A focused lesson designed to prepare 4th and 5th-grade students for the IAR Prose Constructed Response (PCR). Students will analyze character development across two texts and draft a comparative essay using a provided scoring rubric.
A high-energy, 120-minute whole-group escape room where students act as Linguistic Archeologists to save the Lost Library of Legend. This lesson reviews 4th-grade ELA standards including sentence structure, parts of speech, text structures, and writing genres.
A comprehension lesson focused on Chapter 13 of 'The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King', where students analyze setting, character teamwork, and a major plot turning point involving a radio signal.
A high-stakes grammar escape room where students act as secret agents to solve mysteries using their knowledge of parts of speech and subject-verb agreement.
A 3-day intensive study of an original folktale, 'The Weaver of Whispers.' Students analyze character motivations, setting influences, and figurative language before creating their own original myth.
A lesson focusing on the transition of the Watson family from Flint to Birmingham, analyzing setting development and character shifts in chapters 12 and 13.
A deep dive into Chapter 10 of 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963', focusing on how the Appalachian setting and the shroud of night symbolize the growing racial tensions as the family heads South.