A final project where students curate a symbolic 'Memory Box' for Winnie Foster, exploring themes of immortality, friendship, and the circle of life through perspective writing and visual symbolism.

A collection of resources summarizing the poems from The Red Pencil, focusing on character development, cultural context, and the central conflict between tradition and education.

This lesson focuses on the bittersweet conclusion of Tuck Everlasting, guiding students through Winnie Foster's pivotal choice and the theme of the 'Wheel of Life.' Students will analyze how Winnie's decision to live a mortal life reflects the book's central message about the beauty of life's natural cycle.

A Stranger Things themed lesson focusing on complex sentence construction using subject, verb, and various predicate expanders (where, when, why).

A lesson exploring the step-by-step process of making ice cream, focusing on chronological text structure and reading comprehension for elementary students.

A lesson focused on identifying and explaining the theme of a literary passage using textual evidence. Students practice excavating deeper meanings from short narratives through collaborative or independent task card activities.

An introductory lesson for K-2 students about the Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award, focusing on the voting process and the Picture Book category.

Analyze the high-stakes climax of Tuck Everlasting, focusing on plot structure, character motives, and the building of tension during the jailbreak. Students will explore the moral complexities of Mae and Winnie's actions through comparative analysis and suspense tracking.

A step-by-step lesson teaching students how to restate a question in their written answers using the "Question Flippers" method: Trash, Toss, and Tweak.

A vocabulary lesson based on words from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, featuring interactive practice and assessment materials.

A comprehensive analysis of Kwame Dawes' poem 'Dirt,' focusing on sensory imagery, metaphors, and the social-emotional connections to ancestry and resilience. This lesson includes differentiated materials for varying reading levels.

Visual aids for students to practice decoding short vowel words and recognizing high-frequency sight words.