{"id":3676,"date":"2021-11-29T00:31:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T05:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2023-05-01T22:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:10:24","slug":"teaching-capitalization-punctuation-with-animated-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=3676","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Capitalization &#038; Punctuation with Animated Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-Capitalization-Punctuation-with-Animated-Shorts.jpg\" alt=\"Engage students by teaching capitalization and punctuation with animated shorts.\" width=\"480\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Let&#8217;s face it. Some lessons are just more fun for teachers as well as students than others. Students would rather read the next chapter of an exciting cliffhanger, than study skills. So, how do you make teaching capitalization and punctuation fun for students?\u00a0 The answer is to use animated shorts and games.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 18pt; color: #1f1a22; font-weight: bold;\">Free Capitalization and Punctuation Activities<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">These animated short practice activities were created specifically for this blog post. They are similar to the ones found in my <em>Teaching Capitalization and Punctuation with Animated Shorts<\/em> unit. Check them out to see if teaching skills with this highly motivating method works for you and your students.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Using-Animated-Shorts-to-Teach-Capitalization-and-Punctuation.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Before you dive into the details, you may wish to grab these free animated short activities here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<h3 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">Symfaunic<\/span><\/h3>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uc6V172ZYlw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\"><em>Symfaunic<\/em> tells the story of a brother and sister who have different musical tastes. Their differences lead to a dispute. <\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">In the first practice, students complete a cloze activity to summarize the film.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<h4 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Sample from the Cloze Activity<\/span><\/h4>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">A faun named Cornelius walks through the forest. He leaps up to a tree in the middle of the woods with a hollowed out area that houses a special lyre. Cornelius takes the lyre down. He sits down, plays,\u00a0 and ______________________________________. Moments later, Cornelius\u2019s young sister runs up and playfully tackles him. The two sit down to play, Cornelius with his special lyre and Clove\u00a0 with a ____________________ ____________________________. Clove grows disgruntled that flowers will not grow when she plays. She begs her brother for a turn on his special lyre. Cornelius gives in and hands the lyre to Clove.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<h4 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Sample from the Editing Activity<\/span><\/h4>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Next, students add commas and capital letters to facts about Roman mythology. Here is a sample from the PDF.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">romans believed in many different gods and goddesses demigods (half-humans and half god) and spirits. They believed that each god had specific powers and controlled parts of the world. Gods showed their unhappiness by sending earthquakes hailstorms and other natural disasters. When people wanted to thank a god or goddess they brought gifts of animals for sacrifice to the temple.\u00a0 Sacrificial animals included cattle pigs and sheep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Using-Animated-Shorts-to-Teach-Capitalization-and-Punctuation.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Grab the free animated short activities here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">INVASION! and ASTEROIDS!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">If you are looking for a motivational activity to teach capitalization and punctuation, it doesn&#8217;t get much better than the animated short <em>INVASION!<\/em> and its sequel <em>ASTEROIDS!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\"><em>INVASION!<\/em> is a 360\u00ba (full spherical) VR (virtual reality) film. While watching on a VR viewing device is best, YouTube has 360\u00ba videos that can be watched without any special hardware. The screen can be moved with a mouse or finger (with a touchscreen) to see a full 360\u00ba view. Check out 360\u00ba VR with these two films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">This film tells the story of two white bunnies; the viewer is one of these, who witnesses an alien invasion. I recommend watching the film more than once to see the story from different angles.<\/span><\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SZ0fKW5PttM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">The aliens from <em>INVASION!<\/em> are back in this sequel. Mac and Cheez along with a pet robot named Peas encounter a group of teeth-gnashing space bugs. No sooner than these are defeated, crashing asteroids head toward the spacecraft. Unlike <em>INVASION!<\/em> the action takes place in different locations. You must move the screen around to view the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jEUnBEKEKCs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Sample from the Cloze Activity<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">The warning signal goes off a second time. The warning shows a _______________. Asteroids hit the ship with Mac still outside. Using the outside camera, Cheez sees Mac __________________.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Peas races outside to rescue Cheez. She is able to pull Cheez out to the way _________________________________ moments before they crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Sample from the Editing Activity<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Correct the mistakes in the following sentences by adding capital letters and punctuation marks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">eyewitness news captures storms floods and human interest stories using 360\u00ba vr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Not only does 360\u00ba vr provide great entertainment but it is also used for training purposes. Pilots and drivers learn how to operate vehicles using 360\u00ba vr. Doctors use 360\u00ba films for surgery. Explorers use 360\u00ba films undersea and in space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">You can watch a number of 360\u00ba vr films on youtube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Using-Animated-Shorts-to-Teach-Capitalization-and-Punctuation.