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Rachel M Adams

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Fractured Fairy Tales! Drama Group Skits Project

By Rachel M Adams

This is a FUN drama group project where students use the physical and vocal delivery skills they have learned in drama class. They also get to practice creative writing in script format which they then rehearse and perform. This lesson includes

Subjects:

Drama, Writing

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

Types:

Projects, Scripts, Rubrics

$4.25

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Voice Unit- Drama Class! Performance Directions & Rubrics-Radio Commercial!

By Rachel M Adams

This is a FULL "Voice Unit" for your drama class. Introduce unit with my Power Point and Cornell-Notes sheet. (Students take fill in blank notes with power point, next day create questions on left, and a few days later summarize notes.) 4 Voice

Subjects:

Drama

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

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Rubrics

$4.99

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Guided Reading- "The Smallest Dragonboy" by Anne McCaffrey

By Rachel M Adams

This is an effective short story to teach plot, conflict, and theme to middle school Language Arts students. Students are interested in the Fantasy genre about dragons and enjoy reading of a 12 year old main character. This comes with the story

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Short Stories

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Handouts

$2.00

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Pantomime Acting Unit for Drama Class! Performance Directions & Rubrics

By Rachel M Adams

This is a great first drama unit! This includes what to teach in order with warm-up games, 4 performance directions (group, individual emotions, partner narrative, partner regular) and rubrics. Introduce unit with my FREE Pantomime Power Point and

Subjects:

Drama

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Games, Rubrics

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Pantomime Presentation- Note Sheet (Drama Unit 1)

By Rachel M Adams

This goes directly along with my FREE "Pantomime Power Point Presentation". This hand-out is organized as Cornell-Notes. The essential question is the lesson objective in question format, like "How do I create a pantomime?". Students fill in the

Subjects:

Drama

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts

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"My School Design" Project & Socratic Seminar

By Rachel M Adams

AVID lesson extension for middle school AVID or Life Skill classes. Students love being able to imagine and design what their perfect school would be! It opens up insightful conversations about what elements are necessary for a school to provide

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Life Skills

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Posters

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College Knowledge Web Quest

By Rachel M Adams

Students will increase their college knowledge by discovering definitions of college terms. There are three recommended websites to use for them to search on. This is perfect for middle school and high school AVID and Life Skills classes. I have

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, Other (Specialty), Life Skills

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Worksheets, Webquests

$3.00

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"Three Skeleton Key" by George G. Toudoze Guided Reading WORKSHEET

By Rachel M Adams

This reading packet includes pre-reading, during-reading, and after reading questions. My students LOVE this short story of the horror genre around Halloween or anytime! There is a fun whole-class prediction activity, practice using vocabulary

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

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Multi-Media Group Career Project!

By Rachel M Adams

This is a fantastic group project perfect for the AVID or LIFE SKILLS class! Create student groups based on their career field interests. Then groups will research careers within their group's career field. Next, groups will follow directions for

Subjects:

Life Skills

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects

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College Pennant Project! Webquest, Research, Create, & Present!

By Rachel M Adams

This is great project for AVID or LIFE SKILLS CLASSES! Students use websites to complete an "Interest Inventory" and "Research" packet on a college they are interested in attending. They will also create a PENNANT to display and give a

Subjects:

Life Skills

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Webquests

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My College Exploration & Essay

By Rachel M Adams

This assignment provides an excellent website for students to explore colleges which fits their GPA. It will provide them with college facts and a percentage of how likely he/she could be accepted. There are directions and a graphic organizer to

Subjects:

Life Skills, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Graphic Organizers, Webquests

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Welcome- First Day Digital/Virtual Class Introduction Power Point!

By Rachel M Adams

Use this 15 slide Power Point to welcome your digital/virtual classes back to school! Most slides are already filled in, but you can edit them to fit your needs. Other slides are titled and ready for you to fill in with personalized information.

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

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Self Poem Pyramid

By Rachel M Adams

Students write a poem about themselves in a pyramid structure, so it's something new instead of the usual "Bio Poem". This is a great way for students to practice descriptive writing in a short, fun way. Use this to start out a new year or new

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English Language Arts

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

Types:

Activities

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Creative Writing Prompts & Worksheets

By Rachel M Adams

Have fun exercising your imagination in English or Drama class! These are great for students to share in class too! (2 are writing assignments and 2 sheets are journal prompts.)

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Writing

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

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Worksheets

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Pantomime Presentation- Power Point (Drama Unit 1)

By Rachel M Adams

Teaching a drama class! Pantomime is an excellent first unit for students to feel comfortable in front of the class. Introduce the unit with this power point and note sheet, and then have students warm-up with other activities like charades. See

Subjects:

Drama

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

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Virtual/ Digital Classroom Rules

By Rachel M Adams

Have a great start to your school year using these rules for your virtual/digital/remote classroom. These rules follow the acronym "LEARN" to be easy to remember for your students. Set clear guidelines for your live classroom meetings on Zoom,

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For All Subject Areas

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

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Homeschool Curricula, Handouts, Classroom Forms

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Voice Terms Power Point for Drama Class!

By Rachel M Adams

Use this Power Point to introduce your Voice Unit. (I recommend doing after Pantomime Unit 1 for drama class.) This goes along with my complete "VOICE UNIT".

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Dance

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have eighteen years of public school teaching experience at a Michigan middle school in the subjects of English, Drama, Speech, and AVID (national college readiness program). I have also coached Forensics (speech and acting competition team) for seventeen years.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Priority number one is to create a positive learning environment where my goal is to encourage and motivate students to reach their full potential. I use a variety of strategies to meet all learning styles. My lessons incorporate various activities to keep students engaged- whole class activities, to partner sharing, and collaborative groups.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

College Graduate with Honors- Cum Laude, AVID Site Team Member, and Forensics Coach

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor's of Arts in Education with a major in English and minor in Communications. Master's of Arts in Linguistics

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I love reading and spending time with my family- camping, hiking, and cooking.

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

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Arts & Music, Drama, Career and Technical Education, Other (Specialty), Life Skills, For All Subjects, Short Stories, Writing, Writing-Essays, Dance