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Jennifer Szymanski

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Graphic Novels Before and After Reading Teaching Activity Bundle

By Jennifer Szymanski

Help your students read graphic novels with purpose and analyze them more deeply with this Graphic Novels Before and After Reading Teaching Activity Bundle.Included in this bundle is a PowerPoint to explain the basics of graphic novels to your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics

$5.00

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Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer with Rubric for Older Grades

By Jennifer Szymanski

This four-page graphic organizer includes two pre-writing pages, one lined page for writing the rough draft, and a scoring rubric. The writing prompt asks students to write about an event that changed their lives. The graphic organizer is formatted

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Outlines, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$1.50

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A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry Activity Packet

By Jennifer Szymanski

A packet to accompany O. Henry's short story, A Retrieved Reformation. This short story is commonly included in literature anthologies and textbooks, and can be easily accessed for free online. Activities include vocabulary, predicting, inferring,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$3.00

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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Reading Activity Packet

By Jennifer Szymanski

This is a packet to accompany Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." It includes vocabulary and an anticipatory question for before reading, a plot diagram and other during reading activities, and an after-reading activity

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English Language Arts, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Printables

$3.00

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Group Work Expectations GROUP Acronym Bundle

By Jennifer Szymanski

Make collaborative learning easier with this bundle. This product lets you easily designate groups and group work space while reminding students of behavior expectations during group time. Help your students collaborate during group work more

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For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management

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

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Printables, Posters, Rubrics

$3.00

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Grammar Review: Human Bingo!

By Jennifer Szymanski

Review the parts of speech and other basics of grammar with this fun game! Human Bingo is a game I came across many years ago, though I cannot recall where I read about it! If you know the inventor of this wonderful game, please let me know. Human

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English Language Arts, Grammar, English

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

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Activities, Printables, Games

$1.00

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"Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl Short Story Activity Pack

By Jennifer Szymanski

A packet of activities to accompany Roald Dahl's famous short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter". Included in this free resource: * Comprehension question worksheet (students must use text evidence to justify their responses) * Plot mapping

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

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

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Activities, Graphic Organizers, Task Cards

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Reading Responses for Any Historical Fiction Text

By Jennifer Szymanski

These reading response sheets are suitable for any historical fiction or classic literature novel you might have your students read. Rather than answering low-level comprehension questions, students will make connections, make predictions, analyze

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Literature Circles

$2.00

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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Reading Test with Answer Key

By Jennifer Szymanski

A 25 question test to accompany the classic short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The test consists of 15 multiple choice questions, 3 short constructed response questions, and 7 vocabulary fill in the blank questions. An answer key

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Printables

FREE

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Making Inferences Worksheet

By Jennifer Szymanski

I modified an older worksheet given to me from another teacher. This is a simple worksheet using Edward D. Hoch's short story, "Zoo." Students make inferences about underlined sections of the story and explain how or why they were able to make the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Homework, Printables

FREE

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Grammar Rocks! A Worksheet to Accompany the Cartoon

By Jennifer Szymanski

Who doesn't love the "Schoolhouse Rock" (copyrighted) cartoon series? My 8th grade students enjoy watching it just as much as any elementary school students do! I use this worksheet as students view the "Grammar Rock" cartoons to have them interact

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, English

Grades:

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

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Activities, Printables

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I Mustache You a Question: Interview Sheet Speaking & Listening Activity

By Jennifer Szymanski

Here is a fun worksheet that can be used to help students improve their speaking and listening skills. These are not your standard, boring interview questions! Many quirky topics and "would you rather" questions elevate the engagement level for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (Specialty), Oral Communication

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Printables

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Theme Notes Graphic Organizer and Powerpoint--Suitable for Interactive Notebooks

By Jennifer Szymanski

Help students understand what theme means using this graphic organizer and PowerPoint. Students often confuse "theme" with the "moral" of a story, or they have trouble looking beyond the events in the story to the greater picture. These notes can

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$2.00

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Allusions Practice Worksheet

By Jennifer Szymanski

Students often to struggle with the concept of allusions, so I designed this short worksheet to help students identify and understand allusions. While this worksheet covers just the basics of allusions, it is a good introduction to the concept that

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

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Point of View Flow Chart Graphic Organizer and PowerPoint

By Jennifer Szymanski

My students often have trouble identifying the point of view of a narrative, so I came up with a simple flowchart to help them distinguish between first person, second person, third person omniscient, third person limited, and third person objective

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$1.50

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Conjunctions and Interjections Reference Handout

By Jennifer Szymanski

A simple handout with lists of interjections and four types of conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, correlative, and conjunctive adverbs. This list is helpful when teaching compound and complex sentence structure. I have my students glue

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

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Handouts, Printables

FREE

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AR Bookmark Ticket to Test Organizer

By Jennifer Szymanski

Print these pages back to back to create a handy bookmark that students will fill out while they read and then present to you when they are ready to take an Accelerated Reader quiz. Some Benefits of using the "Ticket to Test" bookmark system: 1.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

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Study Guides, Printables

$1.50

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Plot Mapping / Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer

By Jennifer Szymanski

I've looked for a plot mountain/ plot map/ plot diagram graphic organizer that incorporated all of the elements of plot and fiction that I wanted but without success. This is a graphic organizer that I created on Word that includes the exposition,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Informative Speaking Handout and Graphic Organizer

By Jennifer Szymanski

Help students learn the basics of informative speech writing with this printable tool. This is an introduction to informative speaking handout and graphic organizer, intended to be used by first-time informative speech writers. Handout includes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Oral Communication

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Outlines, Graphic Organizers

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Word of the Week for Grades 6 and Up Bundle--editable

By Jennifer Szymanski

Help increase your students' vocabulary with this graphic organizer. The tasks in the organizer correspond to the best-practices for vocabulary instruction, including structural analysis, context clues, synonyms, antonyms, using the word in a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

$3.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught 8th grade language arts and English for the past 6 years.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I like students to be actively engaged in the classroom; "sit 'n git" doesn't work with 8th graders! I get the students up and out of their seats, they move around, talk, manipulate, make discoveries...I encourage students to make connections to other learning, and I believe that students should understand "why" we do things as much as "how" we do things.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Nominated for Outstanding Teacher of the Year 2013 (home district) Outstanding Middle Level Education Student 2006

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Nebraska at Kearney, BA in Middle Level Education, additional endorsements in language arts and math

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

My husband and I have been married for over twenty-five years and we have four wonderful children and one grandchild.