A foundational introduction to the building blocks of poetry, focusing on structural elements and themes, specifically designed to bridge into the study of Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess".
A lesson focused on analyzing how characters evolve throughout a literary text, culminating in a formal literary analysis essay. Students will explore the relationship between plot events and internal character shifts.
A 45-minute media literacy lesson for 11th grade focusing on source evaluation, identifying bias, and distinguishing between facts and misinformation. Students will learn the SIFT method and engage in a Socratic seminar about the impact of media on society.
A comprehensive lesson on advanced revising and editing for 10th grade, focusing on organizational structure, parallel construction, sentence effectiveness, and grammatical precision. Students will learn to transform drafts into polished, professional pieces of writing.
A 50-minute lesson focused on synthesizing Sylvia Plath's poem 'Mirror' with a modern article on the benefits of aging, emphasizing the contrast between subjective perception and objective reality.
In this lesson, students will practice synthesizing information from an informational text and a poem. They will learn to identify shared themes and contrasting perspectives to develop a comprehensive understanding of the aging process.
This lesson explores how Brian Doyle uses specific diction and complex syntax in 'Joyas Voladoras' to establish a tone of profound wonder and bittersweet vulnerability. Students will analyze textual evidence to connect linguistic choices to the overall mood and voice.
A synthesis lesson comparing the biological heart in 'Anatomy of a Human Heart' with the emotional and comparative heart in Brian Doyle's 'Joyas Voladoras.' Students will analyze how scientific facts and literary metaphors work together to create a deeper understanding of the heart.
An advanced rhetorical analysis lesson for AP Language students focusing on the SOAPSTone method to deconstruct non-fiction texts and identify the speaker's line of reasoning.
Students draft their argumentative essay using a guided framework and review their work against the GED rubric.
Students evaluate which argument is "better supported" and create a structured outline for their extended response.
Students learn to deconstruct the GED RLA prompt and use an Evidence Tracker to identify claims and support in two opposing viewpoints.