A comprehensive lesson teaching students how to organize their writing using specific structures for narrative, opinion, informational, and compare/contrast genres. Students will learn to use the Story Mountain, Hamburger Map, First-Next-Last sequences, and Venn Diagrams to ensure their writing follows a clear, linear path.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -ation, -cation, and -ition and how they transform verbs into nouns. Students analyze word pairs like 'inform' and 'information'.

A lesson focused on the suffix -ion involving spelling changes such as dropping the final 'e' or changing 'd' to 's'. Students analyze pairs like 'operate' and 'operation'.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -ion and -ian with no spelling change to the base word. Students analyze nouns like 'invention', 'magician', and 'musician'.

A lesson focused on the suffix -ion and how it changes verbs into nouns with no spelling change to the base word. Students analyze word pairs like 'collect' and 'collection'.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -en, -ize, and -ify. Students investigate how these suffixes transform base words into verbs representing actions or states.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -ful, -ous, and -ious. Students analyze how these suffixes form adjectives from nouns, representing full of or having qualities of.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -al, -ial, and -ic. Students analyze how these suffixes form adjectives from nouns, representing relating to or having qualities of.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -ty and -ity. Students analyze how these suffixes form nouns from adjectives, representing states or qualities.

A focused small group lesson exploring how to use context clues and reference materials like dictionaries and glossaries to decipher unknown words.

A focused small group lesson exploring the mechanics of words through synonyms, antonyms, and common prefixes using a clinical laboratory theme.

This lesson helps students master the art of writing persuasive conclusions for American Revolution opinion essays. Students learn to restate their focus and provide a compelling call to action from either a Patriot or Loyalist perspective.

A lesson focused on location and category suffixes (-ary, -ery, -ory). Students analyze how these suffixes form nouns and adjectives related to places, groups, and qualities.

A lesson focused on abstract suffixes (-ment, -less, -ness). Students explore how these suffixes form nouns and adjectives related to states, qualities, and actions.

An intermediate-level lesson on identifying and using context clues (IDEAS: Inference, Definition, Example, Antonym, Synonym) to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Includes a detailed lesson plan, instructional slides, student reference sheet, practice worksheet, and assessment.

A lesson focused on agentive suffixes (-er, -or, -ian, -ist). Students analyze how these suffixes identify people who perform specific actions or hold certain roles.