• Reading 8:

  • I Am Malala​

    • Summer Reading​

    • Vocab

    • Guided Reading Questions

    • Group/Classroom Discussions

    • Analyzing

    • Read articles and watched videos to further knowledge about Malala and the Taliban

    • Book Test

  • "Flowers for Algernon"

    • Individual and Classroom Reading​

    • Literary Elements

      • Simile​

      • Metaphor

      • Personification

      • Dramatic Irony

      • Verbal Irony

      • Situational Irony

      • Imagery

      • Onomatopoeia

      • Superstition

      • Etc.

      • I created a packet for the students where they had to find examples of these literary elements on their own. 

    • Quiz

  • Animal Farm

    • Pre-reading activities​

      • Communism​

      • Socialism

      • Capitalism

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• ELA 8:

  • Simple Solutions​

    • 4 lessons every other week​

    • Quizzes every week lessons weren't due

  • Grammar (covered a lot within Simple Solutions)

  • Personal Essay

    • This wasn't a full essay. It was more like completing an outline about something personal that happened to them​ while also learning basic writing skills.

  • Military Branch Project

    • Students participated in a local writing contest within Fairview Park City Schools​

    • Students had to write about a branch on how God and our country contributed to the different military branches (students would pick one branch to focus on)

    • I gave students some background knowledge on the military branches (Navy, Army, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard) through a PowerPoint I created

    • Then, I assigned a group project where the students had to pick a branch to research, make a poster on, and present to the class

    • After writing the short essay, I hand-selected what I thought were the best ones and submitted them

      • One of my students actually won out of all the schools in Fairview that participated! :)​

  • Fractured FairyTale Essay

    • Students had to pick a fairytale, read it, then pick a side character, and give them their own story

      • For example, if a student chose Cinderella, then they could choose to write a story about the Fairy Godmother, or Prince Charming, or one of the mice, etc. ​

        • It wasn't a retelling of the original story but more so giving another character their own story while also still incorporating parts of the original story​

        • This is my favorite assignment I've ever done! :)

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• ELA 7: 

  • Simple Solutions​

  • 4 lessons every other week​

  • Quizzes every week lessons weren't due

  • Grammar (covered a lot within Simple Solutions)

  • Personal Essay​

  • Military Branch Project/Writing Contest

  • Tale of a Shoe Essay

    • Students had to pick a pair of shoes and write a story from the shoe's perspective​​

      • They had to pick the ​right or the left shoe for the POV

      • Incorporate literary elements (specifically simile, imagery, and personification) 

      • Had to be a personal story, something that happened to them in the pair of shoes they chose to write about

        • For example, a lot of the boys chose their basketball shoes and described their basketball game from the perspective of their shoes​

  • Edgar Allen Poe Mini-Unit

    • "The Raven"​

      • I read this to them and we discussed it for a day or two​

        • Mainly wanted them to get an idea of his style​

    • "The Tell-Tale Heart"

      • Had the student's popcorn read this ​

      • Guided questions and predictions for them to fill out

      • Focused a lot on metaphors and imagery

      • Another one of my favorites! :)