Hi, You need to enable javascript on your browser to use TpT. See how this improves your TpT experience.

Monica Lukins

Follow Me (1,345)

United States - California - Goleta

4.9

8,704 votes

"Pleasant words promote instruction - Proverbs 16:21".

FREE Download

Assess the general quality of my work with this free download

Common Core One Pager - Citing...

DOWNLOAD NOW

My Products (456)
Ratings & Reviews
Ask a Question
My Profile

You Selected:

Grades

12^th grade

Grades

12^th grade

Subject

Prices

Top Resource Types

MY FEATURED ITEMS

Roman Empire - COMPLETE UNIT PLANS with PBL,...

$9.99

Common Core Project - Creature Investigation &...

$2.00

Common Core Reading Reflection Choices -...

$2.00

WRITING BUNDLE - Outlines, Student Ex....

$9.99

My Products

sort by:

Best Sellers

view:

Resume Writing Practice - Worksheet

By Monica Lukins

Students practice writing a resume for the job they wish to have someday. This worksheet can be used as a "Rough Draft" Resume and will help students organize and expand their details. Categories on the resume include: Objective, Personal

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Career and Technical Education

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Outlines

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.10 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL - Letter to Next Year's Students

By Monica Lukins

What better way to end the year than to have your students write letters to your upcoming students next year! This is a one-page template for a guided 3-paragraph letter that your students can write during the last week of school. It includes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$1.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.23 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Social Media Templates - Text Messaging, Facebook, Instagram

By Monica Lukins

Engage your students using social media and have fun! Students can use these social media templates (on a PowerPoint)--text messaging, Facebook, Instagram--to respond to a character in a novel/story/poem, a historical person, an organism in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects, Activities

$2.50

Digital Download PPTX (0.40 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

First Day of School Student Application - EDITABLE

By Monica Lukins

This Student Application is designed for the first day of school to get to know your students (I also sell a "First Day - Writing a Resume" activity). It also teaches them how to fill out an application, including important information under

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Career and Technical Education, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Professional Documents, Printables

$2.50

Digital Download DOCX (0.14 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans - Political Parties PowerPoint

By Monica Lukins

Students compare and contrast the two early American political parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, in this 3-slide chart-like illustrative PowerPoint presentation. It describes in detail the views of the parties' leaders,

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

Study Guides, PowerPoint Presentations

$3.00

Digital Download PPT (0.37 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

First Day of School - Writing a Resume!

By Monica Lukins

Get to know your students on the first day of school by having them write their very own resume (directions & fill-in-the-blank resume included)! (I also sell "First Day Student Application".) Their "job" is to be a student this school year, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Career and Technical Education, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Professional Documents

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.10 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Community Service PLAN Worksheet

By Monica Lukins

Students brainstorm a community service project idea using this worksheet including specific questions under WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, and HOW categories to help them plan their project to implement. I also sell a PowerPoint template that

Subjects:

Life Skills, Character Education, Problem Solving

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Service Learning

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.11 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Constitution Project - Amendment Illustrations

By Monica Lukins

Students will illustrate the first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution, otherwise known as the Bill of Rights. This is especially helpful for English Language Learners.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Projects, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.24 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Constitution - Separation of Powers PowerPoint

By Monica Lukins

This 34-slide kid-friendly illustrative PowerPoint explains the separation of powers within the U.S. government. It goes into detail, including great visuals, the powers designated the 3 branches of government, the legislative, executive, and

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

$4.00

Digital Download PPT (1.00 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Textbook Reading - Chapter Tour One Pager Activity Worksheet

By Monica Lukins

Engage students with the textbook (any subject) by doing a chapter tour and one pager activity. This one page worksheet guides students through a chapter/section of a textbook instructing them to: 1) look carefully at titles, pictures, graphs,

Subjects:

Reading, Social Studies - History, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Study Guides, Worksheets, Activities

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.30 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Poetry Project - Express yourself!

