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Hi, I'm Jackie, and I taught secondary English for thirty-one years - and I loved (almost) every minute of it. I devoted my career to finding ways to get students excited about reading and writing, and I want to share my strategies and lesson plans with you, ones that  I know work because I used them in real classrooms as I faced the same struggles that you do every day.

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