A lesson focused on analyzing how a narrator's internal fears and character traits drive the plot in the story 'Scout's Honor'. Students explore Point of View (POV) and its direct impact on narrative progression.

An introductory lesson on coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS), focusing on how they act as bridges to connect independent clauses. Students will learn the specific function of each conjunction and practice using them to build complex sentences.

A high-interest, low-readability (Hi-Lo) lesson for WIDA Level 4 ELL students focusing on symbolism and the theme of authenticity through a contemporary fantasy story.

A targeted reteach lesson for RI.6.8 focusing on tracing claims, evaluating evidence, and distinguishing facts from opinions through a detective-themed investigation.

A lesson on identifying and analyzing figurative language in poetry, using the metaphor of 'blueprints' to understand how poets build meaning. Students will explore similes, metaphors, personification, and more through guided notes and practice.

A progress monitoring assessment designed for a 6th-grade student to identify the central idea and supporting details in a non-fiction text. Includes a high-interest reading passage and a 10-question multiple-choice assessment.

A lesson exploring the diverse backgrounds of Allied soldiers who fought in WWII and witnessed the Holocaust, focusing on claim identification and evidence-based writing.

A comprehensive final assessment and review for Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, focusing on Brian's survival journey, character growth, and the novel's core themes.

A lesson on writing diamante poems with a focus on nature, covering structure, parts of speech, and creative expression.

A 50-minute resource room lesson for 11th-grade students covering Macbeth Act 4. Focuses on the interplay of manhood, ambition, and accountability through a literacy-heavy scaffolded approach including syllabication, reading comprehension, and ANEZZC-structured paragraph writing.

A series of speech-language activities themed around navigating middle school, targeting multiple meanings, grammar, figurative language, vocabulary, inference, and narrative skills.

A lesson focused on identifying and completing analogies based on synonym and antonym relationships, designed for 7th-grade students.

A narrative-driven exploration of the human body's systems, designed to practice literary analysis standards (RL) through a science-fiction lens. Students read a 2-page story about a microscopic journey and analyze characters, themes, and vocabulary.

A reading comprehension lesson based on an article about Minnesota teens who developed 'TogetherIV', an app designed to support patients receiving medical infusions.

A comprehensive study of John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis', focusing on the history of the disease, its impact on human history, and the literary techniques used to convey its devastating reality.

A deep dive into the first seven chapters of 'Flipped', focusing on contrasting points of view, character development, and social-emotional skills like empathy and perspective-taking.

An analysis of Chapter 6, exploring the Victorian romanticization of tuberculosis as a 'beautiful death' and the paradigm-shifting scientific discovery of the bacteria by Robert Koch.

A intensive reteach lesson on RI 8.8, focusing on delineating and evaluating arguments using MLK Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' and a modern editorial on school start times. Students will assess claims, reasoning, and evidence relevance and sufficiency.

A focused study on Ana, the suspicious yet observant neighbor from Seedfolks. Students explore her perspective on the changing neighborhood and her initial reaction to Kim's garden.

A lesson focused on identifying and using multisyllabic words with the 'sh' sound spelled as 'ci', 'ti', 'cious', and 'tious'. Students will analyze word patterns and apply their knowledge through vocabulary exercises.

A deep dive into Chapter 5 of John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis', focusing on the sudden isolation of patients and the narrative techniques used to convey historical and personal trauma.

A high-energy, immersive opening game for a memoir unit where students play a detective-themed version of Two Truths and a Lie to explore the boundaries of memory and narrative truth.

A hands-on lesson for mastering sentence structure using visual blueprint cards to label parts of speech and build complex sentences.