A 45-minute media literacy lesson for 11th grade focusing on source evaluation, identifying bias, and distinguishing between facts and misinformation. Students will learn the SIFT method and engage in a Socratic seminar about the impact of media on society.

A comprehensive lesson for middle school students on crafting powerful conclusion paragraphs for argumentative essays using the 'Restate, Review, Reveal' method.

A comprehensive middle school lesson focused on digital literacy, teaching students to identify bias, evaluate website credibility, and summarize information ethically through a detective-themed investigation.

A comprehensive lesson on advanced revising and editing for 10th grade, focusing on organizational structure, parallel construction, sentence effectiveness, and grammatical precision. Students will learn to transform drafts into polished, professional pieces of writing.

A 50-minute lesson focused on synthesizing Sylvia Plath's poem 'Mirror' with a modern article on the benefits of aging, emphasizing the contrast between subjective perception and objective reality.

This lesson explores how Brian Doyle uses specific diction and complex syntax in 'Joyas Voladoras' to establish a tone of profound wonder and bittersweet vulnerability. Students will analyze textual evidence to connect linguistic choices to the overall mood and voice.

A synthesis lesson comparing the biological heart in 'Anatomy of a Human Heart' with the emotional and comparative heart in Brian Doyle's 'Joyas Voladoras.' Students will analyze how scientific facts and literary metaphors work together to create a deeper understanding of the heart.

An advanced rhetorical analysis lesson for AP Language students focusing on the SOAPSTone method to deconstruct non-fiction texts and identify the speaker's line of reasoning.

Focuses on the 1-1-1 doubling rule for adding suffixes -ed and -ing. Students will read about Edwin's busy day, practicing words like 'dropped', 'jogging', 'tripped', and 'sitting' while building vocabulary for words like 'exhausted'.

Focus on the short 'u' vowel sound and sight words 'see', 'my', 'up' through the context of basic banking and ATM use. Students will decode CVC words like 'bus', 'cup', and 'sum' while practicing how to read simple financial instructions.

Focus on the short 'e' vowel sound and sight words 'for', 'you', 'me' through the context of a health clinic and pharmacy. Students will decode CVC words like 'bed', 'pen', and 'leg' while learning to read simple health-related instructions.

Focus on the short 'o' vowel sound and sight words 'can', 'it', 'on' within the context of basic workplace responsibilities. Students will practice reading words like 'job', 'mop', and 'box' while learning to follow simple work-related instructions.

Focus on the short 'a' vowel sound and sight words 'the', 'is', 'in' through the context of grocery shopping and market lists. Students will practice decoding simple CVC words like 'bag', 'ham', and 'tag' within real-world shopping tasks.