Ego and Individualism

An engaging introductory phonics unit teaching first-grade students to identify, read, and write short and long vowel sounds with silent magic 'e'.

A 90-minute professional development workshop designed for Pre-K to Grade 4 school administrators. This session covers the foundational literacy frameworks of the American Reading Company (ARC)—including IRLA, ENIL, and the 100 Book Challenge—with a heavy emphasis on multi-tiered instructional coaching, scaffolded practices for Special Education and English Language Learners, and administrative look-fors.

A printable 2-page student-facing reading companion and inference log designed for GT independent reading. Provides structured, high-contrast, lined workspace with light backgrounds for tracking setting inferences, linguistic Point of View transitions, flashbacks, and Socratic Book Talk reflection checks.

A 10-lesson Stage 1 Year 2 English Component B program based on the book 'Luna Roo' by Adam Jackson and Adrian Lloyd. The sequence explicitly teaches simple and compound sentences enriched with descriptive adjectives focused on Luna's outback soccer matches, animal teammates, and dusty playing fields.

A high-impact lesson sequence focused on mastering counterclaims and rebuttals. It features visually structured classroom poster charts and templates to guide students from acknowledging opposing views to executing powerful, evidence-based rebuttals.

A comprehensive 2-page teacher-facing guide designed for facilitating Ayn Rand's Anthem in a GT classroom. Includes a detailed 6-week independent reading and book talk pacing planner, explicit alignments to the student 'I Can' learning targets, and structured Socratic discourse protocols to ensure respectful, evidence-based academic dialogue.

A Tier 2 reading comprehension intervention sequence designed for sixth-grade students. This three-session program utilizes a structured, scaffolded approach to help students identify key details, filter out distracting information, and craft precise main idea summaries.

A dynamic grammar and writing lesson where students stretch simple sentences into rich, complex ones using adverbs, prepositional phrases, and subordinating clauses.

A high-rigour Stage 5 English unit for advanced Year 9 students in NSW. It explores Shakespeare's Macbeth through complex motif systems, psychological disintegration, and tragic subversion, culminating in creative writing and a formal Socratic seminar.

An interactive lesson introducing the five key elements of plot—exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution—using a clear, symbol-coded system and familiar fairy tales to scaffold student understanding.

A first-grade phonics lesson focusing on identifying, decoding, and writing words with short 'i' and long 'i' (CVCe magic e) vowel sounds.

A 70-minute lesson plan and analysis workshop for credit recovery high school seniors. Students compare Michael Jordan's and Kobe Bryant's 'Dear Basketball' tributes, examine Bryant's Oscar-winning short film, and draft their own passionate 'Dear Legacy' reflection.