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The Five Year Letter - A Goodbye Gift to Your Students

By The Harper Store

Dear Teachers, Normally, it's our public speaking / reading projects and our vocabulary program that our graduating students speak so fondly of, but this is the last of our writing projects for our middle school students and easily our most

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

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

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Projects, Reflective Journals for Teachers, Centers

$2.00

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Mr. Harper Makes Us Speak and Read Totally Good ... er

By The Harper Store

Note:This book has been edited and updated for 2022. It includes the new project "The Box" which has become a new favorite. What I wrote below still applies, but I would simply tell you that if you enjoyed the first book, you will find the same

Subjects:

Drama, Gifted and Talented, Oral Communication

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool, Staff

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Projects, Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.3, CCRA.SL.4, CCRA.SL.5, CCRA.SL.6

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Short Story Test - The Ransom of Red Chief

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Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise) Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise) The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western) The Landlady - by Roald

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

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Assessment

$3.00

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Short Story Test (plus literary terms) - It's A Wonderful Life

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Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, English (UK)

$4.00

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The Radio Project (from Mr. Harper's Public Speaking and Reading Thingee)

By The Harper Store

The Radio Project (From Mr. Harper’s Public Speaking and Reading Thingee) Common Core Standards: W.6.3. W.7.3. W.8.3. W.9-10.3. W.11-12.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Oral Communication

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.W.6, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.SL.6

$4.00

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Quality Writing. Better Sentences. Easier Grading. Less Stress. (Really!)

By The Harper Store

Mike? This looks like a lot of reading and I’m pressed for time. Why do I want to buy this and make this a big part of the writing portion of my class? - You want it because you want to dramatically cut down on how many papers you grade. - You want

Subjects:

Grammar, Gifted and Talented, Writing

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Independent Work Packet, Centers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.16 MB)

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Public Speaking Foundation Projects - Poetry Reading and Narrative Joke Telling

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Dear Teachers, The foundation projects form the basis for all twenty of the public speaking and reading projects my students might complete over their three years with our school. Because I want more teachers to include public speaking and reading

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Oral Communication, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (15.44 MB)

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Inherit the Wind - 50 80 or 100 Question Test

By The Harper Store

Dear Teacher,I’ve set this test up for multiple purposes so that it’s flexible for you. The first fifty questions involve character identification (15) and the rest are multiple choice inference questions. I’ve aligned the questions so that they

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Literature Circles

$4.00

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Short Story Test - The Landlady

By The Harper Store

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

$3.00

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The Prisoner of Zenda: A 50 Question Exam

By The Harper Store

Our middle school advanced language arts program arm-twists our seventh and eighth grade students into reading two classic novels each year in addition to their other requirements. Whenever I see any of them choose this novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (0.13 MB)

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Short Story Test (plus literary terms) - There Will Come Soft Rains

By The Harper Store

Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, English (UK)

$4.00

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Plague Year Novel Tests and Literary Terminology Tests

By The Harper Store

Dear Colleague, While Stephanie Tolan received her Newberry Award for Surviving the Applewhites, I’m convinced that it was Plague Year that really caught the critics’ attention. Surviving the Applewhites is fun, but Plague Year is wonderfully

Subjects:

Reading, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

$5.00

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Answer Sheet for Mr. Harper's Short Story Tests

By The Harper Store

This is the free answer sheet that can be applied to the following short story exams posted on Teachers Pay Teachers. Leiningen Versus the Ants The Most Dangerous Game The Possibility of Evil An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Lamb to the Slaughter

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.08 MB)

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Short Story Test (plus literary terms) - The Whole Town's Sleeping

By The Harper Store

Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, English (UK)

$4.00

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SLOB - Taking It To A Higher Level

By The Harper Store

Dear Teacher,What I love about SLOB is that it is not only a powerful story about two children trying to overcome a horrible tragedy in their young lives, but that it tells the story with humor, candor and a light hand. It could have been told in a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Literature Circles

$5.00

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Short Story Test - Hijack

By The Harper Store

Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, English (UK)

$3.00

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Small Scene Theater (From Mr. Harper Makes Us Speak and Read Good ... er)

By The Harper Store

Dear Teachers, If the prior unit, Oral Interpretation, is too simple for you and you really want your students to gain a theatrical experience, then Small Scene Theater is what you're looking for. It contains all of the aspects of putting on a

Subjects:

Drama, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Projects, Cultural Activities

$4.00

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Enemy Mine Tests: The Award Winning Science Fiction Novella

By The Harper Store

IF you are even LOOKING at this selection, I tip my hat to you, because you are clearly one of the few, the proud and the brave to value the best that science fiction has to offer. Barry Longyear's 1979 Hugo and Nebulla award winner is one of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Short Stories

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Guided Reading Books

$4.00

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Short Story Test (plus literary terms) - School Spirit

By The Harper Store

Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, English (UK)

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.21 MB)

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Short Story Test - The Fable of the Three Princes

By The Harper Store

Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles, English (UK)

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.18 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught mainstream and advanced language arts students for twenty-five years in both Illinois and North Carolina. I have been licensed to teach AIG students, English 6-12 and Speech Communications (public speaking). For the past thirteen years I have served as the AIG Coordinator / Advanced Language Arts Instructor for grades 6-8 at Trask Middle School in Wilmington, North Carolina. I retire in April, 2023

MY TEACHING STYLE

I have always been as much coach to our students as I have been instructor. Modeling has always been an important approach for my class and all of my students are used to me stepping up and completing a project first before they even begin their preparations. I'm a firm believer that excellence is most often achieved when your students know exactly the level of quality you are looking for and they can witness your willingness to take chances to show them how that is accomplished.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I have been New Hanover County's AIG Teacher of the Year and North Carolina's Runner-up AIG Teacher of the Year. Our programs have been written up in numerous Chicago and North Carolina newspaper articles, as well as the magazines: TIME For Kids and American Girl.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Undergraduate: Elmhurst College Concordia University Masters: Olivet-Nazarene University

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Former U.S. Army medic