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Patsy Hamby
| Name | Patsy Hamby |
| Location | Dallas, Georgia |
| Role | High School Teacher |
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Sources such as ReadWriteThink and National Writing Project summer institutes provide the primary means of improving instruction: teachers sharing with other teachers strategies they have found to be successful in their classrooms.
Patsy is a high school American Lit/Comp Lead Teacher, and she also tutors part time in the Writing Center for the English Department at Kennesaw State University, where she is enrolled in the EdD program. She has a Master of Arts in Professional Writing, a Reading Endorsement Certification, and a Specialist Degree in Curriculum.
A Teacher of the Year at Hiram High School in Paulding County, Georgia, she is Past Chair of the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project Advisory Council and has presented at conferences and professional development events as well as performed consultant work. Patsy's ReadWriteThink lesson plans focus on engaging students in literature-to-life connections.
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Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
All’s Well that Sells Well: A Creative Introduction to Shakespeare
Students compare attending a performance at The Globe Theater with attending a modern theater production or movie. They then create a commercial for an Elizabethan audience promoting a modern product.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Developing Characterization in Raymond Carver’s “A Small, Good Thing”
Students read Raymond Carver's story "A Small, Good Thing," focusing on characterization in order to develop one of the static characters—the hit-and-run driver who causes Scotty’s death—more fully.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Walt Whitman as a Model Poet: “I Hear My School Singing”
Students first analyze Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing,” then use Whitman’s poem as a model as they create their own list poems.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Weaving the Old into the New: Pairing The Odyssey with Contemporary Works
After exploring The Odyssey and a contemporary epic, students choose paired characters from the texts, complete a graphic organizer, and place their characters in hypothetical contemporary situations.
