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The Hunger Games Unit Bundle: Guides, Stations, Activities, Quizzes, Game, Test

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The Hunger Games Bundle includes everything you need to teach this amazing novel! The tasks and activities included will have your students so engaged that they don't even realize how hard they are working! ❤️Did you know that if you buy a bundle

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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The Hunger Games Activities: Creative, Challenging, & Fun Tasks for This Novel

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The Hunger Games Activities gives you 11 additional activities and tasks to add to what you already have for this novel. If you just need something fresh and unique to try with students, this is the pack for you! Everything is ready to go! Just

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English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

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Born a Crime Reading Guides Trevor Noah: Comprehend, Analyze, Synthesize

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These creative reading guides for Born a Crime are sure to get your students' attention. They are attractively designed using black and white line art so that students can color them in if they would like. They also come in color. In addition, I

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

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Speech to the Troops at Tilbury by Queen Elizabeth I: Rhetorical Analysis

By Selena Smith

Queen Elizabeth's famous "Speech to the Troops at Tilbury" is an excellent choice for teaching rhetorical analysis. This lesson includes:♛ Step-by-step lesson plans with suggestions and options♛ Clean copy of the speech♛ Answer Key with rhetorical

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English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

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The Hunger Games Hands-On Figurative Language Sort - Digital and Paper

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Hands-on Figurative Language Sorts Activity using examples from The Hunger Games.This activity contains► 2 pages of instructions for print activity and 2 pages of instructions for digital activity.►1 title page to be cut in fourths► 8 pages of

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Fahrenheit 451 Activities: Analyze, Create, Research, Close Read, Write & More!

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This Fahrenheit 451 Activities is for those teachers who want some fresh activities to add to their Fahrenheit unit. You will find plenty of ideas and activities to choose from that get students thinking, talking, close reading, researching,

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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Fahrenheit 451 Escape Room Puzzles

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This escape room / lock box is designed to assess students understanding of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.This activity challenges students to use their knowledge of the novel, think critically, and work collaboratively to solve 5 different clues

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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Where the Crawdads Sing Reading Guides - Digital and Print

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These reading guides for Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens are sure to get your students' attention and keep them on track while reading. They are attractively designed and come in both a printable color or black and white version. In

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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The Glass Castle Reading Guides - Jeannette Walls

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The Glass Castle Reading Guides includes 7 guides that cover the entire novel. Some questions are comprehension while others are analysis or require students to gather evidence and information from the novel's sections. The reading guides are set

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

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

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The Great Gatsby Reading Guides - Digital & Print

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These reading guides for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald are sure to get your students' attention and keep them on track while reading. They are attractively designed and come in both a printable color or black and white version. In

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Literature, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

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The Great Gatsby Review Game: Student-centered

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The Great Gatsby Review GameThis game has 64 question cards with answers and rules and even some fun freebie cards. Just print and cut, hand out to the students, and they do the work. They read the rule sheet, call out the questions, and keep up

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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The Secret Life of Bees FREE Chapter 1 Tasks

By Selena Smith

The Secret Life of Bees Freebie comes with Chapter 1 Reading Guide with Answer Key and Figurative Language Task. Enjoy! If you are interested in a complete unit for The Secret Life of Bees with quizzes, lesson plans for the entire book,

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

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The Great Gatsby Free Chapter 1 Vocabulary & Reading Guide

By Selena Smith

Great Gatsby Freebie is a sample of my interactive notebook on The Great Gatsby. This sample includes reading guide questions for chapter 1 that are printed 4 to a page for easy printing and pasting into a notebook. A vocabulary foldable activity

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English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

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

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am in my 27th year of teaching, and I still love it. I have taught the following: 8th grade Language Arts and Social Studies; 9th and 10th grade standard and honors English; 11th grade standard, honors, and Advanced Placement English Language and Composition English; 12th grade standard English; college American Literature I and II.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style is hands-on and activity driven. I enjoy inventing different, innovative lessons that surprise my students. Students work in collaborative groups often and develop speaking and teamwork skills. Instruction should be rigorous, challenging, and fun.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certification 2003 National Board Re-Certification 2012 Masters in English Education Teacher of the Year at Wayne Early Middle College High School 2008 N.C. Teaching Fellows Scholarship County Writing Plan Committee

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I received my B.S. degree in Secondary English Education from East Carolina University in 1995. I received my MAEd degree from East Carolina University in 2012.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

My husband of 24 years is also a teacher. We have two beautiful daughters who keep us very busy. I am also a speaker/advocate/author for child sexual abuse awareness and prevention.

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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, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, World History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Other (Art), Music, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Health, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Religion, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Professional Development, School Counseling, Character Education, Family Consumer Sciences, Study Skills, Problem Solving, Criminal Justice - Law, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Black History Month, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Early Intervention, Close Reading, African History