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Murphy Made It
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I teach because I love being around all that potential. In my classroom, empathy is lesson #1.
 
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By Murphy Made It
UPDATED for 2020! You asked for it? You got it! TWICE the examples with an updated version for 2020, AND a playlist link available for each list. From Saturday Night Live and The Office to Jimmy Fallon and The Simpsons, the possibilities are
Subjects:
Informational Text
Grades:
10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Activities
$4.99
$3.99
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By Murphy Made It
Drawing on released exams and using my three years of experience as an instructor as well as my knowledge as an AP reader, I constructed this skills-based unit for AP Seminar. With these handouts and worksheets, you will be able to teach
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text
Grades:
10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Rubrics
$19.99
$14.99
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By Murphy Made It
An accessible informational text, Outliers provides an example of what to do (and occasionally what not to do) when building an argument based on research. The lessons in the book teach its reader volumes about the need to recognize complexities
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Activities, Handouts, Assessment
$7.99
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By Murphy Made It
This Hamilton mega-pack has something for everyone! Mix and match your favorites to create your own unit for the English Language Arts classroom! The pack features skill-building exercises, rhetoric, argumentation, poetic device, theme, literary
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing
Grades:
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Handouts
$9.99
$8.99
2
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By Murphy Made It
This quiz, "Academic Honesty WWYD" was designed in the style of a magazine quiz as a conversation-starter about issues of academic integrity.
Subjects:
Character Education, For All Subjects
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Worksheets, Handouts
$1.19
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By Murphy Made It
Using both modern-day connections such as dialects and vocal trends as well as the history of Victorian and Edwardian England, this unit on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion bridges the gaps between past and present, fiction and nonfiction, literature
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading
Grades:
10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Homeschool
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Assessment
$5.99
1
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By Murphy Made It
Complete Jane Eyre Unit, including over 20 files. Features assessments, worksheets, activities, and more. Emphasis on archetypes and fairy tales.
Subjects:
Reading, Literature
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Handouts
CCSS:
RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.10
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$6.99
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By Murphy Made It
A quick introduction to the three main orders of architecture in ancient Greece and Rome.Notes section includes ideas for an interactive activity during the presentation.
Subjects:
Social Studies - History, Ancient History, Art History
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Activities
$3.99
$2.99
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By Murphy Made It
Ever get tired of trying to outwit your students who rely entirely on internet study aids for summaries of literature? This test makes it impossible for students to fall back on internet summaries by asking them to complete a performance task in
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Literature
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Assessment
$1.19
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By Murphy Made It
This low-prep comma lesson has everything you need to start the year off on the right foot with punctuation! Its flexible implementation can be easily adapted for distance-learning. My original sample sentences are related to the theme of
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Activities
$3.99
Digital Download ZIP (2.33 MB)
By Murphy Made It
Guidelines for teaching and discussing British Romantic Poetry with high school students. Created for a block schedule in which other information (vocabulary, language use, etc.) would also be taught. Includes ideas for teaching commonly-used poems
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Literature
Grades:
10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Unit Plans
$2.99
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By Murphy Made It
Just in time for Valentine's Day! Engage your students with poems on the theme of love while teaching them to think analytically about poetry. Students will compare and contrast attitudes toward love in this bundle which includes poems, activities,
Subjects:
Literature, Poetry, Valentine's Day
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Activities
$5.99
$4.99
1
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By Murphy Made It
Use this simple handout and detailed PowerPoint presentation for teaching five basic comma rules with examples related to sea turtles and plastic straws! Students learn when to apply each rule and are invited to come up with examples of their own.
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Grades:
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Activities
$3.99
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By Murphy Made It
This was originally designed as a summer reading test. It uses multiple choice questions over the novel A Northern Light and includes an open-book section with close reading questions.
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Literature
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Assessment
$2.99
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By Murphy Made It
This product includes 15 sets of commonly confused words (32 words total) with definitions and examples, a student activity which can be used as a pre-test, an answer key in the form of a PowerPoint presentation which can also be used on its own as
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Grades:
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Activities
$2.99
Digital Download ZIP (2.91 MB)
By Murphy Made It
Information on Renaissance England used to introduce students to Romeo and Juliet. Includes important information on the clothing and medicine of the time (think apothecaries) which is specifically referenced in the text of the play.
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Literature
Grades:
8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations
$3.99
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By Murphy Made It
This quotation identification quiz with a twist covers chapters 1-55 in the novel.
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Literature
Grades:
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
Assessment
$1.99
2
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By Murphy Made It
Students can answer AP-style questions on a new sonnet reading from Charlotte Turner Smith's Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems. Completely original multiple choice questions draw on students' knowledge of types of sonnets and sonnet structure.
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Literature
Grades:
10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education
Types:
Activities, Assessment
$1.19
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By Murphy Made It
Use a reading which corresponds with what you're already teaching to review for the ACT while front-loading students with content at the same time. This completely original passage is based on College Readiness Standards for the ACT and crafted
Subjects:
ELA Test Prep, Literature
Grades:
11th, 12th
Types:
FREE
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By Murphy Made It
"Something to Believe In" is a performance task for the novel A Northern Light in which students examine their own beliefs and those of the characters in the novel. This is designed to be completed as a group activity.
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Types:
FREE
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

15+ years of experience teaching English, theatre, and humanities in private schools, grades 7-12, remedial through AP

MY TEACHING STYLE

varied

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

ESU Cambridge Summer School Fellowship, 2007 CEF Teacher of the Year, 2008

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA English Literature Teaching minors in communication and theatre M.Ed.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Previously worked for a test prep company as a writer and editor, working primarily with college entrance exams such as the ACT and SAT.