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unit planning

Complete 6-Week Unit for Tuesdays with Morrie

December 3, 2015December 4, 2015 | Marisa Donnelly

Tuesdays with Morrie is an amazing novel. It deals with death, love, hardship, family, friendship, faith, and positivity, and is an amazing book for high schoolers to read. In my student teaching experience, I created a full six-week unit for the novel, complete with standards-aligned assignments, assessments, projects, papers, and activities. This is it! Continue reading →

A Complete 6-Week Unit for House on Mango Street

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 | Marisa Donnelly

Am I joking? No. This is not a joke! Here is a 6-week plan for House on Mango Street that you can easily view and download here: Complete 6 Week House on Mango Street Unit. Continue reading →

Pre-Planning House on Mango Street

October 27, 2015December 1, 2015 | Marisa Donnelly

Next week I will completely take over the eighth grade classes and teach House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Since I will become, in my cooperating teacher’s place, one of the two eighth grade English/Reading teachers, I needed to plan and collaborate ahead of time to prepare for teaching the book. Continue reading →

Unit Planning – Honors 10

October 16, 2015October 21, 2015 | Marisa Donnelly

I was extremely nervous about teaching tenth grade Honors English at first, but once I started planning out what I was going to do, I felt a lot better. Continue reading →

Unit Planning – American Seminar

October 15, 2015October 21, 2015 | Marisa Donnelly

Planning for classes became a daily, weekly, and monthly ritual as I started student teaching. As my first placement comes to a close, it’s been exciting to see how far I’ve come from the first day and reflect on my curriculum planning. Continue reading →

Unit Planning – English 10

October 14, 2015October 21, 2015 | Marisa Donnelly

Planning for my English 10 classes was different–these periods, one and four, I was taking over from the start. I needed to have a plan from day one all the way to my final day, October 16th. Continue reading →

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