A comprehensive lesson on RL.8.6, focusing on how authors manipulate point of view and dramatic irony to create suspense and humor. Includes instructional slides, a reference anchor chart, and EOG-style practice.
A comprehensive set of compound word cards and teaching strategies to help students identify, build, and master compound words through hands-on activities.
A creative writing lesson where students step into the tiny shoes (or many legs) of an insect to describe their world through the five senses.
A lesson designed to help newcomer English learners express gratitude to paraprofessionals using structured sentence frames and targeted vocabulary.
An intervention lesson focused on r-controlled vowels through a narrative story about a girl named Callie visiting a farm. Students will identify, sort, and analyze words with er, ar, or, ur, and ir patterns while practicing comprehension skills.
A literature-focused lesson using fictional stories set across North Carolina's diverse landscapes to practice character analysis, theme identification, and figurative language.
A comprehensive 12-day preparation unit focused on mastering the NC ELA EOG Grade 4 standards through a 50-question mock exam and intensive strategy sessions.
A lesson focused on mastering the RACES writing strategy through structured practice and architectural-themed guided writing.
A lesson focused on building and decoding words using common prefixes, suffixes, and Latin roots (ject, tract) through a randomized grid reading activity.
A lesson covering Chapter 3 of Treasure Island, where Jim travels to Bristol, meets Long John Silver, and prepares to set sail on the Hispaniola. Focuses on character introduction, nautical vocabulary, and analyzing the early signs of conflict.
A first-grade reading comprehension lesson focused on decodable text featuring initial and final blends, digraphs, and short vowels. Students read a short story about a snack box and answer questions using visual cues.
A comprehensive review lesson covering 27 Greek and Latin roots to help developmental reading students prepare for their morphology assessment through gamified slides and a decoding worksheet.
A comprehensive lesson on Leo Tolstoy's 'The Three Questions', focusing on plot, character development, and theme through interactive Word Splash vocabulary and collaborative analysis.
A collection of professional planning resources and student assessments for Kindergarten Foundational Skills Unit 1, focusing on phonological awareness, pre-writing strokes, and spatial directionality.
A summative assessment and answer key covering the final chapters of 'All American Boys', focusing on Quinn's development, the community's reaction, and the culminating protest.
Develops context clue strategies using the specific academic and legalistic vocabulary found in Sierra's disciplinary hearing and school policy.
Analyzes the types of conflict (Person vs. Society) and the plot progression as Sierra's mistake turns into a full-scale disciplinary crisis.
Focuses on character analysis of Sierra and the school administration, using an 'Evidence Board' approach to track traits and motivations.
A series of three reading intervention lessons focusing on Ray Bradbury's writing process, the conclusion of Fahrenheit 451, and the origin of Frankenstein, teaching advanced morphology and decoding strategies.