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Social justice, critical thinking, essay writing, and creativity are all necessary in the classroom.
 
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By Mad English Skills
This project has students reflect on what they believe should be like. Students will not only create a design of the physical school, but they will create a student handbook that will layout school expectations, policies, and more. Rubric included!
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
Projects, Activities
$2.50
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By Mad English Skills
Peer editing work sheet to help students organize their thinking, and ensure that their topic sentences, evidence, and analysis all connect back to their thesis statement. Also includes a section for recording the time each section is started to
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities, Handouts, Classroom Forms
$5.00
5
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By Mad English Skills
This project is designed to be used with any text at any secondary grade level! It will have students summarizing, analyzing, defining, and displaying artistically what they learned from their reading. For instance, they will be writing summaries,
Subjects:
Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies
Grades:
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
Projects, Literature Circles
$8.00
1
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By Mad English Skills
This project helps teachers get to know their students and assess their writing by asking students to write about their past, present, and future as a student and as a human in a fun, easy to do, culture building activity
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Back to School, Classroom Community
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Activities, Bibliographies, Printables
$1.00
1
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By Mad English Skills
This planner goes from August to July and includes: Schedule section, Goal Section, Key (section to help with organization), Attendance tracker, Full Month Calendar with section for writing assignments and other important information for each
Subjects:
Life Skills, Classroom Management, For All Subjects
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Printables, Graphic Organizers
$10.00
Digital Download PDF (3.64 MB)
By Mad English Skills
This unit can be used as a full unit or as three separate writing activities. Students will analyze their growth in writing over time, look at how their own perspective of themselves has changed and how the way others have viewed them changed over
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, End of Year
Grades:
11th, 12th, Higher Education, Homeschool
Types:
Projects, Printables
$10.00
Digital Download PDF (4.41 MB)
By Mad English Skills
Students will be asked to decide who and where they would like to help by creating their own social justice organizations. They will do research on their issue, develop an idea for helping to solve this issue, create a logo for their organization,
Subjects:
Character Education, Problem Solving, Writing
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Projects, Activities
$2.00
2
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By Mad English Skills
This project asks students to research different social justice organizations and to use MLA format to write an in-depth news article informing readers on that organization.
Subjects:
Writing-Expository, Critical Thinking, Oral Communication
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Research, Projects, Activities
$2.00
1
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By Mad English Skills
Help your students goal set with Manifestos! A manifesto is a creative way of writing your intentions for the year. It can be short, long, whatever. What matters is that it tells the world your goals and your values. This activity is a great way
Subjects:
Creative Writing, For All Subject Areas, Back to School
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities
$1.00
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By Mad English Skills
Have students analyze their own interactions and impact on racism with this 7 day (Can be longer!) mini-unit that uses Ibram X. Kendi's My Racist Introduction as an anchor text.Included: Directions and lesson plans for the instructorDaily
Subjects:
Social Studies - History, Critical Thinking, Writing
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Projects, Printables, Lesson
CCSS:
RI.11-12.4, RI.11-12.5, RI.11-12.6, W.11-12.3, W.11-12.3a, W.11-12.3b, W.11-12.3c, W.11-12.3d, W.11-12.3e, W.11-12.4, W.11-12.5...
$5.00
1
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By Mad English Skills
This project is designed to be used with any text at any secondary grade level! It will have students summarizing, analyzing, defining, and displaying artistically what they learned from their reading. For instance, they will be writing summaries,
Subjects:
Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies
Grades:
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
Projects, Literature Circles
$8.00
Digital Download PDF (0.76 MB)
By Mad English Skills
This assignment is designed to have students choose songs that they feel represent the experiences they have been through in life. It will challenge students to explain why these songs resonate with them and allow them to express their creativity in
Subjects:
For All Subjects
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Activities, Songs, Printables
$2.00
Digital Download PDF (0.15 MB)
By Mad English Skills
This project can be used as a full unit OR as several mini assignments that can be combined in other units of study. In this unit, students will analyze various texts (articles, book excerpt, and youtube videos) to understand how homophobia (in the
Subjects:
Critical Thinking, Writing-Essays
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Projects, Unit Plans
CCSS:
RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2, RI.11-12.5, RI.11-12.7, W.11-12.1, W.11-12.1a, W.11-12.1c, W.11-12.1d, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.3a, W.11-12.4...
$5.00
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By Mad English Skills
Essay to get students thinking about their futures. Often I have discussions with students who say they don't have a future, or that they are going to professional basketball players in the future, so what happens now doesn't matter. This essay is
Subjects:
Life Skills, Writing-Essays
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th
Types:
Activities
$1.00
1
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By Mad English Skills
I used this packet to teach A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca, and The Day Freedom Died by Charles Lane. Students chose the book they were most interested in. They met in groups to discuss what happened in
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Criminal Justice - Law
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Printables, Literature Circles
$1.00
Digital Download DOCX (0.20 MB)
By Mad English Skills
This assignment includes a brainstorm section, explanation, business letter format, and a rubric all addressing the issue of citizenship in the United States.
Subjects:
Civics, Government, Writing-Essays
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
Projects, Printables, Rubrics
CCSS:
CCRA.W.9
$1.50
Digital Download DOCX (0.12 MB)
By Mad English Skills
This essay, which is easily editable, includes three optional prompts dealing with the issues of Abuse and Justice. The prompts relate to the film Selma and the book Two Badges. They also reference the power and control wheels, and respect wheels,
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Assessment
$1.00
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By Mad English Skills
This handout includes several questions for your students to ask of a text while you are reading.
Subjects:
Reading, Writing, Close Reading
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
Worksheets
$1.00
Digital Download DOCX (0.15 MB)
By Mad English Skills
Sentence frames for any writing situation!
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Worksheets, Handouts, Classroom Forms
CCSS:
W.9-10.1, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.5
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught English in the Bay Area and Sacramento, as well as worked on several curriculum building panels. Before I became a teacher, I worked as an Autism Behavioral Tutor and as an aid in a Special Day Class for high school students.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in relating everything we do in class to the world around us and to my students' own lives. If students are interested in a topic they are more willing to learn and practice the skills they need to succeed in the world. After almost every activity and unit, I have my student engage in reflections so that they can think about what they learned and so that I can discover what I can do to make the lesson or unit better next time. I strongly believe in giving my students practical skills, like critical thinking, that will benefit them in the real world.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Teaching Excellence Award 2019

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA in liberal studies with an emphasis in journalism and humanities, English Credential M.Ed Instructional Design

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