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Teachers' Resources

Poetry Writing Activities:  (Click Here)

Write original poems and create your own school-wide poetry slam.

 

Multiple Intelligences Activities:  (Click Here)

Students have a variety of different learning styles.  Explore activities based on Howard Gardner's theories of multiple intelligences.

 

Quiz:  (Click Here)

Quiz over chapters one through five along with the answer key.  Additional quizzes and activities may be found in the "Comfort" Companion (see details below).

 

THE “COMFORT” COMPANION

(a teacher’s resource guide)

by author Carolee Dean

 

Based on her young adult novel “Comfort”

 

The 60 page resource includes:

 

- Goals and Objectives based on the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English) and the APS (Albuquerque Public Schools) District and State Standards.

 

- Discussion topics and a Response Journal Exercises for each chapter.

 

- Eleven Supplementary Activities including exercises in figurative language, how to prepare dramatic readings, comparing and contrasting genres, exploring character voice, writing character epitaphs, poetry writing, etc.

 

- Theme paper topics that correlate to Response Journal Exercises.

 

-  Four Practice Quizzes and one Final Test based on the format used in the TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills)

 

- Multiple Intelligence Activities

 

- Character Building Activities

 

To order THE “COMFORT” COMPANION

 

send $8.47 if a New Mexico resident and $8.00 if out of state (includes shipping and handling) to:

 

Carolee Dean

P.O. Box 94412

Albuquerque, NM  87199-4412

 

FREE OFFER:

 

If your school purchases a classroom set of “Comfort” (20 or more copies), I will email you a FREE copy of THE COMFORT COMPANION.  Just send proof or purchase (receipt or purchase order) to the above address along with an email address where the guide may be forwarded.

 

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(  )  I am sending payment for ___ copies of THE COMFORT COMPANION which I would like to have mailed to the above address.

 

(  )  My school has purchased 20 or more copies of “Comfort” and I would like a free copy of the teacher’s guide sent to my email address above.  Proof of purchase is included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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