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Serial Podcast Lesson Plans & Printable Worksheets, S.1, Episodes 1-12 (5 Units)

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Update: Season 2 lesson plans are now available. Featured by Mind/Shift,The Wall Street Journal andSlate.com, nearly 300 pages of teacher guides and printable student worksheets covering season 1, episodes 1-12 of the podcast "Serial." This is a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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Unit 1: Serial Podcast Lesson Plans + Printable Worksheets, S1, Episode 1

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Update: Season 2 lesson plans are now available. If you enjoy season 1, you might also enjoy season 2. All Season 1 Serial units are now available. If you think you might use all 5 units, we recommend purchasing them as a bundle, and saving 20%.

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Standards-Based Grading | Master CCSS Aligned ELA Grading Framework

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

"Standards-based Grading" is primarily a rubric for all 32 ELA Common Core Anchor Standards, written in a language that students (and parents) can understand, and scaffolded for all levels of proficiency. This unit contains "The Checklist," which

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

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Handouts, Assessment, Rubrics

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1...

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Unit 2: Serial Podcast Lesson Plans & Printable Worksheets, S.1, Episodes 2-4

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.SL.1...

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Unit 3: Serial Podcast Lesson Plans & Printable Worksheets, S.1, Episodes 5-7

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Extended Metaphor + Figurative Language | Great CCSS Aligned Emergency Sub Plan

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

This 1-2 hour lesson uses Richard Brautigan's short story "I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone" to teach extended metaphor and figurative language to high school aged students. The story is available for free on the web, as well as video of a

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English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

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

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Unit 5: Serial Podcast Lesson Plans & Printable Worksheets, S.1, Episodes 11-12

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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Unit 4: Serial Podcast Lesson Plans & Printable Worksheets, S.1, Episodes 8-10

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3...

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Podcasting in the ELA Classroom | From Analysis to Production

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

In March of 2017 at SXSWedu, I facilitated a session on using podcasts in the classroom. The workshop attendees were immediately enthusiastic about incorporating podcasts in their classrooms (there are many great reasons to do so), but I was caught

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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Worksheets, Lesson

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Credible or "Fake News"? Cultivating News Literacy in a "Post-Truth" Era

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

These lessons cover the basics of discerning between credible and false journalism (and the gradient between the two), using contemporary (but non-controversial) examples. There is also a slideshow (in PDF format) with links to examples of terms, as

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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

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Pathos, Ethos & Logos: Mastering Rhetorical Analysis to Create Advertisements

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Almost everywhere we look, there are everyday people, businesses, and politicians who are attempting to manipulate others with various arguments and advertisements. The only way to truly defend oneself from these persuasive attempts is to understand

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English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Close Reading

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

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3...

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Serial Podcast Season 2: Unit 1 Bundle, Episodes 1-3 | Lesson Plans & Worksheets

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Grab episodes 1-3 in this bundle and save 20%! As mentioned by The Wall Street Journal and featured by Slate.com, our lesson plans for Serial continue to be very popular. This particular unit is 128 pages (dozens of full lessons and quizzes) of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Lesson

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Mr. Darcy's Guide to Argument for the Sake of Understanding | Persuasive Letters

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Mr. Darcy’s climactic letter to Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice is one of the greatest epistolary examples in any novel. To a similar degree, it’s agreed that there is too much fighting, “owning,” and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Lesson

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1...

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Serial Podcast Season 2: Unit 2 Bundle, Episodes 4-6 | Lesson Plans & Worksheets

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Grab episodes 4-6 in this bundle and save 20%! As mentioned by The Wall Street Journal and featured by Slate.com, our lesson plans for Serial continue to be very popular. This particular unit is 108 pages (dozens of full lessons and quizzes) of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson

$8.99

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Serial Podcast Season 2: Unit 3 Bundle, Episodes 7-9 | Lesson Plans & Worksheets

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Grab episodes 7-9 in this bundle and save 20%! As mentioned by The Wall Street Journal and featured by Slate.com, our lesson plans for Serial continue to be very popular. This particular unit is 100 pages (dozens of full lessons and quizzes) of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson

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Serial Podcast Season 2: Unit 4 Bundle, Eps. 10-11 | Lesson Plans & Worksheets

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

Grab episodes 10-11 in this bundle and save 20%! As mentioned by The Wall Street Journal and featured by Slate.com, our lesson plans for Serial continue to be very popular. This particular unit is 86 pages (11 full lessons and 3 quizzes) of teacher

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1...

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Creative Writing Basics: Emulating Ernest Hemingway CCSS Aligned

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

These lessons cover basics of creative writing over two days, using the short stories of Ernest Hemingway for inspiration. While I love teaching this unit, I’ve found it difficult to concisely title these plans—they include different elements of

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Lectures, Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5...

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Unit 1 Sampler: Serial Podcast Lesson Plans & Printable Worksheets S1, Episode 1

By Mike and Melissa Godsey

You're invited to evaluate the quality of my lessons with this sampler of the season 1, episode 1 unit of my Serial podcast series. This download includes exercise 1 and 3 in full, including the corresponding printable worksheets for students.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

15 years of teaching high school, mostly AP English. 1 year of teaching composition at the University of Colorado.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Student-centered

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Nominated for Teacher of the Year three times. Speaker at graduation ceremony four times

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters Degree in English Literature, Univ. of Colorado

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Every resource on my TPT store is a collaborative effort between me and my wife, whose background is in marketing and digital media. I (Mike) create, write, and test the lessons, and she (Melissa) edits, improves, designs and promotes them. Having worked at our own separate jobs for so many years, being able to partner together with such a striking compliment of skills and abilities has been an absolute blessing for us.

I (Mike) am a high school ELA teacher, as well as a golf coach, and education writer at The Atlantic. (You can read my pieces here at The Atlantic).

She (Melissa) has spent the past 10 years working in marketing and communications, with a specialty in digital media.

My blog is at mrgodsey.com You can follow me on Instagram and Twitter at @TheMrGodsey

Melissa's blog is at melissajenna.com And you can follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter at @melissajenna