English
Reading Comprehension and Response Paragraph Writing (ELA, Test Taking)
Each week, the teacher will guide the students in reading a short text, discussing and analyzing it, and then crafting a short response. Students will then read a second short text and create a response on their own to share! Excellent for improving students' test taking, essay writing, and reading comprehension skills.
Jackson Pearce Classes: Creative Writing & Reading
1632 total reviews for this teacher
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Completed by 58 learners
10-14
year olds
4-9
learners per class
$17
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Meets 1x per week
Runs week after week
40 minutes per class
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𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀. Each week, the teacher will display and read aloud a paragraph from an article or book. Together, the class will discuss the paragraph, noting details and purpose! The teacher will then pose a question similar to one students might find on a short answer portion of a test. Together, the class will work through structuring a response paragraph that answers the question. Then, it's the students'...
Tiffany Schmidt: I am the author of multiple books for teens, including the 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 series, 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘈 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, and 𝘐'𝘮 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴. In addition to spending seven years as a sixth grade teacher, I’ve taught kindergarten, preschool, and worked extensively with middle and high school writers as a tutor. I have a Master’s in Elementary Education and a B.A. in English, both from Lehigh University.
40 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
In this class we read a collection of materials from reliable news sources. While articles may be timely, we will not select articles about more intense subjects (like current war, death, or acts of violence). All articles are generally considered appropriate for a lower middle school audience.
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About Us
Hello! My name is Jackson Pearce. I'm the author of sixteen books for tweens and teens, including the 𝘗𝘪𝘱 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵'𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 series (Scholastic), the 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 series (Bloomsbury), and the 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 series...
