Systematic research, evidence evaluation, and logical reasoning skills for formal discourse. Equips speakers to organize persuasive arguments, identify fallacies, and execute strategic impact calculus during competitive engagement.
An interactive 10-slide debate deck comparing Michael Jordan and LeBron James for the title of basketball's Greatest of All Time. Features head-to-head statistics, core arguments for both legends, debate ground rules, and three structured round prompts.
A two-page junior high debate graphic organizer featuring 2-column pro/con brainstorming layouts across four engaging school life and civic ethics topics with structured space for three arguments per side.
A vibrant, comprehensive 3rd-grade anchor chart detailing the core characteristics of argumentative and opinion writing, featuring the four structural pillars (claim, reasons, evidence, conclusion), signal transition words, and a color-coded mentor text breakdown.
A two-page argumentative writing graphic organizer aligned with Indiana ELA Standard 6.W.3.1. It guides 6th-grade students step-by-step through developing clear, debatable claims, formulating logical reasons, substantiating them with credible evidence, and dismantling counterclaims.
A streamlined, accessible two-page 9th grade student participant guide for Socratic Seminars featuring simplified, punchy, respectful sentence stems, text prep frameworks, fishbowl tracking logs, and self-assessment rubrics.
A comprehensive two-page collegiate and secondary study guide format to organize class notes, theoretical mechanisms, seminar debate contributions, discussion notes, and spaced study schedules with lined rulings in student writing sections.
A comprehensive year-long intervention sequence for 8th-grade literacy, focusing on STAR 360 and OSAS benchmark skills. The sequence follows a 3-day weekly instructional cycle (Instruction, Practice, Application) to supplement 2 days of choice reading.
An engaging, high-impact 4-week literacy skills program for young learners. Features highly visual, fun printable worksheets focusing on beginning letter sounds, CVC phonics blending, sight word reading, and short stories.
A comprehensive English Language Arts unit that uses a mystery-investigation theme to develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Students act as detectives to analyze evidence, interview witnesses, and present their final case.
A comprehensive 3-lesson unit designed to prepare HSED/GED students for the RLA Extended Response by teaching them how to analyze opposing arguments, evaluate evidence, and craft a high-scoring argumentative essay.
A 10-lesson thematic unit for 9th-grade ESOL students focusing on Shakespeare's Macbeth, integrating systemic language instruction, morphology, and phonics (R-controlled vowels) with high-school level analysis.
Fourth-grade standards-aligned instructional sequence featuring integrated English Language Arts literary analysis and North Carolina regional geography and historical development.
A multi-lesson unit for 4th-grade students with limited literacy, focusing on mastering and applying foundational academic vocabulary words like fact, information, alike, difference, and topic.
A comprehensive, multi-genre writing project suite that transforms secondary ELA classrooms. This sequence features 25 creative, high-engagement projects categorized into Narrative, Expository, Argumentative, Persuasive, and Multi-Genre masterpieces, complete with teacher guides, student workbooks, and introductory slide decks.
A 2-day unit focused on RI.8.8, teaching students to delineate and evaluate arguments through the lens of a lab investigation. Students will identify claims, assess evidence for relevance and sufficiency, and identify irrelevant information in grade-level texts.
A 4-part unit for 11th-grade English/History analyzing text structure and author's purpose through the lens of fear and the unknown during WWII, examining political rhetoric, legal orders, personal diaries, and wartime superstition.
