A comprehensive lesson exploring the lives of sports icons through biographical nonfiction and narrative fiction. Students analyze resilience, social impact, and authorial perspective in sports storytelling.

Reflecting on acquired literacy skills and their application in future learning.

Active reading techniques including annotation and summarization.

Exploring online identity and the long-term impact of digital actions.

Introduction to MLA 9th Edition citation formatting and attribution.

Understanding the ethics of information use and identifying types of plagiarism.

Hands-on practice navigating databases to locate specific academic information.

Translating research questions into effective search keywords.

Evaluating source credibility using the CRAAP test framework.

Introduction to school library systems and databases to establish a foundation for research.

The first lesson in a series about Simone Biles, focusing on her early life, discovery of gymnastics, and the impact of her training. Students practice decoding multisyllabic words before engaging in a 20-minute silent reading session.

A focused lesson on crafting a thesis statement for a comparative essay between Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, specifically using the 'Answer to a Question' strategy.

A lesson focused on identifying and correcting run-on sentences within the professional context of job applications and career readiness. Students will learn three primary strategies for fixing run-on sentences to enhance the clarity and professionalism of their writing.

A comprehensive assessment covering chapters 7 through 21 of Alan Gratz's 'Projekt 1065', focusing on Michael's initiation into the Hitler Youth and the discovery of the jet plane blueprints.

A comprehensive prep lesson for the TSIA2 Writing section, covering sentence structure, agreement, punctuation, and revision strategies across multiple passage genres.

This lesson covers the core competencies of the TSIA2 Reading exam, including informational and literary text analysis.