Jennifer Brookshire
Jennifer Brookshire graduated from Appalachian State University in 1992 with a BS in Middle Grades Education. She taught 6th grade from 1993-2007 in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools. As of 2008, she is the Literacy Coach for Clemmons Middle School in the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
Resources created by Jennifer Brookshire
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- Autobiographical expression
- This lesson for grade 6 introduces students to the theory of multiple intelligences. Students consider what their personal strengths are according to this theory.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Ruth Roberts. Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Career research and acrostic poetry
- In this lesson for grade 6, each student will research a chosen career and will use the information to create an acrostic poem.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Holly Grout, Deborah Smith, and Natalie Summers. Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Cause and effect in the workplace
- This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand cause and effect and how these concepts apply to the workplace.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Comparing and contrasting careers
- This lesson for grade six will help students understand comparing and contrasting. Students will conduct career surveys with adults and will use the results to create Venn diagrams.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Details and sequencing
- This lesson for grade six will introduce students to careers in environmental protection as it teaches them to identify details and sequence in a non-fiction reading passage.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Fact and opinion in the real world
- This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand the differences between fact and opinion based on career-related examples.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Finding hidden messages in advertising
- In this lesson for grade six, students will look for hidden messages in magazine advertisements and will create their own ads with hidden messages.
- Format: activity (grade 6 Dance Arts Education and English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Grammar and editing
- In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about the conventions of grammar and will learn how to write and edit a business letter.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Solving problems, writing solutions
- In this lesson for grade 6, students consider problems in the workplace and follow writing prompts to craft solutions.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Using reference materials
- In this lesson for grade 6, students gain an understanding of how classified ads are used to search for jobs.
- Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
