Linguistic Laboratory

A comprehensive lesson focused on 7th-grade word study, including word relationships (synonyms, antonyms, analogies), morphology (roots, prefixes, suffixes), and part-of-speech functions.

SASusan Ayers

Linguistic Laboratory

A comprehensive lesson focused on 7th-grade word study, including word relationships (synonyms, antonyms, analogies), morphology (roots, prefixes, suffixes), and part-of-speech functions.

SASusan Ayers

Literacy Essentials

A 3-week foundational reading and vocabulary unit for 7th-grade intervention. Students master dictionary reference tools, high-leverage affixes, and root words while developing evidence-based reading analysis skills.

knessa

Shark Secrets

A complete lesson exploring identity, expectations, and self-acceptance through the character of Lenny from Shark Tale. Students analyze Lenny's traits and conflict, engage in guided discussion, and compose a creative story about staying true to oneself.

Lenny

Shark Secrets Writing Template

A creative story writing template that guides students to write their own story inspired by Lenny's journey, focusing on a character hiding a secret trait or passion that goes against family expectations.

Lenny

Word Cartography

A comprehensive, year-long 30-minute intervention curriculum designed to close the 7th-grade reading achievement gap. It blends systemic academic vocabulary acquisition, structured context clue strategies, and rigorous informational text navigation.

knessa

Vibe Detectives

A high-interest, visual-heavy lesson where students become 'Vibe Detectives' to decode idioms, tone, and mood in modern advertisements, social posts, and blogs. Designed with low-readability, high-impact functional texts to ensure maximum accessibility and student engagement.

David Medley

Shark Secrets Analysis Worksheet

A student character analysis worksheet exploring Lenny's traits, his relationship with his father, and the contrast between his shark nature and dolphin disguise. Includes quote analysis and reflective prompts.

Lenny

Text Tactics

A targeted 7th-grade RLA intervention sequence designed for rapid 30-minute sessions. It equips students with durable, reusable tools for finding central ideas and decoding context clues.

knessa

Lingo Lab

A lesson designed for intermediate ESOL students to master high-frequency conversational idioms and slang related to feelings, reactions, and social interactions. Through collaborative matching games, situational scenario cards, and guided presentation slides, students practice using these expressions naturally.

Camryn

Shark Secrets Slides

A 5-slide visual presentation deck introducing Lenny from Shark Tale, exploring his traits, conflict, and the dolphin disguise, and launching the writing activity.

Lenny

Fluent Minds

A comprehensive assessment lesson for middle school reading, combining an oral reading fluency and decoding evaluation with deep literary analysis. Students read an evocative Gothic passage aloud to assess accuracy, expression, and pacing, then complete written analysis questions targeting inference, textual evidence, and thematic development.

Lenny

Shark Secrets Lesson Plan

A comprehensive, 2-page teacher's guide and lesson plan for conducting a character analysis and creative writing lesson focused on Lenny from Shark Tale. Includes pacing, discussion prompts, and differentiation.

Lenny

Inbox Inferences

A middle-to-high school English Language Arts lesson using text message exchanges to teach high-rigor inferencing, character perspective taking, and text evidence citation.

Linguistic Laboratory