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The Glass Castle Complete Unit Bundle - Activities, Quizzes, Test, Lesson Plans

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The Glass Castle Complete Unit comes with EVERYTHING you need to teach this novel with rigorous, engaging, comprehensive, creative, thought-provoking, and fun activities. This unit should take between 3 to 4 weeks depending on your students'

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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

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The Glass Castle Final Test

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The Glass Castle Final Test covers both comprehension and analysis. Students must remember events from the story, but they must also think critically and examine character, theme, tone, etc. in order to answer the questions. Test Includes:30

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

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

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The Glass Castle Quizzes for Entire Novel: Editable, 10 Quizzes

By Selena Smith

The Glass Castle quiz set comes with 10 quizzes that cover the entire novel. These questions are mostly comprehension to see if students are reading and paying attention, but there are also some higher level thinking questions as well. These quizzes

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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

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The Glass Castle Activities: Theme Song, Stations, Quote Game, & Lots More!

By Selena Smith

The Glass Castle Activities Packet comes with 9 different engaging activities for students to do while reading this novel.Includes: ►"Child Hunger in America" - uses nonfiction articles about child hunger and requires students to read, discuss,

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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

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The Glass Castle Reading Guides - Jeannette Walls

By Selena Smith

The Glass Castle Reading Guides includes 7 guides that cover the entire novel. Some questions are comprehension while others are analysis or require students to gather evidence and information from the novel's sections. The reading guides are set

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

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

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The Glass Castle Review Game, Task Cards, Stations, or Discussion Activity

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The Glass Castle Review Game comes with teacher instructions, student instructions, and 90 game cards that can be used in a variety of ways. You can use them for a review game, individual or group task cards, discussion activity, stations, or

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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The Glass Castle Pre-Reading: Interview Guide with Jeannette Walls

By Selena Smith

This pre-reading activity for The Glass Castle sparks students' interest in the life of Jeanette Walls before they begin reading the novel. The interview is almost an hour, but I have pointed out where to stop on the video so that the focus is on

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English Language Arts, Character Education, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls: Rose Mary Quotes Impromptu Fun

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The Glass Castle is full of unique and amazing quotes from Rose Mary Walls. She has such an optimistic outlook on life despite her living conditions throughout the novel. This activity includes 24 quotes from Rose Mary on cards. Students in small

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English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Oral Communication

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

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The Glass Castle Stations: Students Move, Discuss, Analyze, Synthesize, & Write

By Selena Smith

The Glass Castle Thinking / Review Stations is a great way to get your students talking about the novel, analyzing events, thinking critically about the characters, and more. There are 8 stations and students rotate around the room to answer the

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am in my 27th year of teaching, and I still love it. I have taught the following: 8th grade Language Arts and Social Studies; 9th and 10th grade standard and honors English; 11th grade standard, honors, and Advanced Placement English Language and Composition English; 12th grade standard English; college American Literature I and II.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style is hands-on and activity driven. I enjoy inventing different, innovative lessons that surprise my students. Students work in collaborative groups often and develop speaking and teamwork skills. Instruction should be rigorous, challenging, and fun.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certification 2003 National Board Re-Certification 2012 Masters in English Education Teacher of the Year at Wayne Early Middle College High School 2008 N.C. Teaching Fellows Scholarship County Writing Plan Committee

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I received my B.S. degree in Secondary English Education from East Carolina University in 1995. I received my MAEd degree from East Carolina University in 2012.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

My husband of 24 years is also a teacher. We have two beautiful daughters who keep us very busy. I am also a speaker/advocate/author for child sexual abuse awareness and prevention.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 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, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, World History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Other (Art), Music, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Health, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Religion, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Professional Development, School Counseling, Character Education, Family Consumer Sciences, Study Skills, Problem Solving, Criminal Justice - Law, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Black History Month, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Early Intervention, Close Reading, African History