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Deborah Eades

ELA, AP Lang, Creative Writing
Andover Central High School
High School (16 to 18 years old)
Teacher/Educator, Student/Learner, Topic Enthusiast
Language Arts And English :

Deborah Eades is an English/Language Arts teacher currently teaching on-level sophomores and AP Language and Composition courses. She is also the sponsor of the Creative Writing Community Club. Her goal is to foster in her students an appreciation for the power of the written word in telling the story of America and a lifelong curiosity for expanding their worldview.  In her capacity as a creative writing instructor, she has involved her students in the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program and encouraged them to practice out loud, in other words, to submit their work for feedback and/or publication. She holds a B.A. in secondary English education from Friends University and a Masters in English from Wichita State University. She is a recent participant in the Smithsonian Institute National Portrait Gallery’s Learning to Look Summer Teacher Institute. Her particular passion is American Literature. She is dedicated to keeping classics relevant and keeping kids reading them. She is a member of the Big Read Wichita Planning Committee, Kansas Association of Teachers of English, and the USD385 Continuous Learning Task Force. She lives in Kansas where she quotes Mark Twain during passing periods and writes YA lit on the weekends.

Deborah Eades's collections

 

Dismissing the Dead White Guy

<p>This collection explores the necessity, logic, and fairness of the inclusion and/or exclusion of people of history based on gender and/or race. </p> <p>Lessons include</p> <p>Looking Using the Puzzle Strategy</p> <p>Looking using several various strategies. </p><p>Easily customization by simply using as an individual or group lesson or by requiring all, some, or one of the additional group portraits.</p> <p>Researching People and Inventions</p> <p>Recognizing Bias and Objective Analysis<br /></p> <p>Understanding the Difference Between Bias and Prejudice</p> <p>Argumentative Essay Writing (Designed as a timed writing for AP Lang, but the prompt could easily be turned into a formal writing assignment. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>#NPGteach</p>
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Future Self Portrait Project

<p>@NPGteach</p><p>Both a reflective and goal-setting project, the unit culminates in the creation of a future self-portrait. </p> <p>In line with college and career readiness, students reflect on goals and dreams for the future. They combine those with a vision--a portrait--of what they will be in 10 years. They will also create an understanding of specific steps that must be taken in order to turn the vision into reality. <br /></p> <p>During the 2018-19 school year, stakeholders involved in Andover Public Schools (USD 385) gathered for a series of discussions about what they expect our students to know and who we want them to become by the time they leave our schools with diplomas. This developed into our Portrait of a Graduate, our district’s vision for our students. If your school doesn't have this kind of "portrait", you might add an additional step where students create their own Portrait of a Graduate. </p> <p>I use this project at the end of the year after we have practiced journal writing, reflection on academic endeavors, college and career readiness activities, etc. It allows them to dream of the future in a fun and creative way while gaining a broader understanding of how other express themselves, too. <br /></p> <p>On the final thumbnail,  I have included the instructions I used for this unit during distance learning in the Spring of 2020. </p>
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