A highly scaffolded character analysis lesson designed for English Language Learners (ELL) Level 2. Students analyze either a loathsome or pitiful character using a visual graphic organizer and sentence starters.
A deep-dive literature study of Suzanne Collins's prequel novel, Sunrise on the Reaping. Students explore the historical and psychological context of the 50th Hunger Games through collaborative discussions and structured debate.
A complete literacy lesson aligned with Wilson Reading System Step 6.2, focusing on multi-syllabic words with suffixes. Students learn to read, scoop, and define complex words while engaging with an inspiring reading passage about NFL wide receiver AJ Brown.
A comprehensive reading comprehension packet containing six engaging 2nd-grade passages (three fiction, three informational) with literal and inferential questions.
A suite of 5 phonics-based progress monitoring reading passages designed for second-grade students. Each passage targets a specific phonetic spelling pattern (closed syllables, silent e, two-syllable words, r-controlled vowels, and vowel teams) and includes a student-facing reading and comprehension page and a matching teacher-facing word-count tracking page.
A high-interest, explorer-themed lesson where 3rd-5th grade students design personalized summer reading trail maps, set challenge goals, and pitch books to classmates to embark on a lifelong reading adventure.
An end-of-year staff meeting bundle designed to analyze student writing data from the Empowering Writers curriculum and plan for next school year's instruction.
A high-interest, detective-themed mixed context clues lesson for 5th graders. Students analyze challenging sentences to uncover word meanings using definition, synonym, antonym, example, and inference clues.
A 5th-grade reading comprehension lesson focused on making inferences. Students read 'Everyday Mysteries'—puzzle-like short passages on printable task cards—and use clues and schema to determine what happened, tracking their thinking on a detective's notebook recording sheet.
An engaging vocabulary review lesson where students use a roll-and-read dice board to practice reading fluency and define key multi-syllable academic words with partners.
A reading comprehension and vocabulary lesson designed for struggling adolescent readers. It features a high-interest realistic fiction story about an underdog basketball team's unexpected victory, focusing on multisyllabic vocabulary development.
A lesson designed for 9th-grade ELLs (WIDA Levels 1-2) focusing on Book 12 of The Odyssey (Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, and Helios' Cattle) using highly visual sequencing cards and interactive sentence frames.
A 10th-grade English Language Arts lesson focused on vocabulary acquisition in professional, workplace, and collaborative communication. Students analyze semantic hierarchies, synonyms, antonyms, and context-dependent usage.
A detective-themed, collaborative lesson on relating ideas in a text (cause & effect, chronological connections) for 5th-grade summer school. Includes simplified interactive matching games, movement resets, and peer-to-peer discussion.
An 8th-grade ELA test readiness lesson containing a complete, high-quality standards-aligned practice test with fiction, poetry, and informational articles, plus a teacher's diagnostic answer key.