1.  Plans lessons that align with local, state, and national standards.

2.  Selects appropriate instructional strategies/activities.

3.  Selects appropriate materials/resources. 

I plan all of my lessons based on the following principles:

Actively engaging students

Motivating students to learn

Using technology to enhance the lesson

Designing lessons relevant to students' lives

Teaching to all different types of learners

Alwyays teaching with enthusiasm, energy, and excitement!

Take a look at some of my interactive units below! 

Dante's Inferno Interactive Universal Design Learning PowerPoint

This unit is something I am very proud of.  I designed a point-and-click videogame in Microsoft PowerPoint.  It was one of the first lessons I taught and it was met with widespread enthusiasm.  It was designed as an introduction to Dante's Inferno, but it worked better as an interactive review session, where students were free to choose which level of the Inferno they wanted to explore.

17th and 18th Century British Literature Unit Plan

Here is a comprehensive unit plan outlining how I planned to teach 17th and 18th century British literature.  The unit conists of a number of motivational strategies, such as incorporating film, music, and literature the students are familiar with. 

Teaching Satire Unit Plan

Again, here is another comprehensive unit plan outlining how I teached a unit on "Satire" in both the context of today's modern society and 18th century British literature.  The unit takes the works of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift and makes it more relatable by incorporating "The Daily Show," "Saturday Night Live," and "Lord of the Rings."

Group Project on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

This is a project I designed that would take two days to analyze and discuss Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  The students enjoyed the scaffolded teaching; they had the opportunity to work individually, as a group, then as a whole class.  The project left room for students to express their creative sides too.

To view some of my individualized Student Lesson Plans, click here.