A guided instruction lesson that explores branding strategies across four informational texts, focusing on the transition from traditional advertising to social media influence.

A comprehensive assessment for 9th-grade students covering key themes, characters, and symbols in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

An introductory exploration of pirate life, language, and culture within the context of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

A reading-based lesson where students explore the concept of AI as a 'brainstorming buddy' through a narrative story and practice writing a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) paragraph.

A structured essay planning lesson focused on synthesizing multiple texts (Macbeth, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Citizen Illegal, and Time War) to answer an essential question about identity and external forces. Students use an 'Architectural Blueprint' theme to build their argumentative outlines with specific sentence starters.

A deep dive into Chapter 19 of John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis', focusing on the Regents ELA Part 3 Text-Analysis Response. Students explore how Green uses metaphor, imagery, and diction to expose the devastating feedback loop between poverty and disease.

A comprehensive reading and assessment unit covering the respiratory system. Students explore the mechanics of breathing through a detailed two-page narrative passage and demonstrate mastery of RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, RL.4, and RL.8 standards.

A comprehensive review lesson for 'I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' featuring a high-stakes classroom game to prep for assessments. Students will categorize plot points, analyze character motivations, and identify key themes and symbols.

This lesson teaches students to distinguish between compound sentences that require a comma before a coordinating conjunction and simple sentences with compound parts that do not.

A cumulative review and final assessment of all figurative language types covered during the week-long investigation.

Students decode the strange and quirky world of idioms, learning to interpret figurative meanings rather than literal definitions.

A focus on the auditory elements of figurative language, investigating how onomatopoeia and alliteration create 'sound-waves' in poetry and prose.

Students experiment with personification and hyperbole to add dramatic flair and personality to their writing, testing the limits of exaggeration.

Students explore the building blocks of comparison by investigating similes and metaphors, learning to identify the differences and create their own scientific 'comparisons.'

Final unit assessment and synthesis including a Socratic seminar and a creative project based on personal precepts.

Synthesizing themes of kindness, identity, and resilience through the lens of Mr. Browne's precepts and the novel's resolution.

Deep dive into symbolism (the helmet, the play) and vocabulary acquisition while tracking August's development through the climax.