I’m YouTube Famous(ish)!

I am excited to announce that I have recorded enough voice-overs for the Adapted Literature books to start an Enraged2Engaged YouTube channel! I feel extremely fortunate to have friends and co-workers to add their uniqne voices for these modified texts. It is always gratifying to work with a team and bring new materials into the […]

Social Skills in the Age of Corona

Social Skills in the Age of Corona

I know a lot of teachers are pretty pissed off about how this school year is shaking out. It’s been tough on us. At first, I was really depressed about having to start from scratch redesigning everything about my social skills class so it would address current issues and function in a remote environment. I mean, when you’ve mentally prepared yourself that it’s about to be Your Year, a pandemic is a solid kick in the teeth. But I pulled up my Big Teacher Panties (thanks, COVID Fifteen!) and got to work.

E2E Free Lessons of the Week: May 11

Adapted Literature Selection: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman This retelling of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper reads at an automated readability index of grade 4/5. Classic literature doesn’t have to be scary, boring, or too hard. Summary sites online and those little yellow and black notebooks are no longer your only choices for students […]

E2E Free Lessons of the Week: May 4

SECD Lesson of the Week: E2E Box of Chocolates Printable SECD Game In the film, Forrest Gump, Sally Field’s character says “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.” As adults with a mature set of experiences, we know how very true that statement is! Young adults with social […]

E2E FREE Short Story Lit Analysis Unit

This may be difficult to believe if you’ve only known my work surrounding behavior and SECD, but my first love was teaching English. I taught high school English (9, 11, and 12) for nine years before I pursued my master’s in SPED and found my other love, behavior/SECD. This year, I picked up a section […]

E2E Free Lessons of the Week: April 27

This Week’s Adapted Literature Selection: E2E Walden by Henry David Thoreau This retelling of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden reads at an automated readability index of grade 3/4. This text aligns to the version in Holt’s Elements of Literature: Fifth Course. Classic literature doesn’t have to be scary, boring, or too hard. Summary sites online and those little yellow […]

E2E Free Lessons of the Week: April 20

Adapted Literature Selection: E2E Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway This retelling of Ernest Hemingway’s Soldier’s Home reads at an automated readability index of grade 3/4. This text aligns to the version in Holt’s Elements of Literature: Fifth Course. Classic literature doesn’t have to be scary, boring, or too hard. Summary sites online and those little yellow and black […]

E2E Free Lessons of the Week: April 13

This week’s social skills lesson (game): E2E Awk-Words Let’s face it. In the real world, people don’t always say the right thing…but we still have to interact with them! Students know how to respond as long as others interact with them in normative and predictable ways. It’s when people don’t follow the rules that things […]