This lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting character responses to conflict in literature using 'Frosted Fire' and 'Sara Sees Red'. Students will analyze character development and gather evidence to support a literary analysis essay.
A vocabulary lesson for 6th-grade students focused on building word mastery through architectural-themed activities. Includes matching, sentence completion, and creative writing.
A comprehensive lesson exploring the Savvas mentor text 'What Makes Someone Extraordinary'. Students will analyze character traits, identify supporting evidence, and define what it means to be truly exceptional.
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.
A scaffolded analysis of Jay Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy Buchanan for ELL Level 1 students, focusing on the distinction between romance and obsession through graphic organizers and sentence frames.
A foundational grammar lesson introducing simple, compound, and complex sentence structures through a construction-themed lens. Students learn to build and identify sentences using independent and dependent clauses.
A Grade 7 ELA lesson focused on mastering the Arkansas ATLAS assessment through analyzing claims, comparing arguments, and evaluating narrative craft. Students will engage with paired informational texts and a narrative excerpt to practice evidence-based reasoning.