Research Portfolio Defense

A middle school vocabulary lesson exploring 3-to-4 syllable academic words ending in the suffix -ture. Students examine pronunciation, morphological structure, definitions, and applications through a technical drafting/blueprint theme.

A highly scaffolded grammar and sentence-combining lesson designed for 9th-grade special education. Students learn to use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to combine and generate compound and complex sentences.

A high school creative writing workshop focusing on personal narrative, journaling, and reflective essays. Students are challenged with complex personal themes, stylistic constraints, and literary devices.

A grammar lesson for 9th-grade students focusing on subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, and complete sentence structures using highly engaging, real-world narrative contexts. Includes a targeted practice worksheet, a 20-question paragraph-based fill-in-the-blank assessment, and a comprehensive teacher guide with answer keys.

An end-of-year reflection lesson designed specifically for English Language Learners, featuring tiered worksheets for Beginning/Entering and Developing/Expanding levels, supported by a detailed facilitator guide.

A comprehensive lesson focused on understanding and applying transition words to build logical, smooth connections between ideas in writing.

A lesson focused on teaching students how to systematically revise and edit writing drafts using clear strategies, sentence combining, and error correction.

A comprehensive 60-minute ELA lesson focused on the animated short film 'The Present'. Students explore core reading skills—inferential thinking, prediction, citing evidence, and concrete symbolism—by analyzing the boy, the box, the dog, and the final reveal.

A cohesive lesson and drill series designed to help students master the connection between explicit literary devices and the central themes of literary texts.

An interactive, gamified lesson where students become 'Genre Detectives' to identify fiction subgenres and mixed literature genres. Includes an interactive classroom presentation, a printable student recording sheet, and a comprehensive teacher guide with full answer keys.

A foundational set of four reading comprehension sheets, split between Grade 9-10 (focusing on core inference and vocabulary) and Grade 11-12 (emphasizing rhetorical analysis and synthesis).

A structured eighth-grade ELA lesson focused on crafting clear, evidence-supported short and extended responses using structured scaffolds, text evidence integration, and argumentative alignment.

A STAAR-aligned lesson focused on teaching students how to write short and extended constructed responses using text evidence and structured controlling ideas.

A rigorous 7th-grade reading and writing lesson centered around an engaging realistic fiction story about middle school peer dynamics, online group chats, and authentic friendships. Students read a high-interest passage, answer text-dependent comprehension questions, and write an analytical essay citing text evidence.

A planning and writing lesson centered around Joseph Bruchac's novel Two Roads, guiding students to write a structured narrative letter from Cal to Possum with differentiated scaffolding.

An interactive slide deck focusing on part-whole and part-part analogies for seventh graders, emphasizing the strategy of formulating the relationship before viewing multiple-choice options.

An English 1 lesson focused on comparing and analyzing paired persuasive texts about the use of AI writing assistants. Students learn to evaluate contrasting arguments, identify rhetorical devices, and synthesize opposing viewpoints using text-based evidence.