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Melissa Paradis

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EngageNY Gr.7 Student Working Packets Lyddie Unit 1 -- BUNDLE!

By Melissa Paradis

Here by popular demand….my EngageNY lessons and student work packets as a Bundle!~The various individual packet details are listed on my site, so I won’t go through listing them again. Included in this bundle are all Lyddie Unit 1 materials,

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English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

7^th

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Introduction to East Asia Power Point Presentation

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My 7th graders are far more successful when they can see and do, rather than just read about. In that spirit, I created these country Power Point presentations. Typically, the students read and research one day, view a Power Point the next, and

Subjects:

Geography

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations

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Russia Power Point Presentation

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My seventh graders have a difficult time understanding a new country just from reading the textbook material, so I created these accompanying Power Point presentations for alternate days. The kids found that by seeing photos from the actual places

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Geography

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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Passport Project

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In my World Geography class, we begin the year by creating our own Passports. To be dramatic, I bring in my suitcase,give the students background on travel tips and etiquette, show them my passport, and then explain that we will "travel" to many

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Geography

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities

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Introduction to the Middle East: Part One

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This region is tricky for my 7th graders, since they come in with many false preconceived notions. The first few days, I often conduct activities to strip away what they think they know about the region, the people, and Islam. Only then do I forge

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Geography

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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Spain Power Point Presentation

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Geography

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Ireland Power Point Presentation

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Geography

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Culture-Gram: Interview Your Family

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Our school is highly diverse, so teaching world geography can be a treat since the kids often bring so much of other cultures with them. This is one of the first assignments I complete with the kids in September. It is a basic questionnaire that

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Geography

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6^th, 7^th

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Italy Power Point Presentation

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Geography

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

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EngageNY Gr.7 Student Working Packets F. Douglass Unit 1 -- BUNDLE!

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Here by popular demand….my EngageNY lessons and student work packets as a Bundle!~ The various individual packet details are listed on my site, so I won’t go through listing them again. Included in this bundle are all Frederick Douglass Unit 1

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English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

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7^th

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Lesson

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EngageNY: Module 2A (Lyddie), Unit 1 Background Info - Industrial Revolution

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Our district adopted the EngageNY curriculum for both math and ELA starting this past year. The materials are free through the EngageNY website, but the materials only consist of Teacher Instructions. My 7th graders needed something much more

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English Language Arts

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7^th

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Anne Frank: Holocaust Vocabulary

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One of the things that trips up my 8th graders while learning about the Holocaust and reading Anne Frank's story is the vocabulary, much of which is new to them, such as Axis Powers, and Gypsies. This activity has two parts. The first two pages

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Vocabulary, Literature

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7^th, 8^th

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Activities

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Point of View: Real Estate Ads

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This independent, small group exercise is usually done as a reteach for more advanced learners. (It may be difficult for struggling learners.) This activity is a follow-up to our Point-of-View lesson. For this exercise, I cut up the role-play

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Literature

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

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EngageNY: Module 2A Lyddie - Readers Notes

By Melissa Paradis

The Readers Notes for the novel Lyddie are in a pdf format, and when converted into a document, the spacing does not line up and the words appear out of order and/or spaced onto different pages. I retyped the document here leaving space for the

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English Language Arts

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7^th

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Graphic Organizers

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Anne Frank: The Annex Power Point Presentation

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In 8th grade, our students read the play of Anne Frank's diary. Many of the students have heard of the Holocaust, but they have limited and sometimes incorrect information about the event. This presentation help clarify Anne and the role she plays

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Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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EngageNY: Module 2A (Lyddie), Unit 1 Lesson 5: Characterization

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English Language Arts

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7^th

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EngageNY Gr.7 Student Working Packets Unit 3 -- BUNDLE!

By Melissa Paradis

Here by popular demand….my EngageNY lessons and student work packets as a Bundle!~ The various individual packet details are listed on my site, so I won’t go through listing them again. Included in this bundle are all Sudan Unit 3 materials,

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Other (ELA)

Grades:

7^th

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Lesson

$15.00

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"I Just Kept Smiling" by Simon Burt: Short Story Work

By Melissa Paradis

These activities accompany the 8th Grade Great Books short story units, but can be used separately as well. In an intensive 8th grade reading class for kids with behavior issues, I needed to pull high-interest, strong pieces of reading that would

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Short Stories

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7^th, 8^th

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Activities

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Poetic Devices: The Song Project

By Melissa Paradis

During our Poetry Unit, students are assigned a common unit called the Song Project. In this project, students choose a (school-appropriate) song to analyze. In their analysis, they must create a two-fold presentation: 1. They must analyze

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Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th

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Rubrics

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EngageNY: Module 2A (Lyddie), Unit 1 Les 1-10: Vocabulary List (Pre-Quiz)

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English Language Arts

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7^th

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fifteen years in teaching, three in elementary and the rest at the middle level. Once I set foot in the middle school classroom, I never looked back.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Laughter - who can learn without having some fun?!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certification in ELA

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. in Public Speaking M.A. in Education

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Four glorious kids! (They're for sale too. Just kidding!)

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, Native Americans, U.S. History, Health, Geography, Other (ELA), Literature, Classroom Management, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Writing-Essays, Poetry, Informational Text