A complete lesson covering similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, oxymoron, and symbolism through direct instruction and guided practice.
An engaging indoor Easter activity for students to practice reading comprehension and problem-solving through rhyming riddles. The lesson includes printable clue strips designed to fit inside plastic eggs and a teacher's master key for setup.
A lesson designed to help students identify 'Right There' questions in text and use specific marking strategies (starring, underlining, and highlighting) to locate evidence directly within the passage.
A strategy-focused lesson teaching students three specific ways to collect text evidence (notetaking, annotating, and underlining) to improve performance on standardized tests, including a practice passage about monarch butterflies.
A comprehensive English 1 EOC-aligned lesson focusing on literary analysis, evidence-based questioning, and argumentative writing strategies. Students analyze a high-stakes literary excerpt and practice the specific question types found on the Texas state exam.
A practice assessment focused on revising and editing skills for the Texas English 1 EOC, featuring a passage on environmental conservation. Students will practice sentence combining, clarity, and grammatical corrections in a STAAR-aligned format.
A high-flying exploration of kites that integrates long 'i' phonics patterns and multisyllabic decoding strategies for upper elementary and middle school students.
A multi-sensory lesson for 6th-grade emergent bilinguals that uses "The Dirt Book" to explore poetry structure and the underground ecosystem, culminating in a hands-on "dirt dessert" activity.
A high-stakes station-based escape room where students apply English 2 inferencing TEKS to solve a noir-style mystery. Students analyze dialogue, visual clues, and literary devices to crack the code.
A comprehensive review of the RACE writing strategy, focusing on analyzing author's purpose and figurative language through guided instruction and highly-scaffolded practice.