Persuasion Lab Mastering Rhetorical Appeals

A scaffolded communicative sequence designed to transition multilingual learners from basic classroom survival language to expressing academic opinions. It provides highly visual resources, structured templates, and peer-to-peer discussion supports across Entering, Emerging, Transitioning, and Expanding proficiency levels.

A comprehensive instructional set designed to build, scaffold, and track student mastery of grade-level vocabulary using context clues. This lesson includes leveled passages, standard-aligned task cards, visual communication keys, structured sentence builders, and a systematic teacher data collection sheet to measure progress across three consecutive trials.

A scaffolded two-page student worksheet containing vocabulary sentence frames, structured sentence stems with dotted handwriting lines, and a creative writing case report with a self-monitoring checklist.

A 5-day ELAR unit for 7th grade students centered on Rudyard Kipling's classic 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'. Students will analyze plot elements (foreshadowing/suspense), character influences, author's purpose, and complete STAAR-aligned short constructed responses and revising/editing practices.

Designed for Transitioning & Expanding ENL students, this lesson guides students to express and defend academic opinions, using graphic organizers, paragraph-level templates, academic transitions, and structured peer-to-peer partner talk.

A printable two-page visual communication support containing simple definitions, intuitive emoji-based communication symbols, and cut-out matching cards designed for students requiring visual scaffolding.

An advanced ELA elective bridging scientific inquiry and literary rhetoric through biology and earth science texts, preparing students to write, analyze, and advocate at the intersection of science and humanity.

Designed for Entering & Emerging ENL students, this lesson teaches essential classroom survival language (asking for help, requesting items, sharing feelings) using rich visuals, simple visual word banks, and structured sentence frames.

Eight double-sided style printable vocabulary task cards (four per page) containing targeted context clue sentences and multiple-choice options, designed for independent literacy centers.

A collection of visually stunning, high-contrast classroom posters designed to anchor key ELA, reading, and content-area vocabulary terms. These posters serve as a permanent classroom reference series to support literary analysis, nonfiction text navigation, word decoding, and scientific/mathematical reasoning.

A two-page assessment and tracking document containing three leveled passages (Trials 1, 2, and 3) featuring targeted academic words, paired with a systematic teacher data collection sheet to track context clue strategies and accuracy across three trials.

A printable set of 4 structured academic conversation cards for Transitioning and Expanding ENL students, providing sentence frames for stating claims, agreeing, disagreeing, and asking clarifying questions.