A comprehensive test-prep lesson designed to equip Grade 9 students with the strategic thinking and analytical skills required for the Arkansas ATLAS ELA assessment, focusing on evidence-based responses and extended writing.
A comprehensive lesson teaching students to identify media bias in newspaper articles using specific techniques like headline framing, sensationalism, and omission. Students take on the role of 'Headline Hackers' to critique and edit biased news.
A mini-lesson on journalism leads that teaches students how to use delayed (anecdotal) leads to bridge personal stories with universal claims about social media's impact on teen mental health.
An in-depth analysis of the 1963 film 'Charade' through the lenses of Hitchcockian tropes, gender performance, and the aesthetics of post-war consumerism.
A focused analysis of Act III of The Crucible, exploring the intense courtroom drama through characterization, foils, and authorial tone with heavy linguistic support for English learners.
An ELL Level 1 focused investigation into the reliability of Nick Carraway and the truthfulness of Jay Gatsby's backstory in Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. This lesson uses a graphic organizer and sentence frames to scaffold literary analysis for beginning English learners.