is designed to be used for any argumentative essay topic and includes specific reminders on how and where to add evidence. Set up as a 5 paragraph essay (intro, 3

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Outlines, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.1

$5.00

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Google Docs™

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Literary Devices - notes, student made book, and applications

By Laura Thompson

Literary devices need to be seen in action to really make sure that students process it and this folder has all that you need to set the foundation. There are notes that are half filled (so that students have to find half their own definitions), a

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$2.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

High school teacher since fall 2011. I've worked with students in alternative placement, taught Social Studies, tested classes for English, and senior English.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I'm a big fan of project based learning, small group work, and lessons where students don't know that they're doing work.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. in History with a teaching certification from the University of North Texas and M.Ed. in Literacy Studies from The University of Texas Arlington.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I'm also a wife, mom, and someone who is teaching with ADHD.