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McKenzie Crippen

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The Greatest Showman's "This Is Me" Song Analysis

By McKenzie Crippen

This one-day lesson plan and graphic organizer guide students through a thematic song lyric analysis. This activity is relevant, engaging, and can easily be paired with many other texts of a similar topic.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.4, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.4, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2...

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Mighty Jack Novel Unit

By McKenzie Crippen

This unit will provide a general lesson plan and materials for teaching Mighty Jack: Book One by Ben Hatke. Editable reading questions, discussion topics, and writing prompts are all included as well as a PowerPoint introducing the graphic novel

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

$6.95

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Elf Movie Viewing: The Hero's Journey (Monomyth)

By McKenzie Crippen

This PDF download includes links to 2 documents: a Google slides presentation that provides an overview of the Hero's Journey and a Google slides worksheet for students to complete as they watch Jon Favreau's 2003 hit film "Elf" starring Will

Subjects:

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

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Movie Guides, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.3, RL.7.1, RL.7.3, RL.8.1, RL.8.3, RL.8.9

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Writing Pre- and Post-Assessment: Informational, Narrative, and Argumentative

By McKenzie Crippen

This three-part writing lesson is a perfect way to assess the general ability level for writing expository/informational, narrative, and argumentative responses. Students are asked to select one endangered species to become the main topic for three

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.6.2, W.6.3, W.7.1, W.7.2, W.7.3, W.8.1, W.8.2, W.8.3

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Google Docs™

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Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud Assessment Guide

By McKenzie Crippen

This fifteen page bundle provides vocabulary and reading comprehension assessments and keys for the adaptation novel Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane. This book pairs wonderfully with the original short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

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Holiday Song Analysis & Informational Research: "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

By McKenzie Crippen

Listening to holiday songs in the classroom can add to the spirit of the season, but often those popular songs have an interesting origin and meaning. The song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid (1984) is one example of “festive” music with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Songs, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.2

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Google Docs™

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Reviewing Informational Text Structures: A Joint Productive Activity

By McKenzie Crippen

This one-day activity is an excellent collaborative task for students to investigate or review the five basic informational text structures. It includes an overview of the Joint Productive Activity (JPA) lesson methodology as well as all necessary

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.5, RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.5, RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.5, SL.6.1, SL.7.1...

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Langston Hughes's "Mother to Son" Poetry Analysis

By McKenzie Crippen

This one or two-day activity will guide students through analysis of a deceptively complex poem: Hughes's "Mother to Son." You can use the analysis questions to guide your class through discussion and text deconstruction, or it can be printed as a

Subjects:

Writing, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.4, W.8.2, W.9-10.2

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March: Book 1 Reading Questions

By McKenzie Crippen

This resource includes a fill-in-the-blank reading worksheet with key, a list of key terms, and analysis questions that can be used for informal discussion or even developed into more complex writing prompts.

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets

$3.50

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Hamilton's "Aaron Burr, Sir" Identification + Tone Analysis

By McKenzie Crippen

This lesson uses the lyrics of “Aaron Burr, Sir” from the hit Hamilton: An American Musical to conduct an identification analysis that reveals a clear and obvious tone from each main character in the scene. This lesson is perfect for a single class

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4

$2.95

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Argumentative Writing Notes Handout

By McKenzie Crippen

This handout would be a great supplement to a presentation on the structure of argumentative writing. Download includes a "teacher version" and blank "student version." Enjoy!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts

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Digital Download PDF (0.13 MB)

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Score a Good Book! Reading Record

By McKenzie Crippen

Help your middle grades readers keep track of books they loved (Touchdown!) and books that missed the mark (Fumbles). This handout can be a simple but useful tool for those students who "don't know what to check out" at every library visit. I

Subjects:

Reading, Library Skills, Back to School

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

English Language Arts; Honors English; Yearbook Adviser

MY TEACHING STYLE

Collaborative learning; creative writing focus; project-based learning

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Panel speaker at NCTE Annual Convention 2016

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Auburn University

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, ELA Test Prep, Literature, Library Skills, Writing, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Informational Text, Close Reading