Chains of Ignorance

A comprehensive 60-minute ELA lesson focused on the animated short film 'The Present'. Students explore core reading skills—inferential thinking, prediction, citing evidence, and concrete symbolism—by analyzing the boy, the box, the dog, and the final reveal.

A cohesive lesson and drill series designed to help students master the connection between explicit literary devices and the central themes of literary texts.

An interactive, gamified lesson where students become 'Genre Detectives' to identify fiction subgenres and mixed literature genres. Includes an interactive classroom presentation, a printable student recording sheet, and a comprehensive teacher guide with full answer keys.

A foundational set of four reading comprehension sheets, split between Grade 9-10 (focusing on core inference and vocabulary) and Grade 11-12 (emphasizing rhetorical analysis and synthesis).

A structured eighth-grade ELA lesson focused on crafting clear, evidence-supported short and extended responses using structured scaffolds, text evidence integration, and argumentative alignment.

A STAAR-aligned lesson focused on teaching students how to write short and extended constructed responses using text evidence and structured controlling ideas.

A planning and writing lesson centered around Joseph Bruchac's novel Two Roads, guiding students to write a structured narrative letter from Cal to Possum with differentiated scaffolding.

An English 1 lesson focused on comparing and analyzing paired persuasive texts about the use of AI writing assistants. Students learn to evaluate contrasting arguments, identify rhetorical devices, and synthesize opposing viewpoints using text-based evidence.

A preparatory summer reading curriculum designed to bridge historical literary movements, analytical vocabulary, and journey-themed texts for incoming 11th graders.

Students compile their four-sentence creative stories into a comic strip layout, add simple illustrations, and celebrate their storytelling accomplishments.

Students resolve their story's problem, writing their fourth sentence using "Then, ..." and selecting a happy resolution symbol.

Students introduce a simple conflict or surprise for their character, writing a sentence with "Suddenly..." and problem-based action icons.

Students choose a creative setting (such as outer space or a magic forest) and write a sentence using "They are in..." with visual setting prompt cards.

Students invent a fictional character (such as a superhero or friendly animal) and write a sentence describing them using "This is..." and physical descriptors with visual symbols.