Students act as linguistic detectives to distinguish between active and passive voice using the 'Zombie Test'. They identify the doer and the receiver of actions to understand how sentence structure affects clarity.
An intensive writing workshop where students act as 'Draft Doctors' to diagnose and repair sentence-level errors and structural weaknesses in preparation for STAAR assessments.
A Grade 6 RLA lesson focusing on analyzing and synthesizing across literary genres using the Notice and Note framework and STEAL character analysis, aligned with TEKS 6.5, 6.7, and 6.8.
A comprehensive Grade 5 RLA lesson focused on analyzing literary elements and author's craft across poetry, drama, and fiction, aligned with TEKS and STAAR standards. Students explore the thematic connection of 'The Call of the Wild' through close reading, annotation, and comparative analysis.
A deep dive into Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' through a modern, accessible adaptation. Students explore themes of grief, symbolism, and the haunting atmosphere of the classic poem.
A focused set of materials covering the climactic events of late November in the novel Tangerine, focusing on plot recall and key character interactions.
The final lesson challenges students to compare and contrast 'The Meadow's Secret' and 'The Forest's Song'. Students will identify similarities in theme and differences in mood and setting.
Students analyze 'The Forest's Song', focusing on rhythm, personification, and sensory details. They will complete a reading comprehension assessment specific to this poem.
Students are introduced to the elements of poetry through a close reading of 'The Meadow's Secret'. The lesson focuses on imagery, stanzas, and identifying the speaker's perspective.
A visual introduction to the first five books of The Odyssey, focusing on Telemachus's struggle in Ithaca and Odysseus's departure from Calypso's island, designed for beginning English Language Learners.
A 5th-grade MCAS-aligned ELA review focusing on environmental protection. Students read two informational passages about ocean plastic solutions, answer multiple-choice questions, and write a comparative open response.
Teacher-facing resources including pacing guides, instructional scripts, and complete answer keys for Lessons 16-25.
Focuses on prefix 'de-', base 'duc', and the word 'deduce'. Review of all vowel sounds and decoding strategies. includes a final synthesis reading passage.
Teaches the suffix -able/-ible and the word 'expendable'. focuses on vowel teams AI and AY and applying all syllable division rules to multi-syllabic academic words.
Teaches the suffix -ate and the word 'consolidate'. focuses on r-controlled vowels (ER, IR, UR) and flexible syllable division.
Focuses on the suffix -ic and the word 'dramatic'. Teaches r-controlled vowels (AR) and strategies for syllable division in longer academic words.
Teaches the suffix -al and the word 'structural'. focuses on Short/Long U sounds and dividing syllables after one consonant.
A review and mastery check lesson for vocabulary and decoding. Includes multiple choice assessments and practice with syllable division and schwa sounds.