A comprehensive lesson focused on helping students master the skill of selecting and citing the 'best' textual evidence to support an argument, specifically designed to address gaps in writing and diction analysis.

Combining art and text through concrete (shape) poetry and blackout (found) poetry to find new meanings in existing spaces.

Exploring the transition from written word to spoken performance, focusing on rhythm, repetition, and the raw power of authentic voice.

Focusing on discipline and brevity, this lesson uses the Haiku format to capture "snapshots" of the environment and internal feelings.

Introduction to acrostic poetry as a tool for exploring identity and self-perception using simple but powerful word choices.

The framework for the unit, including a comprehensive facilitator guide and a vocabulary anchor chart for students to reference throughout the course.

A lesson focused on the structural link between a thesis statement and its supporting topic sentences using real-world contexts. Students will practice extracting key ideas from a thesis to build the foundation of a cohesive argument.

Students explore the 'Wood Wide Web'—the underground fungal network trees use to communicate—while learning strategies to identify the main idea and distinguish it from the topic and supporting details.

A creative storytelling lesson for K-3 students that uses found objects to develop oral narrative skills, sequencing, and descriptive language in a cozy campfire-themed setting.

A reading comprehension lesson focused on identifying text structures and author's purpose across multiple genres for elementary students.