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Grab the free animated short activities here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-with-Animated-Shorts-1.PNG\" alt=\"Teaching with Animated Shorts\" width=\"360\" height=\"537\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-with-Animated-Shorts-2.PNG\" alt=\"Teaching with Animated Shorts\" width=\"360\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 18pt;\">Unit Description<\/span><\/h2>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">These activities are not part of the purchased unit. Instead, they were created to show what the unit is like. Check out the full unit on Teachers Pay Teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">The full unit covers all 4th \u2013 6th-grade CCSSs for capitalization and punctuation. All activities are included in both printable and Google Slide versions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Check out what is included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Video Lesson with Accompanying Organizer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Each lesson contains 2+ videos (Over 30 animated shorts in all.) with a practice that is connected to both the skill that is covered and the animated short.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Skill Lessons:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">1 \u2013\u00a0Capitalizing People<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">2 \u2013\u00a0Capitalizing Places<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">3 \u2013\u00a0Capitalizing Events<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">4 \u2013 Capitalizing and Punctuation Titles\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">5 \u2013\u00a0Capitalizing and Punctuation Quotations<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">6 \u2013\u00a0Colons, Semicolons, Ellipses (includes Using Punctuation for Effect)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">7 \u2013 Use punctuation to set off nonrestrictive\/parenthetical elements<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">8 \u2013\u00a0Commas in a Series<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">9 \u2013\u00a0Comma after Introductory Elements<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">10 \u2013\u00a0Comma in Introductory Elements<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-with-Animated-Shorts-3.PNG\" alt=\"Teaching with Animated Shorts\" width=\"360\" height=\"537\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Students play games to practice the skills taught. Most games can be used as seatwork in place of a game activity if desired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Games:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Sorry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Trail Game and Sorting Activity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Task Cards with Four-Way Game Board<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Snakes and Ladders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Ludo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Dots and Lines<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Aggravation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Tic Tac Toe<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Connect Four<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">\u00a0Memory<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 18pt;\">Capitalization and Punctuation Standards<\/span><\/h2>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">For capitalization and punctuation, the Common Core State Standards divides a few skills across each of the upper elementary grade levels. This means students need to master the skills during the year they are taught with review and practice in future grade levels. The standards are listed below for comparison. Notice that comma rules are scattered across all 3rd-6th grade levels.<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 18pt;\">3rd Grade<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"substandard\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.A<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Capitalize appropriate words in titles.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"substandard\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.B<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use commas in addresses.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"substandard\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.C<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"substandard\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.D<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Form and use possessives.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"substandard\">\n<h3 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 18pt;\">4th Grade<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"substandard\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.A<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use correct capitalization.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"substandard\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.B<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"substandard\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.C<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 18pt;\">5th Grade<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2.A<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*<br \/>\n<\/span>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2.B|<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.<br \/>\n<\/span>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2.C<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use a comma to set off the words <\/span><i style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">yes<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">no<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">\u00a0(e.g.,\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Yes, thank you<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g.,\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">It&#8217;s true, isn&#8217;t it?<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">), and to indicate direct address (e.g.,\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Is that you, Steve?<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">).<br \/>\n<\/span>CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.2.D<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 18pt;\">6th Grade<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2.A<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\">Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive\/parenthetical elements.*<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #369109;\">Teach Capitalization and Punctuation with Animated Shorts<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-with-Animated-Shorts-4.PNG\" alt=\"Teaching with Animated Shorts\" width=\"360\" height=\"537\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-with-Animated-Shorts-5.PNG\" alt=\"Teaching with Animated Shorts\" width=\"360\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-with-Animated-Shorts-6.PNG\" alt=\"Teaching with Animated Shorts\" width=\"360\" height=\"537\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/shortfilms\/Teaching-with-Animated-Shorts-1.PNG\" alt=\"Teaching with Animated Shorts\" width=\"360\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2320\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-282x300.png\" alt=\"Gay Miller\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-600x637.png 600w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent.png 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it. 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