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 comprehensive final assessment and review for Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, focusing on Brian's survival journey, character growth, and the novel's core themes.

A lesson on writing diamante poems with a focus on nature, covering structure, parts of speech, and creative expression.

A series of speech-language activities themed around navigating middle school, targeting multiple meanings, grammar, figurative language, vocabulary, inference, and narrative skills.

A lesson focused on identifying and completing analogies based on synonym and antonym relationships, designed for 7th-grade students.

A narrative-driven exploration of the human body's systems, designed to practice literary analysis standards (RL) through a science-fiction lens. Students read a 2-page story about a microscopic journey and analyze characters, themes, and vocabulary.

A reading comprehension lesson based on an article about Minnesota teens who developed 'TogetherIV', an app designed to support patients receiving medical infusions.

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 focused study on Ana, the suspicious yet observant neighbor from Seedfolks. Students explore her perspective on the changing neighborhood and her initial reaction to Kim's garden.

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 high-energy, immersive opening game for a memoir unit where students play a detective-themed version of Two Truths and a Lie to explore the boundaries of memory and narrative truth.

A hands-on lesson for mastering sentence structure using visual blueprint cards to label parts of speech and build complex sentences.

A targeted 1:1 intervention lesson focused on inferential reasoning and evidence-based explanations using a noir mystery theme. Students will practice identifying implied meanings in short scenarios and using specific sentence frames to justify their conclusions.

A lesson based on the story 'Rally for Access', focusing on advocacy, accessibility, and the power of community support. Students analyze Luz's journey from anxiety to activism and reflect on barriers in their own environments.