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Romeo & Juliet: Complete Bundle {Grades 9-12}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's most widely taught play. This complete bundle showcases The Bard's work under the lens of an inquiry-driven philosophy. Students will focus their work on answering the Essential Question: Which is more reliable -

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$67.00

$39.00

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Reading Activities for Book Clubs, Lit Circles, & Independent Reading

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Keeping students engaged with their reading requires a delicate balance of discussion, activity, group work, and quiet time reading. Literature Circle Units, Book Club Meetings, and Independent Reading are all ways that teachers are trying to keep

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

$4.50

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Rhetorical Analysis Practice: Taylor Swift's Commencement Graduation Speech

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Rhetorical analysis doesn't have to only be powerpoint presentations on ethos, pathos, and logos. By using this inspiring, engaging, high-energy, and fame-filled graduation speech from Taylor Swift, students will practice rhetoric while gaining

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$3.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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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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Julius Caesar: Complete Bundle {Grades 9-12}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare's most widely taught plays. This complete bundle showcases The Bard's work under the lens of an inquiry-driven philosophy. Students will focus their work on answering the Essential Question: What does it take

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$49.50

$35.00

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Rhetorical Analysis Close Reading Bundle

By Mud and Ink Teaching

A variety of activities to help you get started with rhetorical analysis.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$18.00

$14.00

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

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Rhetorical analysis doesn't have to only be powerpoint presentations on ethos, pathos, and logos. By using this engaging, high-energy song "The Other Side" from the musical The Greatest Showman, students will watch and read the argument between PT

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$3.50

Online Resource
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The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4 & 5 Lessons & Activities {EDITABLE}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

When it's time to start The Great Gatsby, you'll need some lessons to get you going at the beginning of the novel. This product includes a wide variety of lessons to help students through close reading and literary analysis. These lessons and

Subjects:

Literature, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (2.75 MB)

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Romeo & Juliet: A Prologue Stations Activity {Close Reading & Analysis}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Before starting your study of Romeo and Juliet, start with a close reading lesson focusing on the Prologue! Here is a stations activity that creates a student-centered opportunity for students to focus in on five critical elements of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.4

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.36 MB)

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Loaded Language & Diction in Rhetorical Analysis {AP and Advanced ELA}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Teaching about diction can sometimes feel like a futile effort, but when contextualized within the idea of “loaded language” students can start to see that diction is more than just picking out words to create a mood.This lesson is an introduction

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

L.11-12.3, L.11-12.4a, L.11-12.5a, L.11-12.5b

$3.50

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A Raisin in the Sun: End of Play Escape Room {9-12 ELA}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

A Raisin in the Sun ends with a lot of questions, but one question I like to post to the students is, where did that scoundrel Willy Harris run off to? Using this interactive, high-energy Escape Room, your class will transform into the Chicago

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Simulations, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.4

$6.00

Digital Download PDF (1.11 MB)

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A Virtual Field Trip to Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Building background for students before reading a novel is one important scaffolding measure that teachers can take. Before starting A Thousand Splendid Suns, send your students on a virtual field trip to Afghanistan!WHY THIS ACTIVITY IS SO

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Internet Activities, Cultural Activities, Google Apps

$4.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Close Reading Practice MEGA BUNDLE {for secondary ELA}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Close reading is something that students need to practice over and over again all throughout their secondary ELA experience, and if this strategy is intimidating to you, this bundle will give you the confidence to lead a close reading lesson and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$17.50

$12.00

Bundle

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Mastering Close Reading: A Virtual Professional Development Workshop

By Mud and Ink Teaching

This bundle is a series of workshop trainings designed to support teachers in mastering their instructional skills in teaching Close Reading. All videos from the workshop are included in this bundle and you retain access to this course for a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Video Files, Lesson

$58.00

$39.00

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Rhetorical Analysis Practice: Going into Battle with Queen Maghra and Baba Voss

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Rhetorical analysis doesn't have to only be powerpoint presentations on ethos, pathos, and logos. By using these engaging, high-energy pre-battle speeches from the AppleTV series See, students will watch and read the arguments from Queen Maghra and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$3.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Day of the Dead: Annotation Guide & Mini Research Assignment {7 - 12 ELA}

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Try something other than Poe in your secondary English classroom this Halloween; instead, send them off to try a mini-research project! This mini-research project gives students the chance to learn about the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead while

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Halloween

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Activities, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.10

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.07 MB)

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My Literary Scavenger Hunt {Digital & Distance Learning)

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you're reviewing literary terms or having students analyze them in a particular text, this digital literary scavenger hunt is a student-centered, creative project that can be worked on as an individual or on a team. Set up as a book, the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

$3.50

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Reading Sidekick Sheets: Scaffolded Notes for Struggling Readers

By Mud and Ink Teaching

*Note* This is a product IN-PROGRESS! After being highly requested on Instagram, I decided to post this in the very beginning stages of it's progress.WHAT THIS PRODUCT WILL BE:After some time, this product will grow to be a series of scaffolded

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Lesson

$1.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Teaching Argument: GAMIFIED, INTERACTIVE, STUDENT-CENTERED FOR SKILL PRACTICE

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Whether you're teaching open argument, counterarguments, debate, or rhetorical analysis, you will find a game here to help liven up your classes and make the skill-building fun and exciting (especially when teaching speech after speech starts to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.3, CCRA.SL.4, CCRA.SL.6, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.5

$42.50

$28.00

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Sonnet Introduction: Shakespeare's "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun"

By Mud and Ink Teaching

Getting ready to teach a Shakespeare play? Looking to review the structure of a sonnet in a fun, tech-savvy way? Here's a quick one day lesson and homework assignment that will do the job!The Lesson:Students will listen to the poem "My Mistress'

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.57 MB)

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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.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

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