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Tell-Tale Heart Debate - Sane or Insane?

By Literacy Lunatic

This debate stems from the 1843 classic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart". It is designed for students to be using text evidence to determine if the narrator was insane or sane, depending on which side they are supporting. The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, SL.7.3, SL.7.4

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Book Cafe or Book Tasting Menu

By Literacy Lunatic

This menu was created for a Book Cafe or a Book Tasting. There is an Appetizer (4 minutes of preview), a Main Course (4 minutes of discussion) and a Dessert (reflection - not included).

Subjects:

Reading, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.6.1, SL.6.1

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Preamble to the Constitution Activity

By Literacy Lunatic

This activity involves students taking passages of the preamble, putting them into their own words, and giving an example of how they see it today. The students can word individually or in groups. At the end of the activity, students will reflect on

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RH.6-8.2, RH.9-10.4

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Compare/Contrast Paragraph Writing

By Literacy Lunatic

This is a week long lesson about what compare/contrast paragraphs are and how to write them. This lesson comes with a 12 page SMART notebook file, a rubric, a top hat organizer, and an article. The lesson includes: - Notes - Signal words - Example

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.6.2a, W.6.2c, W.6.2f, CCRA.W.4

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Debate Graphic Organizer

By Literacy Lunatic

This document is designed to help students gather notes to prepare for a class debate. It includes boxes for students to write three claims, two pieces of evidence for those claims, and a warrant (proving how the evidence supports the claim). On

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.6.7, RI.6.8, RI.7.7, RI.7.8, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b

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How-To Paragraph Writing

By Literacy Lunatic

This week long lesson plan is designed to show what a How-To paragraph is and how to write one. There are three activities that go along with the unit. Recipe: Students will watch a video on how to make a recipe and write down the process. Lego:

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

CCSS:

W.6.2c, W.6.2d, W.6.4

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Parts of Speech Packet

By Literacy Lunatic

This packet consists of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. There is a note sheet along with a worksheet to practice each part of speech. I have the students paste the note sheet in their Writer's Notebook for a reference. It can easily

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.L.5

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Book Club Resources

By Literacy Lunatic

This zipped folder includes seven word documents to guide a book club session with your class. Easily editable for different grade levels. It includes:- Book Club Contract (the group of students create their own norms for their book club

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Centers

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.8.1, RL.8.2

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Later School Start Time Debate

By Literacy Lunatic

This zipped folder includes various resources to hold a classroom debate about later school start times. The folder includes a debate rubric, two outlines, and some thinking points to help students with their research. Students will research their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Outlines, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.6.1a, W.6.1b, SL.6.4, SL.6.5

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Geography Features Prezi

By Literacy Lunatic

This Prezi introduces 39 Physical Geography features, a definition, and a picture for each one. Terms such as Isthmus, Badlands, Geyser, Mesa, River, Delta, and many more. There are 145 slides in this Prezi. This fun interactive way to learn

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Geography

Grades:

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

Types:

Prezis

CCSS:

RH.6-8.4

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The Call of the Wild Vocabulary

By Literacy Lunatic

Jack London's, The Call of the Wild, has a high vocabulary level throughout the book. This vocabulary packet includes a passage from the novel, what chapter it is from, and has students using context clues to guess what the word means. Students then

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Homework

CCSS:

RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4

$2.00

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Narrative Reading Guide

By Literacy Lunatic

This reading guide is helpful for students to analyze, summarize, interpret, and evaluate different stories. It can be used for fiction as well as non-fiction text. This guide has the students describe the setting, characters, and point of view for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RI.7.6, CCRA.R.2

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Halloween Bundle - Creative Writing Activities

By Literacy Lunatic

This folder contains four different creative writing documents. The first activity is a Halloween Cause and Effect Paragraph. The students watch a Halloween commercial and identify the cause and the effects. Afterwards, they put that into a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

W.6.3, W.6.3a, W.6.3b, W.6.3c, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4

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Visualization - Reading Strategy

By Literacy Lunatic

This reading strategy helps students understand a variety of text types by having them draw what they "see" or visualize. The handout includes a space for a drawing and a space for the sentence that created an image in their head. Found at Literacy

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

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Source Reliability Handout

By Literacy Lunatic

This handout is designed to have students keep track of all their sources they use for a project and explain why it is reliable. There is a teacher signature for each source so you can check to see what the students are using for sources.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Internet Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.W.8

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Twitter: Fix that Tweet!

By Literacy Lunatic

The document has six different tweets with hashtags that students need to fix using correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

W.6.4, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2

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Native Americans Prezi

By Literacy Lunatic

This Prezi reviews the 8 regions of Native Americans in the United States. It includes a review of the beginning of the Native Americans and discusses the 8 regions of the U.S. There are 52 slides and includes many pictures.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Native Americans

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Prezis

CCSS:

RH.6-8.7

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Poem Term Poem

By Literacy Lunatic

Great introduction to writing poems! Step-by-step process to writing a poem while using poetry terms such as alliteration, personification, and metaphor. A fun and creative way for middle school students to create their own masterpiece by following

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 9^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

L.6.5

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Seabiscuit Character Traits

By Literacy Lunatic

This packet is designed to go along with a Seabiscuit unit and/or the book, Come On, Seabiscuit! It compares Seabiscuit and Jack Pollard at the beginning of the novel and at the end of the novel. It also includes characters such as Tom Smith,

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.6.1

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Summary Graphic Organizer

By Literacy Lunatic

This is a graphic organizer for summary writing. Topic sentence is at the top of the paper while arrows follow the four details down to the concluding sentence. This is a great resource to help students organize their thoughts before writing a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.6.2, W.6.2, W.6.2a

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

- Taught in Hunan, China teaching Oral English - Taught U.S. History/Language Arts in 8th grade - Taught Language Arts in 6th grade

MY TEACHING STYLE

Group work, collaboration, variety, fun, and organization!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Award for Creativity and Innovation at HMS.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

- UW-EC Graduate with 1-8 Licensure and emphasis in Language Arts - Masters in Reading and Literacy from Capella University

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love pinterest, movies, reading a good book, sporting events, Packers, and roller coasters.

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

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, Government, Native Americans, Geography, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Poetry, Tools for Common Core, Informational Text, Close Reading