A final project where students curate a symbolic 'Memory Box' for Winnie Foster, exploring themes of immortality, friendship, and the circle of life through perspective writing and visual symbolism.

A Stranger Things themed lesson focusing on complex sentence construction using subject, verb, and various predicate expanders (where, when, why).

A creative writing lesson where students step into Clover's perspective to write a heartfelt eulogy for Boxer, focusing on the tragic betrayal of the working class by the pigs.

A lesson focused on identifying and explaining the theme of a literary passage using textual evidence. Students practice excavating deeper meanings from short narratives through collaborative or independent task card activities.

Analyze the high-stakes climax of Tuck Everlasting, focusing on plot structure, character motives, and the building of tension during the jailbreak. Students will explore the moral complexities of Mae and Winnie's actions through comparative analysis and suspense tracking.

A comprehensive analysis of Kwame Dawes' poem 'Dirt,' focusing on sensory imagery, metaphors, and the social-emotional connections to ancestry and resilience. This lesson includes differentiated materials for varying reading levels.

A high-energy lesson that teaches students how to identify central ideas and supporting evidence through the exciting world of motocross racing. Students will analyze a passage about the physical demands of the sport and use a scaffolded graphic organizer to map out their findings.

A reading comprehension lesson focused on citing evidence and making inferences about the hidden infrastructure of Disney World, designed for middle schoolers reading at a 5th-grade level.

A focused activity set designed to help students analyze how individuals, ideas, and events interact within a rock-themed narrative. This lesson uses the high-energy world of rock music to teach literary analysis skills.

A lesson focusing on Chapters 13-18 of Tuck Everlasting, where the Man in the Yellow Suit makes a dark bargain with the Foster family to gain control of the magic spring. Students will analyze the plot through summarizing and vocabulary in context.

Students read an adapted narrative about the Los Angeles food truck scene, focusing on identifying central themes, summarizing key events, and using context clues to understand figurative language and vocabulary.

A highly creative ELA lesson where 7th-grade students transform existing text into original poetry through the craft of 'blackout' art. Using simple markers and old book pages, students explore word choice, tone, and visual symbolism.

A TEKS-aligned lesson (Grade 7-8) exploring characterization in Langston Hughes's 'Thank You, M'am'. Students use the STEAL method to analyze how characters' motivations and behaviors influence events and the resolution of the plot (TEKS 7.7B).