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Marshmallow Team Building: A Back to School Activity for First Day of School

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you’re headed back to school or starting a new unit, this team building exercise will get kids engaged and excited about being in your classroom. The Marshmallow Team Building exercise helps teachers establish a classroom atmosphere of

Subjects:

Back to School, The New Year, End of Year

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Staff

Types:

Activities, Simulations

$2.50

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Back to School Bundle: Engaging Activities for English Language Arts Grades 6-12

By Mud and Ink Teaching

The first days of school for any middle or high school teacher can be overwhelming. This bundle of resources and activities will help you tackle the back to school season with fun, creativity, engagement, technology, and more!The first ten days of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$40.00

$28.00

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Be the Change: A Service Learning Research Project for Grades 7-12

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Our students CAN make a difference in their own lives, their school, and their community, so why not challenge them to do so with a new project?BE THE CHANGE is your solution! Designed with the Genius Hour methodology in mind, Be the Change is an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Service Learning

$9.00

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Get to Know You Activities Vol. 1 : Letter to Your Teacher, Partner Interviews

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Back to school in ELA can be incredibly stressful, but also so much fun! Take some of the planning pressure off by using this great bundle of six lesson plans/activities for the first week of school. This bundle includes my SIX FAVORITES. Did you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2

$6.50

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Create a Character Stocking: Symbolism, Characterization, and Analysis Activity

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Characterization is one of the most important things we teach in the secondary ELA classroom, so why not revisit some of your favorite, loved characters from the year around the holidays?With this activity, students will receive a blank holiday

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$3.50

180

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Get to Know You Activities Vol. 2 : My Happy Place, Wilderness Survival, Poetry

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Getting to know your students during the back to school rush can seem overwhelming, but I've got you covered. These six lessons will get you started back in building relationships, setting expectations, and creating an environment of academic

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$6.50

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Black History Month: Digital Choice Board Activity {7-12}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you're celebrating Black History Month in February or incorporating more Black voices to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different articles, videos, poems, and stories.The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Black History Month, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Google Apps

$5.00

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Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you're celebrating Black History Month in February, elevating Hispanic voices in September, or simply looking for easy and meaningful ways to expand the voices present in your curriculum, these digital choice board activities will help

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Google Apps

$42.50

$28.00

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Back to School: Student Survey Digital Form for SEL, Get to Know You, Records

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Getting to know our students right away is critical to setting the foundation of our community in the first week of school. But creating a survey, getting it distributed, and then finally going through all of the responses can be a ton of work

Subjects:

Other (ELA), For All Subject Areas, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Classroom Forms, Google Apps

$2.50

175

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Gothic Fiction Mini Unit for Secondary ELA

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Teaching students about gothic fiction sometimes falls short when we only study one short story. In this mini-unit, put the power of inquiry into your student's hands as they explore the question: to what extent does gothic fiction capture the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Halloween

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$5.00

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End of the Year Station Activity: Distance Learning & Print Ready

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Looking for a way to wrap up your year on the last day? Teaching high school seniors that are making you lose your mind? Here is an easy last day of school stations activity that will give your high school students a chance to chat, reminisce

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (0.88 MB)

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13th: A Netflix Documentary on the History of Mass Incarceration {A Film Guide}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

The film 13th changed the way I taught To Kill a Mockingbird forever. If you are teaching anything about the Civil Rights Movement, literature about racial inequality, or are simply teaching the very topic of mass incarceration in your classrooms

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History, Black History Month

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (1.48 MB)

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Independent Reading Project Unit Plans {for Secondary ELA}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Need something to fill in time between units or at the end of the year? Try this independent reading project unit to keep kids engaged and interacting with books they care about. This unit should keep your kids busy (in a GOOD way) for at least

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Literature Circles

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (0.68 MB)

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Time Capsule End of Year Project: Reflection and Synthesis for High School ELA

By Mud and Ink Teaching

If you need an end of the year activity to help your students make sense of the school year both personally and academically, then I've got you covered. In this time capsule synthesis final project, students combine reflections from what they've

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Google Apps

$6.00

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QR Code Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Classroom Management System

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Managing classroom routines and procedures is something that takes high priority in my classroom. These posters contain QR codes that have answers to the most frequently asked questions that typically distract from productive class time! Include

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Classroom Forms, Bulletin Board Ideas, Google Apps

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (1.21 MB)

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Vocabulary Bell Ringer Digital Interactive Notebook {Grades 7-12}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

If you are looking for a productive, efficient, and independent way to get class started with bell work, then a vocabulary digital notebook is the way to go. This digital notebook can be assigned once per unit and students have bell work every day!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

$6.00

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End of Year Countdown: Famous Last Lines {Distance Learning Compatible}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Keep your energy and momentum going through the end of the year with this interactive, fun new twist on a last day of school countdown: famous last lines. The end of the year is the perfect time to analyze and discuss CONCLUSIONS and ENDINGS, so

Subjects:

English Language Arts, End of Year, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Google Apps

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (0.83 MB)

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Summer Reading Activity Pack: Challenge Cards, BINGO, One-Pagers, Rubrics

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Every school faces a summer reading struggle, so why not try a new approach? Gameifying reading and honoring multiple forms of literacy is an important step toward creating a vibrant reading culture at your school and this activity pack is aimed at

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.10

$7.00

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New Year Poetry Analysis Activity: Spoken Word with Prince EA

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Start the New Year with an invigorating poem from spoken word poet Prince EA. Students will watch his performance, read the poem, analyze his use of allegory and allusion, write a body paragraph of analysis, and, finally, write their own

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, The New Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$3.50

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Indigenous Peoples' History & Culture: Digital Choice Board Activity

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you're celebrating Indigenous People's Month in November or are incorporating more indigenous voices and experiences to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different resources

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Thanksgiving, For All Subjects

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Google Apps

$4.50

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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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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Science, Social Studies, U.S. History, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, School Counseling, Study Skills, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Asian Studies, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Spring, Products For TpT Sellers, For All Subjects, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month, Classroom Community, Hispanic Heritage Month