A comprehensive study of John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis', focusing on the history of the disease, its impact on human history, and the literary techniques used to convey its devastating reality.
A phonics-focused lesson for kindergarteners centered on a simple CVC-rich reading passage. Students practice decoding short 'a' and 'o' words, identifying high-frequency words, and answering basic comprehension questions.
A lesson exploring the diverse backgrounds of Allied soldiers who fought in WWII and witnessed the Holocaust, focusing on claim identification and evidence-based writing.
A 50-minute resource room lesson for 11th-grade students covering Macbeth Act 4. Focuses on the interplay of manhood, ambition, and accountability through a literacy-heavy scaffolded approach including syllabication, reading comprehension, and ANEZZC-structured paragraph writing.
A lesson focused on identifying and completing analogies based on synonym and antonym relationships, designed for 7th-grade students.
Students listen to the story of The Little Red Hen and practice sequencing the three main stages of making bread: planting, baking, and eating.
A playful kindergarten lesson where students become 'Category Questers' to sort characters, settings, and objects from familiar fairy tales. This lesson uses interactive games and visual aids to build foundational narrative comprehension and organizational skills.
A reading comprehension lesson based on an article about Minnesota teens who developed 'TogetherIV', an app designed to support patients receiving medical infusions.
An analysis of Chapter 6, exploring the Victorian romanticization of tuberculosis as a 'beautiful death' and the paradigm-shifting scientific discovery of the bacteria by Robert Koch.
A intensive reteach lesson on RI 8.8, focusing on delineating and evaluating arguments using MLK Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' and a modern editorial on school start times. Students will assess claims, reasoning, and evidence relevance and sufficiency.
A lesson focused on identifying and using multisyllabic words with the 'sh' sound spelled as 'ci', 'ti', 'cious', and 'tious'. Students will analyze word patterns and apply their knowledge through vocabulary exercises.
A deep dive into Chapter 5 of John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis', focusing on the sudden isolation of patients and the narrative techniques used to convey historical and personal trauma.