A comprehensive lesson for grades 7-10 focusing on mastering main idea identification through diverse texts, including fiction, history, and current events. Students will learn to distinguish between explicit and implicit main ideas and connect them to supporting details.

A comprehensive guide to teaching structured debate, focusing on argument construction, rebuttal strategies, and persuasive delivery for middle and high school students.

A comprehensive character analysis lesson for 9th-grade ELA, using the 'Character Compass' framework to map out motivations, actions, and relationships in any literary text.

A remedial high school English lesson focused on crafting an argumentative essay about Macbeth's fitness for the throne, featuring scaffolds for evidence analysis and essay structure.

A 180-minute writing and simulation workshop, including structural blueprinting, a full-scale mock practice test, and the Final Strike timed essay.

A high-intensity 180-minute session rotating through three 40-minute stations focused on sentence structure, vocabulary decryption, and dense text analysis.

A comprehensive lesson on crafting effective concluding paragraphs, focusing on restating thesis statements, summarizing main points without adding new info, and achieving the ideal length of 4-6 sentences.

Students research an influential Black icon and argue for their recognition through a national holiday. This lesson focuses on research skills, thesis development, and the Short Constructed Response (SCR) format.

A modified introduction to Sandra Cisneros's 'The House on Mango Street,' focusing on Esperanza's identity, her neighborhood, and key character relationships through simplified vignettes and visual aids.

A resource kit for teachers to track and support student progress across three distinct tiers of mastery, specifically tailored for Narrative Writing skills.