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Six Quick Ted Talks to Teach Leadership and Build Character

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*Updated! This resource includes PDFs as well as links to Google Apps to be used digitally. Print or go digital - whichever works best for your class!Ted Talks are an awesome way to break up a long class period, transition between units, or provide

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Character Education

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Internet Activities, Movie Guides

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186

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Hilarious Ted Talks

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*Update! Now there are six!*I have also updated this resource to be available in Google Apps to be used digitally. Print or go digital - whichever works best for your class! This also means it is completely editable. I've done a lot of Ted Talks

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (Specialty), Character Education

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2

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The Hate U Give: Ted Talk Guide Sheets

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I've gone through the numerous talks available on Ted.com to find just the right ones to pair with "The Hate U Give." This product includes guide questions for the talks along with one final question to connect the talk with the text. There are also

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6

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105

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Of Mice and Men Movie Guide

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Visually appealing and easy-to-follow graphic organizer to be used with the 1992 Gary Sinise movie version of "Of Mice and Men." I love using this lesson when I don't have enough time in the year to read the book. It's also a good accompaniment if

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

$3.00

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Lamb to the Slaughter: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

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*Updated 10/12/20: For each worksheet, I’ve created a png image of the worksheet and then put that image as the background in a Google Slide. The students can use all of the tools in Slides to mark their answers. The links are already set up to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Movie Guides

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.7, W.9-10.1a, SL.9-10.4

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The Landlady Guide Questions and Movie Comparison

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Students LOVE this story! With a bit of inferencing magic, around the 90% mark in the story, the class gives a collective "No way!" when they realized what's actually happening. It's a sight to see and it's guaranteed to warm your teacher heart as

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.7

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Oedipus Prologue

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With Oedipus, the whole play hinges on students understanding the back story. Make sure yours do with this easy to follow prologue and graphic organizer. Powerpoint begins with brief introduction to current and ancient prophecy as well as hubris. To

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.6

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Ted Talks to Teach Executive Functioning Skills

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This product includes worksheets to accompany Ted Talks related to executive functioning skills: time management, planning/prioritizing, working memory, sustained persistence, emotional control, and task initiation. The length of each talk varies:

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Study Skills, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2

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Thank You Notes

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20 assorted thank you notes to use throughout the year. Different designs, fonts, and colors. ***Updated! Now includes an additional 20 thank you notes in black and white! See thumbnails for images of all the different notes****Some ideas for how to

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Other

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Not Grade Specific

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Bulletin Board Ideas

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Grit Podcast and NPR Interview Guide and Activity

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QR Code links to Ted Talk and NPR interview with Angela Lee Duckworth on what grit is and how to teach grit. Students answer guide questions while listening to the talk and the interview to better understand grit. Students identify and analyze what

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Character Education

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

SL.9-10.3

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John Proctor: Tragic Hero or Just Tragic?

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Great worksheet to help students find textual evidence to support their claim on if John Proctor fulfills the characteristics of a tragic hero. Students must closely read each quote in order to determine which one BEST exemplifies each tragic hero

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3

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Animal Farm Allegory Graphic Organizer

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This graphic organizer (available as a PDF and through Google Slides) is a great way to help students identify all of the connections between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution/Stalin's reign over the Soviet Union. The graphic organizer is set

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2

$4.00

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Christmas Podcast Guides

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This activity is the perfect way to bring a little holiday fun into the classroom. Students listen to two very amusing podcasts of David Sedaris reading his best Christmas material: "The Santaland Diaries" and "An Animal Farm Christmas."

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets

CCSS:

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

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Projects and Writing Prompts

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This resource contains instructions and worksheets to guide students through three projects and four writing prompts related to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."Project 1: Introduced at the beginning, end, or anywhere in between. Students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Projects

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.6

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Porphyria's Lover

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My students LOVE this poem - once they get through some of the tricky language. I've designed this lesson to help students catch some of the overlooked details and fully appreciate how creepy this poem is. *Updated to help with distance learning.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

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

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Ted Talk Guides: Focus on Mental Health

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These highly engaging Ted Talks focus on mental health and self-awareness - two areas our students definitely need help with! Included in this download are guides for each talk. Guides are available as a PDF or as a Google Doc - whichever works best

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Movie Guides, Google Apps

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1

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Lore Episode 122 The Shortest Straw

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This episode is from the critically acclaimed Lore podcast - winner of Best History Podcast 2016. Your students' attention is immediately grabbed as the host details a gruesome shipwreck that resulted in some of the crew members eating other crew

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Internet Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.8, W.9-10.1

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Scarlet Ibis One-Pager Graphic Organizer

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This is the perfect assignment to help introduce one-pagers to students. The graphic organizer is designed to help students organize information from the story in a way that is visually appealing and in a way that allows for creativity from the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2

$2.50

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Night Chapter Five: Analyzing Style

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Students analyze style and punctuation throughout chapter five in order write a chapter six prediction in the style of Wiesel. To understand Elie Wiesel's style, students look at his use of questions, ellipses, dialogue, and parallel structure and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4, W.9-10.3

$3.50

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Animal Farm Allegorical Characters Graphic Organizer

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This graphic organizer is a great way to help students match the characters of the book with the real-life people and groups they represent. With this purchase you have access to a printable PDF form and two Google Slide files: one for the teacher

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2

$2.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I started teaching special education English in 2011 at a high school in Baltimore County. Recently I moved up to central Pennsylvania where I continue to teach a combination of self-contained/adaptive English classes as well as co-taught inclusion classes. I have a dual graduate degree in special education and secondary education and am certified in both special education and English 7-12.

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I've spent the majority of my career teaching in self-contained special education settings and co-teaching in standard classes. My products are made to reach all learners; not through watering down the content, but through the presentation of the information. Vocabulary worksheets include visuals because most students benefit from the addition of appropriate and meaningful visual aids. My graphic organizers are made to chunk information in ways that help struggling students better understand the material. I love teaching special education and adore the students I work with. My passion is connecting with students who struggle in “standard” classrooms because they tend to learn differently from what we consider to be the average student.

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