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Clash of the Titans follow along movie guide

By Nerdy Zu Works

This movie guide will help your students keep track of characters, plot events, and conflicts in the story. It keeps students engaged and increases their comprehension of the story. This may later be used to compare it with the text, since it is

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Literature

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

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Romeo and Juliet Movie guide

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This is a great way to keep students engaged while still learning. Some elements they can identify are dialogue, dramatic irony, monologue, plot, setting, mood, stage directions and other elements of drama. This can also be used as a study guide

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Drama, ELA Test Prep, Literature

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

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Les Miserables Movie Follow Along Guide

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This is an easy way to show students a movie with a lesson plan! This handout is designed to help students understand elements of drama while watching a movie. I suggest playing the movie with captions to make it easier for students to answer the

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Literature

Grades:

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

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Handouts, Movie Guides

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CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

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Peer review

By Nerdy Zu Works

This is a very thorough peer review and breakdown of their essays. It is done in partners, and it allows students to focus on their organization and development of ideas. To do this activity, students will need a completed essay to review. This is

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Writing-Expository, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

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CCSS:

WHST.9-10.2, WHST.11-12.2

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Teaching Body Paragraphs

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I developed this assignment in order to teach students how to develop their paragraph by adding a concrete example in their body paragraphs. The idea is that they take a story that they just read and use it as an example to complete a body

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing

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

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W.9-10.1c

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Project for The Odyssey

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This offers students a variety of projects they can do while reading The Odyssey. Each project has a writing component and it also allows students to be creative. They could be done individually or in pairs. I suggest in pairs if some class time

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th

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Projects

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Expository Prompt

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STAAR like prompt for Expository writing

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Writing-Expository, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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CCSS:

W.9-10.2

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To Kill a Mocking Bird Movie follow along guide

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This is an easy way to show students a movie with a lesson plan! I suggest play the movie with captions and pause when students need to answer questions.

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

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Expository Writing Prompt (STAAR ENGLISH I)

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This prompt follows STAAR format for the English I expository essay. As the test gets closer, I give my students prompts in this format to imitate the test format with the READ, THINK, and WRITE statements.

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Writing-Expository, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching since 2007

MY TEACHING STYLE

My approach to teaching is very student centered. I use SIOP, AVID, CIF(Common Instructional Framework), NMSI (Laying the Foundation) Jane Schaffer and Gretchen Barnabei strategies. Over the years I have accumulated numerous hours of training and have taken what works best for my students. I like to keep my students engaged to minimize discipline problems. If students are engaged they are learning.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Graduating On Time Initiative Award

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelors of Arts in Humanities with a Spanish Major and English Minor. Currently completing Masters in English Rhetoric and Composition with concentration in Teaching.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am Christian and married with 2 children. Teaching is my calling.

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

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Arts & Music, Drama, ELA Test Prep, Literature, Writing, Writing-Essays, Informational Text