A high-energy evidence-based writing lesson where students compare and contrast two unique heroes—Pulse and Root—using detailed intelligence files and the T.E.X.T. strategy.
A fast-paced collaborative writing challenge where students rotate their stories three times to build a narrative arc from start to finish.
In this workshop, students explore the craft of comedy by learning techniques like the Rule of Three, hyperbole, and character archetypes. They will plan their own humorous story using a structured organizer before writing a final draft.
A final assessment for E.B. White's 'Charlotte's Web' including a 25-question test and a corresponding answer key.
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 collection of resources summarizing the poems from The Red Pencil, focusing on character development, cultural context, and the central conflict between tradition and education.
A lesson focused on mastering high-frequency academic vocabulary for 6th grade through structural analysis and application.
This lesson focuses on the bittersweet conclusion of Tuck Everlasting, guiding students through Winnie Foster's pivotal choice and the theme of the 'Wheel of Life.' Students will analyze how Winnie's decision to live a mortal life reflects the book's central message about the beauty of life's natural cycle.
A Stranger Things themed lesson focusing on complex sentence construction using subject, verb, and various predicate expanders (where, when, why).
A series of reading comprehension missions focused on soccer and the World Cup, helping students master context clues and inferencing.