A comprehensive review of the RACE writing strategy, focusing on analyzing author's purpose and figurative language through guided instruction and highly-scaffolded practice.
An engaging indoor Easter activity for students to practice reading comprehension and problem-solving through rhyming riddles. The lesson includes printable clue strips designed to fit inside plastic eggs and a teacher's master key for setup.
A lesson designed to help students identify 'Right There' questions in text and use specific marking strategies (starring, underlining, and highlighting) to locate evidence directly within the passage.
A strategy-focused lesson teaching students three specific ways to collect text evidence (notetaking, annotating, and underlining) to improve performance on standardized tests, including a practice passage about monarch butterflies.
A comprehensive English 1 EOC-aligned lesson focusing on literary analysis, evidence-based questioning, and argumentative writing strategies. Students analyze a high-stakes literary excerpt and practice the specific question types found on the Texas state exam.
A practice assessment focused on revising and editing skills for the Texas English 1 EOC, featuring a passage on environmental conservation. Students will practice sentence combining, clarity, and grammatical corrections in a STAAR-aligned format.
A high-flying exploration of kites that integrates long 'i' phonics patterns and multisyllabic decoding strategies for upper elementary and middle school students.
A multi-sensory lesson for 6th-grade emergent bilinguals that uses "The Dirt Book" to explore poetry structure and the underground ecosystem, culminating in a hands-on "dirt dessert" activity.
A high-stakes station-based escape room where students apply English 2 inferencing TEKS to solve a noir-style mystery. Students analyze dialogue, visual clues, and literary devices to crack the code.
Students explore the 'Valley of Ashes' in Chapter 2 of *The Great Gatsby*, analyzing its symbolic function and the real-world environmental science of coal ash. They will begin designing a bioremediation plan to 'reclaim' the valley, mirroring themes of social restoration.