This lesson guides students through identifying sectional main ideas and synthesizing them into a central theme using the historical passage 'Picturing Our Planet'.

A comprehensive two-hour test preparation lesson focusing on Process of Elimination (POE) and prompt paraphrasing, utilizing 2025 NYS Grade 7 ELA released items to build student confidence and accuracy.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -ation, -cation, and -ition and how they transform verbs into nouns. Students analyze word pairs like 'inform' and 'information'.

A lesson focused on the suffix -ion involving spelling changes such as dropping the final 'e' or changing 'd' to 's'. Students analyze pairs like 'operate' and 'operation'.

An introductory lesson for Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, focusing on the historical context, the Montague-Capulet feud, and the iconic prologue as a narrative device.

A lesson focused on the suffixes -ion and -ian with no spelling change to the base word. Students analyze nouns like 'invention', 'magician', and 'musician'.

A lesson focused on the suffix -ion and how it changes verbs into nouns with no spelling change to the base word. Students analyze word pairs like 'collect' and 'collection'.

Examine Judith Ortiz Cofer's 'The Latin Deli,' focusing on the poetry of everyday moments. Students draft a final body paragraph on how specific places have shaped their voice and finalize their full essay.