Attention, teachers…

Sorry to bother you. You are supposed to be in the middle of a well-deserved rest. In reality, I know you are preparing lesson plans, taking classes yourself, and trying to recover from last year’s 60- and 70-hour weeks.

On the off chance you might be using one of my books with your students next year, I’d like to draw your attention to the following.

I finally started the CATALYST teacher resource page and the THANK YOU, SARAH teacher resource page. Take a peek, please. (You don’t have to be a teacher to look!)

I’d love feedback from anyone who has additional discussion questions or activity ideas. I couldn’t do vocab words because all of my copies of all of my books are already packed. I was pretty tired by the time I finished, so if you see any typos, or sentences that don’t make sense, please let me know.

A teacher from New York State emailed me a link to her incredible curriculum guide for FEVER 1793 the other day. Along with all kinds of activities, it details which NY State standards are met. I have written back to her asking permission to put the whole thing on the website. I’ll let you know when it is up.

24 Replies to “Attention, teachers…”

  1. I’m not a teacher, but when my english class did “Speak” we did a charecter analysis paper, then a final report-ish thing and related a charecter with a motif found in the book. (Sorry I can’t spell)
    And also we did journals every now and then by doing what Mr. Freeman did to his class, put pieces of paper into a globe that has part of it gone, and pull out one. Mine, was “Mountian”, so, it was a very fun filled lesson. I’m sure if you e-mailed my english teacher he’d be glad to tell you.

    Again, I’m sorry I can’t spell.

  2. I’m not a teacher, but when my english class did “Speak” we did a charecter analysis paper, then a final report-ish thing and related a charecter with a motif found in the book. (Sorry I can’t spell)
    And also we did journals every now and then by doing what Mr. Freeman did to his class, put pieces of paper into a globe that has part of it gone, and pull out one. Mine, was “Mountian”, so, it was a very fun filled lesson. I’m sure if you e-mailed my english teacher he’d be glad to tell you.

    Again, I’m sorry I can’t spell.

  3. I’m not a teacher, but when my english class did “Speak” we did a charecter analysis paper, then a final report-ish thing and related a charecter with a motif found in the book. (Sorry I can’t spell)
    And also we did journals every now and then by doing what Mr. Freeman did to his class, put pieces of paper into a globe that has part of it gone, and pull out one. Mine, was “Mountian”, so, it was a very fun filled lesson. I’m sure if you e-mailed my english teacher he’d be glad to tell you.

    Again, I’m sorry I can’t spell.

  4. teacher resources

    I am one year from graduating and becoming a teacher and I thank you for linking the resources for your books because it helps greatly.
    THANK YOU SARAH would also be a good book to use as a read aloud before starting a persuasive writing lesson in secondary classrooms. I borrowed the book from the library during my author study, that I did on you and I loved all of the possible uses of the book in a classroom. Another idea is to use the book while doing family history researches in the younger grades, I know my son did this last year in fourth grade. I don’t have polished lessons because I don’t have a class to use them on but I have starting points.

  5. teacher resources

    I am one year from graduating and becoming a teacher and I thank you for linking the resources for your books because it helps greatly.
    THANK YOU SARAH would also be a good book to use as a read aloud before starting a persuasive writing lesson in secondary classrooms. I borrowed the book from the library during my author study, that I did on you and I loved all of the possible uses of the book in a classroom. Another idea is to use the book while doing family history researches in the younger grades, I know my son did this last year in fourth grade. I don’t have polished lessons because I don’t have a class to use them on but I have starting points.

  6. teacher resources

    I am one year from graduating and becoming a teacher and I thank you for linking the resources for your books because it helps greatly.
    THANK YOU SARAH would also be a good book to use as a read aloud before starting a persuasive writing lesson in secondary classrooms. I borrowed the book from the library during my author study, that I did on you and I loved all of the possible uses of the book in a classroom. Another idea is to use the book while doing family history researches in the younger grades, I know my son did this last year in fourth grade. I don’t have polished lessons because I don’t have a class to use them on but I have starting points.

  7. my english teacher had us analyze melinda with a chart listing the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder melinda had like ever symptom such as represseed memories because of her nightmares about andy and the fact that she seeked out a comfort place in the janitors closet

  8. my english teacher had us analyze melinda with a chart listing the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder melinda had like ever symptom such as represseed memories because of her nightmares about andy and the fact that she seeked out a comfort place in the janitors closet

  9. my english teacher had us analyze melinda with a chart listing the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder melinda had like ever symptom such as represseed memories because of her nightmares about andy and the fact that she seeked out a comfort place in the janitors closet

  10. I read both books SPEAK and CATALYST for two reading projects in school and I would just like to say that they are really good books. The characters and plots are great!

  11. I read both books SPEAK and CATALYST for two reading projects in school and I would just like to say that they are really good books. The characters and plots are great!

  12. I read both books SPEAK and CATALYST for two reading projects in school and I would just like to say that they are really good books. The characters and plots are great!

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