Poetry Lesson

I've just added a poetry lesson for the 6-8th grade band.  It's an awesome in depth unit that lasts about 2 weeks.  It incorporates all four strands of the Common Core and will be sure to help your students get a firm understanding of the required poetry.  Within this lesson I've included a performance assessment, which is what the end of level exams are going to look like.  I am one of the writers for the Smarter Balance Consortium, so I know what they look like.  Enjoy!

Narrative lesson plan

I just added a great Narrative lesson plan for the 6-8th grade band.  I also changed the pricing on my argumentative writing lesson.  I felt like teachers were going to need that for the upcoming year, so I lowered the price!  Hopefully it helps you.

Official Store site

Here is my official store site in order to find those awesome lesson plans!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/M-Hennessy

Added unit plans to teacherspayingteachers.com

I just uploaded three awesome unit plans:  Argument Writing in the Common Core, Informational Writing in the Common Core, and Short Story Writing in the Common Core.
Check them out!

Professional Development opportunities

The school district that I work for has online professional development courses that are free for teachers.  The classes are excellent and help teachers receive pay raises.  The courses usually last 3 weeks and educators receive a half credit toward semester hours.  Here's how to take some online courses:
Go to the following website:  www.davis.k12.ut.us
Click on the tab at the top that says Curriculum and Instruction
Scroll to the bottom
Click on PD Pro Online Homepage
Pick the classes that you want and register on OnTrack. 

Free Lesson!

I just posted an awesome lesson on teacherspayteachers.com that is FREE.  The lesson focuses on bringing argumentative writing into a 6-8th grade band.  The Common Core standards were used in the creation of this product.