A lesson focusing on Chapter 18 of 'The Westing Game', exploring the themes of surveillance, hidden identities, and the burgeoning relationship between Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach.

A 5th-grade reading comprehension lesson focused on identifying the main idea of paragraphs and a whole passage using the history and impact of Super Mario Bros.

A pre-reading activator for 'Two Roads' by Gary D. Schmidt, focusing on building historical context and making initial inferences about characters and setting through a clue-based scavenger hunt.

A lesson focused on distinguishing between main ideas in informational paragraphs and central themes in short fictional stories. Students will practice identifying key details and synthesizing them into a core message.

A comprehensive lesson focusing on common suffixes, their meanings, and application through specific vocabulary and descriptive reading passages about contemporary figures.

This lesson guides students through the process of analyzing three distinct sources—a video and two articles—to plan a 4-paragraph research essay on the theme of resilience. Students will learn to identify key evidence, craft author's claims, and strategically group sources for effective comparison and contrast.

A 15-minute high-impact session focusing on identifying and repairing run-on sentences, sentence fragments, and vague pronoun-antecedent relationships. This lesson provides students with a 'repair manual' for common syntax glitches.

A quick exploration of theme and moral within the classic Brothers Grimm tale 'Briar Rose', featuring a focused bell ringer and exit ticket.