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World Music Unit - 22 Countries! (readings and...

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Musical Theater Unit Bundle (History + Composers + Time Periods)!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This AWESOME bundle will have your drama kids swooning! By the end of this substantial unit, students will have a solid grip and musical theater and Broadway across time. My students knew some modern musicals, but they really felt like they didn't

Subjects:

Music, Drama

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

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$34.50

$25.00

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Evaluating Arguments Digital Escape Room!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Need an engaging, fun, educational, rigorous activity for your students? Look no further! Students love learning through digital escape rooms, and this one is no different! This digital escape room can be a pre-teaching, during unit, or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.5, RI.8.6, RI.8.8, W.8.1, W.8.1a, W.8.1b

$5.00

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Introducing Shakespeare Digital Escape Room

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Fun and engaging with NO PREP WORK FOR YOU! - introduce your students to Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare's biography, the language he helped create, and basic information about a drama's structure, and The Globe Theatre! This digital escape

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

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

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Activities, Internet Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10

$5.00

Online Resource
Google Forms™

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My Dream Future - A College and Career Research Unit

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Want a fun and exciting way to help students understand what it will take to get them to their ideal future? This is the unit for you!Great for AVID classes, advisory, study or life skills, or as a unit for any college and career class. Students

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

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

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Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

W.9-10.2, W.9-10.2a, W.9-10.2d, SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6

$9.99

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World Music Unit - 22 Countries! (readings and clips for high engagement!)

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Your students will LOVE this and it will save you a TON of time. Fabulous resource where students will have a solid grasp of world music types by the end. Check out the reviews on this unit, teachers are raving about what a great value it brings!FUN

Subjects:

Music, Vocal Music, Other (Music)

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

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Activities

$10.00

Digital Download ZIP (7.72 MB)

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National Boards - Knowledge of Students Guide / Bundle / Component 4

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Congratulations on working on your National Boards certificate! National Boards is a rewarding and challenging journey and we would love to help you on your way. As two Nationally Board certified teachers, we know exactly the massive undertaking

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English Language Arts, Professional Development, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Professional Development

$5.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Macbeth Opening Scene - Film Comparison (Great Intro to Macbeth!!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

GREAT way to start off a unit on Macbeth in a fun and engaging way! Students take notes on the 1971, 2005, 2006, 2004, and 2015 versions of the opening scenes of Macbeth, then they answer analysis questions around each interpretation. This builds

Subjects:

Drama, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10

$5.00

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West Side Story/ Romeo and Juliet Comparison Guide

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Did you read Romeo and Juliet with your students? Why not watch West Side Story (2021) and compare the two?!This guide has students compare the main characters from the text to the film and note their similarities and differences as well as look at

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Movie Guides

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.9

$4.00

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AP Human Geography Unit 2: Population Escape Room!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Teaching Geography? Human Geography? AP Human Geography? This Unit 2: Population Digital Escape Room is a fun, engaging way to help your students understand some of the critical elements of population!This fully digital escape room includes:TFR,

Subjects:

Geography

Grades:

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

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Activities, Internet Activities

CCSS:

RH.9-10.4, RH.9-10.7

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (0.19 MB)

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Ethos Pathos Logos (Rhetorical Appeals) Advertisement Project

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Fun way to end a unit on ethos, pathos, logos (Rhetorical Appeals). This can be used for up to 4 class periods, but could also be shorted down into 2-3 class periods if needed. Students receive a project packet where they choose something to be

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English Language Arts

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

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Activities

$4.00

Digital Download DOCX (2.14 MB)

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Social Media Argumentative Essay and Sources

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This essay bundle is a great summative assessment for a non-fiction unit on Social Media. Students love engaging with this topic and they all come with an opinion! Resources are editable and can be used fully for students that need extra

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

$5.00

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Modern Broadway Musical Analysis - Theater/Drama class

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

GREAT at home activity (or in a lab at school) where students watch clips from modern musicals (2000-current) and analyze them. Students will analyze performances for set design, costumes, lighting, acting choices, choreography, and more. Some

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Other (Music), Drama

Grades:

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

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Activities

$2.50

Digital Download DOCX (0.04 MB)

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Famous Musical (Broadway) Composers Bundle!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

GREAT at home activity (or in a lab at school) where students watch clips from Youtube to develop an understanding of the famous musical theater composers crom Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Alan Menken, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and

Subjects:

Music, Music Composition, Drama

Grades:

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

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Activities

$16.00

$11.00

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Broadway Musical Analysis Bundle (1900s-present day)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

GREAT at home/distance activity (or in a lab at school) where students watch clips from modern musicals (Classics, 1970s-2000, and Modern) and analyze them. Students will analyze performances for set design, costumes, lighting, acting choices,

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.10

$7.50

$6.00

Bundle

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Social Media WebQuest

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Social Media - it's everywhere and our students are often addicted to their phones! What can help them understand the impacts of social media on their lives and those of others. Available as a PowerPoint or a Google Slides presentation. Can be done

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Webquests

CCSS:

RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.5

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (2.87 MB)

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Context and Anticipation Guide for Of Mice and Men Stations Activity (Fun!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Students LOVED this!Need a an engaging way to frontload a lot of background information for Of Mice and Men? This is a stations activity where students rotate around the room and groups to seven stations, each has important details and activities

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (11.51 MB)

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Drama Class Open Scenes Project!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a wonderful project for theater students to practice their acting and character development skills. This is an open scene project (sometimes referred to as ambiguous scenes) where students have to create an entire background scene with

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

$5.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.02 MB)

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Identifying and Analyzing Juxtaposition in (Film, Fiction, AND Photography)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This is a fun way to introduce the concept of juxtaposition using youtube clips (Up, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Wizard of Oz), pictures, and examples from literature. The top of the worksheet has a definition, two sentence frames so they understand

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Internet Activities

$4.00

Digital Download DOCX (0.65 MB)

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Broadway Movie Musicals Mega Bundle 2! (Guides, One Pagers, Quizzes!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Have resources on hand whenever you need (or want) to show the film version of a musical! Students LOVE these. This could function as a unit on Broadway musicals or as standalone musicals that you play throughout the year. :)This bundle includes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Music, Drama

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Movie Guides

$21.97

$15.00

Bundle

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Analyze Ethos / Pathos / Logos with Commercials - Fun Rhetorical Appeal activity

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Great way to introduce the Rhetorical Appeals! Students learn how to identify ethos, pathos, and logos as they analyze commercials for premise, target audience, and the 3 appeals.This is editable, so you can adjust as necessary. It ALSO includes an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10

$3.50

Digital Download DOCX (0.03 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Two National Boards Certified ELA teachers with 20 years of experience working at both the middle and high school levels. We share a passion for all things books, literature, and of course, Harry Potter!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Focused on engaging activities to encourage critical thinking and developing students self-motivation to be lifelong learners.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Boards Certification, National Boards MOC, District Teacher of the Year Nominee

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Math, Other (Math), Science, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, Government, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Art History, Other (Art), Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Physical Education, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, ELA Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Professional Development, Statistics, Psychology, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, School Psychology, Close Reading