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Essential Questions: Threading the Question from Beginning to End

By Mud and Ink Teaching

In this training, you will learn how to take your amazingly crafted EQ and thoughtfully thread it through an entire unit from start to finish. Amanda will walk you through ideas for kicking off your unit with the EQ, how to layer it in the middle

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Professional Development

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Not Grade Specific

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Teacher Manuals, Video Files, Professional Development

$12.00

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Duration: 36:51

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Rhetorical Analysis Practice: "The Other Side" from The Greatest Showman

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Rhetorical analysis can be a struggle for many students, so giving them plenty of experience and practice is key. This lesson gives students the opportunity to practice these skills with the song "The Other Side" from the film The Greatest

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Video Files, Lesson

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Duration: 19:13

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Mastering Close Reading: Selecting Annotation Directions and Focus Skills

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Already watched days one and two of the Mastering Close Reading workshop series? Feeling confident in choosing & narrowing close reading passages? This video from day three of the workshop teaches you how to narrow even further and build a

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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$10.00

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Duration: 33:43

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Mastering Close Reading: Side by Side Passages for Compare and Contrast

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Looking for a way to shake up close reading without fully going off the rails? Try side-by-side close reading for a new way of looking at two parts of a text at once. In this segment of the Mastering Close Reading video workshop series, learn to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Video Files, Professional Development, Lesson

$10.00

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Duration: 19:45

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Mastering Close Reading: Selecting the Passage (Part 2)

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Set up for success: how to choose a close reading passageSuccessful close reading lessons all begin with the same critical component: passage selection! If you are new to this practice, become paralyzed with making choices, or have tried close

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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$10.00

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Duration: 26:07

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Mastering Close Reading: Small Group Stations Variation for Movement

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Setting up close reading stations may be your next go-to strategy to keep the powerful practice of close reading fresh and engaging in your classroom! The station-specific considerations and models offered in this video, combined with the close

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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Types:

Video Files, Professional Development, Lesson

$10.00

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Duration: 17:06

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Mastering Close Reading: Selecting the Passage (Part 1)

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Successful close reading lessons all begin with the same critical component: passage selection! If you are new to this practice, become paralyzed with making choices, or have tried close reading with “meh” results, these two videos from the

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English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

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Types:

Video Files, Professional Development, Lesson

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Duration: 17:09

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Teaching Poetry In Action: Pairing with Dystopian Texts

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Poetry is one of the most powerful supplementary texts available to teachers and also one of the most nerve-wracking and frightening things to teach. In this video, I share a combination of techniques: the Big Six analysis tool, pairing poetry

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.5, L.11-12.5a, L.11-12.5b

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Duration: 11:24

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Teaching Through Inquiry: Core Value #1 at Mud and Ink Teaching

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Welcome, middle and high school English teachers! In this video, join me on a journey to uncover what it truly looks like to teach through inquiry. As educators, we all strive for that elusive sense of having it all together in the classroom, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Professional Development

FREE

Video & Supporting Information
Duration: 08:08

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My Favorite Get To Know You Activities: Building Authentic Relationships

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Going back to school means getting to know a whole new crew of students. This can be a very challenging thing to do, especially knowing how much work and time it can take for those relationships to be genuine and based on trust.This video takes

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Assessment

FREE

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Duration: 21:45

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Mastering Close Reading: An Overview

By Mud and Ink Teaching

If close reading is something that feels confusing or intimidating because of the many ways you’ve seen or heard it defined , something you want to incorporate into your instruction but feel unsure how to begin, or something that you have tried, but

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Video Files, Professional Development, Lesson

FREE

Video
Duration: 19:10

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How to Make a Digital Class Photo

By Mud and Ink Teaching

If you're in need of a creative digital way to put a class photo together to hang in your classroom, to put into a digital scrapbook, or just a new idea to memorialize your year or semester with your students, I have the solution right here! Here

Subjects:

For All Subjects, End of Year, Classroom Community

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

FREE

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Duration: 01:50

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How to Create a Digital Review of Literary Devices

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Literary device review is an important component in any ELA or English teacher's classroom at various points of the year: back to school, finals review, and even periodic check-ins throughout the year. The problem, however, is that it feels like

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Literature

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4

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Video
Duration: 02:27

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been discovering the amazing mysteries and joys of language arts with 10th and 12th grade students in West Chicago for the past five years. Teaching has been my passion since I was a little girl playing school in my basement.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style would best be described as "discovery in the making". I approach each day with my students with an open mind and a hope to get side tracked into great, authentic discussion about literature, writing, and the world we live in. To learn more about my classroom, visit my blog! http://mudandink.blogspot.com/

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I am a 2004 Golden Apple Scholar award winner and two time speaker at the National Character Education Forum. I am passionate about raising curious, driven, worldly, and caring young men and women!

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I attended Illinois Wesleyan University from 2004-2008 and received a bachelor's degree in English. I later attended Concordia University Chicago from 2010-2012 and received my ESL certification and a Master's in Curriculum & Instruction.

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I am happy to create custom products for you! Please inbox me for any ideas or projects that you have in mind and I'd be happy to work with you to create something challenging, creative, and linked to the Core!

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