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Native American Culture - Legend of the Corn

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What Does the Fox Say? - Using text-based evidence from multiple sources

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This product includes everything needed to complete student writing assignment using text-based evidence from multiple sources. The topic of the assignment is the wildly popular viral video, "What does the fox say?" (available for viewing here -

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, DBQs

CCSS:

RI.8.1, W.8.1, W.8.1b, W.8.9

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The Power of Fear, Using Advertisements to Determine Author's Purpose

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This product uses actual advertisement campaigns to introduce any story or text that focuses on the power of fear. (I have used it for a drama study on The Twilight Zone teleplay, "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" but it works with any story

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Critical Thinking, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Activities

$4.00

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Audacity Podcasting Student Tutorial

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This tutorial provides quick and easy explanations of the primary toolbars in the Audacity audio recording software. Students and teachers can use this free software to create and edit audio files including podcasts, spoken word poetry, music

Subjects:

Music, Instructional Technology, Poetry

Grades:

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

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Handouts

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Teaching Poetic Devices with Twisted German Fairy Tales

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From Wikipedia: Struwwelpeter is a German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th

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Activities

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Student Tutorial for Creating a Website with Weebly.com

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Weebly.com is a free website and blog platform that is ideal for student and teacher use. Students can use Weebly for a variety of purposes - projects, assessments, digital portfolios, and more! This product is a PDF tutorial that will assist your

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Instructional Technology

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Internet Activities

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Three Skeleton Key - Drama Play Old Time Radio Show

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This product is a complete activity package for the classic 1950 radio play, "Three Skeleton Key." This is an excellent text for teaching elements of plot, descriptive writing, use of imagery, etc. Students love reading the play and listening to the

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities

$6.00

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Native American Culture - Legend of the Corn

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The product is a supplement to the free video mini-lesson series provided by Learnzillion.com (clips available at http://tinyurl.com/learnzillionlegendofthecorn). The packet uses a Native American legend to teach: - Identifying the genre of a

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, SL.7.2

$4.00

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Justin Bieber Arrest Report - Close Reading and Text-Based Evidence Activity

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This product uses a slightly modified (edited to remove unsavory language) primary source police affidavit that was released following the January 23, 2014 traffic stop and arrest of singer Justin Bieber. This is an authentic and highly engaging

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Centers

CCSS:

RI.8.1

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#AlexFromTarget is Internet Famous - Text-based evidence from multiple sources

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This product includes everything needed to complete a student writing assignment using text-based evidence from multiple sources. The topic of the assignment is the Internet phenomenom, #AlexFromTarget (available for viewing here -

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, DBQs, Internet Activities

CCSS:

RI.8.1, W.8.1, W.8.1b, W.8.9

$4.50

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Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart Activity Packet

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This product contains engaging supplemental worksheets for The Tell-Tale Heart that can be used as in-class activities or for homework. The download includes: - A pre-reading activity that consists of a full color "word cloud" depicting the 150

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities

$5.00

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Video Presentation by Holocaust Survivor

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This product is a supplemental worksheet that is based off a 36 minute presentation by Holocaust survivor, Joe Diamond. The video was filmed in 2006 during a presentation to a group of middle school students. Mr. Diamond's story as a concentration

Subjects:

U.S. History, European History, World History

Grades:

8^th

Types:

Activities

$4.00

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How to use StoryBird.com Tutorial - Student Writing, Online Storytelling

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Storybird.com is a writing platform that allows students to create engaging digital books using sets of professional-quality images. This is an excellent online resource to teach students the art of storytelling, constructing plot, develop and

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Short Stories, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

W.8.3, W.8.6

$1.00

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Rocket to the Moon - Informational Text

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This worksheet examines a 1958 editorial written for the Evening Independent from St. Petersburg, Florida and asks students to examine the author's perspective and purpose. This activity is an excellent introduction for a unit on the U.S. space race

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Astronomy, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

$1.50

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Introduction to Plot and Conflict (Using Video)

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This lesson uses a brief cartoon clip created by Adam Harum (available at http://tinyurl.com/thepenguinmovie) to introduce the concepts of plot and conflict. The questions are designed to pre-teach the stages of plot as well as how conflict affects

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

For the past ten years, I have taught 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts in a semi-rural school district located in the Buffalo, NY area. Most recently, I have also had the opportunity to serve as an adjunct instructor in the School of Education at a nearby college. This has allowed me to share my experiences as an educator as well as keep my own teaching practices relevant and up-to-date.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I work hard to transform my classroom into a learning community. In addition to an emphasis on group work and peer learning, I also leverage online student management systems such as Edmodo to expand the learning community and encourage my students to be engaged beyond the physical classroom time. For the past two years, I have been upgrading my curriculum to reflect the rigor and expectations of the Common Core Learning Standards.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Niagara University (2013) - Master of Science, Educational Leadership; Buffalo State College (2008) - Master of Science, Educational Computing; State University of New York, College at Fredonia (2003) - Bachelor of Arts, Secondary English Education

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