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I teach English 9 Honors, Crime & Justice, Journalism, and Speech & Debate using a project and discussion-based environment where students are challenged in a fun way that applies to the real world. These materials will help re-stock the supplies that I normally purchase myself but cannot afford to pay for out of pocket this year. Funding this project will give my students voice and choice in how they interact with each other, bring their ideas to life, and share their learning with the world. The pirate coins are for guided discussions where students literally throw their "two cents" into the discussion to address the group. The white boards have a myriad of uses including competitive review games and challenge games using questions from actual AP English exams. The emoji stickers are for a new tactic that I am implementing to help my students learn about tone and develop their tone vocabulary by connecting it to something familiar. The index cards are for class sets of review cards I've created that contain essential reference information for my Journalism students. The astrobright paper is to help students visualize arguments using color-coded strips for sorting evidence. The post-it big pads are for group collaboration and planning on both short and long-term projects. The markers and other craft materials are for a variety of visual rhetoric projects to help my students become more savvy consumers and producers of the media that permeates their world. These projects include a year-long multi-genre project called t in which students will present their findings to their peers and the community in a TED style talk at the end of the year. Another project involves creating scenery and costumes for theatre performances of Romeo and Juliet. Help me continue to inspire students to think outside the box.

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I teach English 9 Honors, Crime & Justice, Journalism, and Speech & Debate using a project and discussion-based environment where students are challenged in a fun way that applies to the real world. These materials will help re-stock the supplies that I normally purchase myself but cannot afford to pay for out of pocket this year. Funding this project will give my students voice and choice in how they interact with each other, bring their ideas to life, and share their learning with the world. The pirate coins are for guided discussions where students literally throw their "two cents" into the discussion to address the group. The white boards have a myriad of uses including competitive review games and challenge games using questions from actual AP English exams. The emoji stickers are for a new tactic that I am implementing to help my students learn about tone and develop their tone vocabulary by connecting it to something familiar. The index cards are for class sets of review cards I've created that contain essential reference information for my Journalism students. The astrobright paper is to help students visualize arguments using color-coded strips for sorting evidence. The post-it big pads are for group collaboration and planning on both short and long-term projects. The markers and other craft materials are for a variety of visual rhetoric projects to help my students become more savvy consumers and producers of the media that permeates their world. These projects include a year-long multi-genre project called t in which students will present their findings to their peers and the community in a TED style talk at the end of the year. Another project involves creating scenery and costumes for theatre performances of Romeo and Juliet. Help me continue to inspire students to think outside the box.

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