Cathy Mangan, MS
English Teacher
Mancos Middle School
Mancos, Colorado 81321 cmangan@mancosre6.edu
Social
Studies 7th and 8th grades
I
am a seventh and eighth grade English teacher at Mancos Middle School in
Mancos, Colorado. My credentials include a B.A. with a teaching
certificate from CU Denver and a M.S. in Elementary Education from Adams
State College.I have been teaching 6th, 7th and 8th
grade English for 10 years in Southwest Colorado. I hope you enjoy the
lessons that I have developed as part of this Star Schools Project.
This
lesson is designed to teach students how the skills they learn in
English should carry over into all their subjects including Math.It is important for students to learn that writing for their
other subjects, especially Math is a different type of writing requiring
the technical use of vocabulary for that subject accurately. Students
will write up story problems stating the situation, stating the problem
to be solved, explaining the process used to solve the problem, and
state the answer.
Interviews with the Past
This lesson is designed to teach students
how the skills they learn in English should carry over into all their
subjects including Social Studies.Using information gathered in Social Studies, student will write
an interview with an introduction, questions/responses & conclusions
relating to a character in early American history.After reviewing oral presentations, students will be interviewed
in front of the class by the Social Studies teacher.
My Resume
In this lesson students will create a resume about themselves
using the templates in MS Word.They
will complete this task after finishing the resume worksheet.
Job Brochure
In this lesson students will create a
brochure that will introduce themselves to either a prospective employer
or their freshman teachers. First they will complete a prewriting
activity to gather information, and then apply the information in the
form of a brochure.
Solve the Crime
Detectives often use the scientific method
to solve crimes.Students
will imagine that they are a detective who has been asked to solve the
theft of cookies from a jar in the student cafeteria.They will write down the steps involved in the method used to
solve this terrible crime.
