Student teaching artifacts
The artifacts linked below were designed for my 9th-11th grade classes during student teaching. All of these artifacts were used in my classes with positive results.
This is a link to a unit plan that I designed for my 11th grade CP English III students on the writers of the New England Renaissance. The unit contains daily lesson plans, a full list of objectives and common core standards, and materials used throughout the unit. The unit focused on bringing the themes of Transcendentalism into modern-day perspective.
The New England Renaissance unit plan | |
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The links below will open one of my alternative assessments, an assignment called "Transcendentalism in Modern Songs." The assignment required students to locate themes of the Transcendentalist movement- love of nature, optimism, self-reliance/self-confidence, etc.- in modern songs. The students referenced specific song lyrics and explained how those lyrics embodied the Transcendentalist themes. The project highlights my use of alternative assessment, as it allows students to incorporate music they like into the project.
The first link opens the assignment sheet, and the second link opens a recorder sheet to be used in class.
The first link opens the assignment sheet, and the second link opens a recorder sheet to be used in class.
Transcendentalism in Modern Song assignment sheet | |
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Transcendentalism in Modern Songs recorder sheet | |
File Size: | 61 kb |
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The link below opens a lesson plan I created for my Honors English III classes. The lesson introduces a unit on local color fiction, and demonstrates my ability to incorporate non-curriculum works into my instruction to reinforce literary concepts.
Honors English III lesson plan | |
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This tip sheet was created to reinforce how to use subordinate clauses and determine the use of who/whom. The class had difficulty learning these rules from the textbook, and so I designed these tip sheets as a way to reinforce the knowledge. This sheet was used in conjunction with problems done in class.
Subordinate clauses handout | |
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This link contains a worksheet given to my 10th grade basic English III class. The worksheet asks students to locate instances of direct and indirect characterization within the short story "Neighbor Rosicky." The students completed the worksheets in groups, and were required to cite specific page numbers and direct quotes.
Neighbor Rosicky characterization worksheet | |
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This is an assignment given to my Creative Writing students. The assignment required students to write a sestina poem. The assignment sheet contains the rules for the poetic form, as well as guidelines for completion. Grading for the assignment was most concerned with effort and creativity.
Sestina poem assignment | |
File Size: | 77 kb |
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