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Halloween Podcast How to Sell a Haunted House Criminal Podcast Lesson Digital

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Incorporate a great listening comprehension activity into your Halloween lesson plans with the compelling episode, "How to Sell a Haunted House" from the podcast, Criminal. This podcast details a famous court case which is widely taught in law

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Halloween

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

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W.9-10.4, W.9-10.9, W.11-12.9

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Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Scene 1 Summary Activity Friar Lawrence's Plan (Digital)

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Assess students' understanding of the major details of Friar Lawrence's plan in Act 4 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet with this engaging, 5-star rated label activity. After closely reading his plan, students develop a label for his potion which

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Close Reading

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

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4

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The Scarlet Letter BUNDLE of AP SAT Questions Worksheets Digital Escape Room

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Challenge your Honors/Pre-AP/AP students to think critically about Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter with this bundle of AP-style passage-based questions, worksheets, and an engaging digital escape room.5-star rated and described as a "great resource,"

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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

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Activities, Internet Activities

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4

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Brain Break Activity After Test or Quiz Mindfulness SEL Screen Break One Pager

By Innovative English Instruction

Want to be sure your classroom remains quiet until every student finishes working on a test or quiz? Engage students with this fun, screen-free brain break, which provides them with opportunities to:solve a sudoku puzzledoodlecolor an intricate

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For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

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

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Animal Farm Chapter 3 Propaganda Poster Assignment George Orwell Digital

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Encourage creative thinking in this assignment which is ideally completed when students have read Chapters 1-3 of Animal Farm. Students analyze powerful visuals that world leaders have relied on to promote themselves. Thereafter, students work

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English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Literature

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

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W.9-10.9, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1b

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Informational Texts High School English SAT AP Test Prep Digital Growing Bundle

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Students bored with informational texts? Engage them with this growing bundle of skill-building informational texts of student interest (like the potential theft of Shakespeare's skull and a lake that turns things to stone). These resources

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English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Informational Text

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

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Activities, Google Apps

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RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Review Activities Assessments

By Innovative English Instruction

Finished Jekyll and Hyde and need direction? I've got you covered! This bundle contains 3 review exercises and 2 final assessments, offering you several of days of resources that clear common student confusion, challenge them to meaningfully

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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

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Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1b, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6

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The Great Gatsby Chapter 6 AP SAT Style Multiple Choice Questions

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Infuse inference-based AP-style questions into your The Great Gatsby unit with these questions from Chapter 6. Described as "excellent practice for my AP students," this resource includes: a 12-question inference-based assessment based on a passage

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Literature

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

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Activities, Assessment

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4

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Animal Farm Digital Escape Room Genre Task Propaganda Poster SAT AP Test Prep

By Innovative English Instruction

Engage your students from the first paragraph to the last with these 6 resources that support George Orwell's Animal Farm:introducing Animal Farm through an analysis of its genre (with one task for when students begin the novel and another for when

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English Language Arts, Literature

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

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Projects, Activities, Assessment

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Hero's Journey Project Creative Activity Develop a Hero for 2024 Editable Google

By Innovative English Instruction

Challenge students to think creatively to develop a hero needed for 2024. While completing this 5-star-rated project, students will review the key steps of the hero's journey. In this engaging and relevant task, students also have an opportunity

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Visual Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1b, SL.9-10.1c

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Animal Farm SAT AP Questions Multiple Choice George Orwell Digital Speech Song

By Innovative English Instruction

Embed SAT and AP practice into your Animal Farm unit! In this resource, you will find questions based on three passages from the text (two songs and a speech). Each passage includes 5 or 6 SAT-style questions. Answer keys are included. Technology

Subjects:

Literature, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4

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Romeo and Juliet Act I Growing Bundle Activities SAT AP CCSS Digital

By Innovative English Instruction

Engage students with this growing bundle of popular resources for teaching Act I of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that offer excellent SAT/AP prep and are CCSS aligned! You'll get:sonnet line ordering activity for the prologue of Act I 6 AP/SAT

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.9, W.9-10.4

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Macbeth Motif Tracker Theme Analysis EDITABLE Sleep Nature Animals Hands Blood

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Challenge students to think critically about the role of one of the many motifs in Macbeth (sleep/sleeplessness, nature/natural/unnatural, animals/birds, blood, and hands) with this motif tracker and final theme analysis. This EDITABLE resource

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, W.9-10.4

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Charles Dickens AP English Bundle A Christmas Carol A Tale of Two Cities Digital

By Innovative English Instruction

Teaching Charles Dickens to Honors or AP students? Tired of basic plot questions that don't offer students a chance to think deeply about their reading? Challenge them to approach Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.6, RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.9, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.4...

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Macbeth Act Activities Intro Digital Escape Room SAT AP Prep Growing Bundle

By Innovative English Instruction

Engage students with these fun and interactive materials that support each act of Macbeth, beginning with a virtual tour of medieval Scotland and ending with a digital escape room! This GROWING BUNDLE currently contains:Introductory activities,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.6, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.4, W.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1b, SL.9-10.6

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Summer Lessons and Activities High School English Summer School Bundle Digital

By Innovative English Instruction

Are students ready for summer? Are you teaching summer school? Are you beginning school in summer months? This growing resource is for you! Packed with engaging, skill-building resources (many of which 5-star rated!), your grade 8-12 English

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English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.9, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1b, SL.9-10.1c

$43.17

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A Christmas Carol AP English Language Analysis Questions Charles Dickens Digital

By Innovative English Instruction

Challenge students to approach A Christmas Carol from an AP Language lens with this 5-star rated resource! Students will analyze: the impact of changes that Dickens made between his original and final drafts literary and rhetorical features of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RI.9-10.6

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Shakespeare Informational Text Skull Resurrectionists A Tale Two Cities Digital

By Innovative English Instruction

Did you know that Shakespeare's skull may have been stolen from his grave in the late 1700s? Engage students in the mystery of Shakespeare's skull and in a related act that occurred in pre-Victorian and Victorian England (while also sneaking in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4

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Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5 Key Details Review Scavenger Hunt Digital

By Innovative English Instruction

Challenge your students to locate key literary, character, and plot details of Act I Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet with this two-page scavenger hunt. The works well after reading and/or watching Act I Scene 5. Note that it begins with line 48 of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1

$2.97

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No Prep Activities for Any Novel Character Analysis Growing Bundle Digital

By Innovative English Instruction

Tired of the same old assignments to assess your high school English students' understandings of characters in a your whole-class, literature circle, or independent novel (especially if you're unfamiliar with an independent text)? This no prep

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, W.9-10.2b, W.9-10.4, SL.9-10.6

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Greetings! An English teacher for over 15 years, I have taught a range of courses including: 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, American Literature, A.P. English Language and Composition, A.P. English Literature and Composition, Advanced Composition, Advanced Literature, Creative Writing, Adaptations of Great Books, and Mythology.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Keenly aware that students learn best by doing, my hands-on assignments task them with closely engaging in what they learn. I am also a proud English nerd, and infuse my lessons with artifacts from treks I make to the real and romanticized literary haunts of the world. Please visit my blog, Innovative English Instruction, to learn more about my teaching style and resources!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

District-wide Teacher of the Year Nominee; Presenter at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Conference

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters and Bachelors of English, A.P. English Language and Literature Certified, Adjunct Professor, TEAM Certified Cooperating Teacher

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I live in Connecticut with my husband, 2 sons, and 4 heron-proof goldfish.

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Social Studies, World History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Music, Other (Performing Arts), Drama, ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, School Counseling, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Close Reading