By Monica Lukins

In this poetry project, students will analyze, write, and respond to poetry, study and identify literary devices within poetry, and complete an author study of a famous poet. All assignments will be published in a complete project folder. Included

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans

$3.99

Digital Download DOC (0.17 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

ePortolios (Electronic Portfolios) Students Reflect on BEST work (EDITABLE link)

By Monica Lukins

This year your students can each assemble an ePortfolio exemplifying their BEST work from the year in Language Arts & World Geography (*EDITABLE Google Slides link provided on the last page of this product to modify/edit it to your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Career and Technical Education, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Google Apps

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (1.57 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary and Spelling

By Monica Lukins

Here are 7 Spelling/Vocabulary lists of Greek and Latin Roots including a list of 24 choices of activities to help students learn their words. Each vocabulary list contains 20 words (Please ignore the last 8 words on the Lesson 5, which should only

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (0.92 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

VIRTUAL REALITY Google Cardboard Introduction - Setup, VTS Strategies, & More!

By Monica Lukins

Have you experienced Virtual Reality (VR) using Google Cardboard? Not only is it amazing to experience for yourself, but it will engage your students in exploring the world in 3D all from your very own classroom! The first time I used Google

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.7.1

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.49 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

How a Bill Becomes a Law - PowerPoint

By Monica Lukins

This is for U.S. History teachers! This 9-slide kid-friendly PowerPoint explains in six steps how a bill becomes a law, including great visuals to help students understand.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

$2.00

Digital Download PPT (0.61 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Poetry Annotation & Explication

By Monica Lukins

In this assignment, students will demonstrate their skills in annotation (note-taking) and write an explication (short response using cited evidence) of a poem. Five poems for students to choose from are included, as well two student examples of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

$3.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.14 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Bibliography Practice POWERPOINT - Create a Book List for a Seedfolks Character!

By Monica Lukins

This is a 10-slide PowerPoint instructing students how to write a bibliography and how to annotate a bibliography. Although it can be used simply for that reason, I've also included an activity to create a book list for a Seedfolks character of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Bibliographies

$3.00

Digital Download PPTX (0.91 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Song Lyrics Analysis - Theme

By Monica Lukins

Students may choose a song to analyze for speaker, subject, and theme. Students may print out song and highlight lyrics as they read and analyze the song.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Other (ELA)

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Homework

$1.00

Digital Download DOC (0.05 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Poetry Response - Rubric

By Monica Lukins

This rubric may be used to score a "Response to Poetry" such as the one titled "Response to Poetry" which is sold in my profile as "Poetry Response". Students are scored on interpretation of the poem, textual evidence, and a personal response.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

$1.00

Digital Download DOC (0.05 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

Civil War Vocabulary - 3 lists of 20 words each!

By Monica Lukins

Here are 3 Civil War Vocabulary lists of 20 words each related to the American Civil War, including each word's part of speech, definition, and a sample sentence using the word. Some examples of words are: emancipate, secede, abolish, siege, and

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download DOC (0.03 MB)

ADD TO CART

WISH LIST

showing 1-20 of 42

123next ›

Ask Monica Lukins a question. They will receive an automated email and will return to answer you as soon as possible. Please Login to ask your question.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching grades 7 and 8 Language Arts and Social Studies at De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts in Ventura, California since 2001. I have also briefly taught high school ESL (grades 9-12), and I spent one month teaching English in Moscow, Russia.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My class mission statement is: To build a community of students who embrace the process of learningâ€¦who are eager to learn, enjoy the act of learning, and feel success for what they have learned. I try to make learning fun through cooperative group work, hands-on projects, and creative writing.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

On September 7, 2011, I received the honor of "Teacher of the Month" (nominated by my principal through the Ventura Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation). I was given certificates from the senator, house of representatives, and county representatives along with several generous gifts from community organizations. I have also been serving as the department chair and English Language Arts District Liaison since 2003. I have also served as a Mentor to first and second year teachers. I have also had the responsibility as Technology Peer Coach and GATE Liaison.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California with a BA in English and Art supplementary authorization. I received my teaching credential there as well.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love my students, I love teaching, and my goal is to make learning fun for all!

GRADES

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Basic Principles, Environment, Social Studies, Ancient History, Civics, Government, Native Americans, U.S. History, European History, World History, Middle Ages, Arts & Music, Other (Art), Drama, Career and Technical Education, Health, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, British History, Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Religion, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Economics , Character Education, Instructional Technology, General Science, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Asian Studies, Oral Communication, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Halloween, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Test Preparation