A deep dive into Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' through a modern, accessible adaptation. Students explore themes of grief, symbolism, and the haunting atmosphere of the classic poem.

A focused set of materials covering the climactic events of late November in the novel Tangerine, focusing on plot recall and key character interactions.

A visual introduction to the first five books of The Odyssey, focusing on Telemachus's struggle in Ithaca and Odysseus's departure from Calypso's island, designed for beginning English Language Learners.

A comprehensive two-part summative assessment for the novel 'A Long Walk to Water', featuring multiple-choice questions, short responses, and a thematic comparison essay involving 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' and 'MAUS'.

A lesson exploring how authors use everyday objects to represent deeper abstract ideas, helping students decode layers of meaning in literature.

A simplified independent work packet about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, designed for middle school students at a second-grade reading level. The lesson explores the power of music, love, and the consequences of looking back through accessible texts and structured comprehension tasks.

A focused look at Chapter 19 of The Westing Game, exploring Crow's internal struggle, the evolving partnership between Denton and Chris, and Turtle's stock market strategy.

A self-paced Social Studies lesson for 6th grade focused on the Silk Road as an ancient global network, integrating rigorous primary source analysis and geography skills.

A full-length 8th-grade STAAR reading practice assessment, including 30 multiple-choice questions, two SCRs, and one ECR based on informational and fiction passages.

A rigorous informational reading and writing assignment focused on the mycorrhizal network, designed to practice SCR and ECR skills with an emphasis on organization, evidence, and sentence variety.

A lesson focused on identifying main ideas and supporting details in complex non-fiction texts, using an 'Information Architect' theme to visualize text structure.

A quick-start guide to mastering the three essential components of an argumentative essay introduction: the hook, the bridge, and the claim.

A lesson focused on identifying the main idea or theme of a story by analyzing character growth and turning it into a universal life lesson supported by evidence.

This lesson explores the nuances of academic verbs, teaching students to distinguish between different 'shades of meaning' to improve writing precision and tone.

A deep-dive character analysis lesson where students perform a 'Character Autopsy' using textual evidence to map internal traits and external motivations. Students function as forensic literary analysts to uncover the 'DNA' of a protagonist or antagonist.

A 50-minute lesson on the academic action verb 'Synthesize.' Students learn to combine information from multiple sources to create a new, original conclusion using the 'Laboratory Mix' method.

A 50-minute lesson on the academic action verb 'Analyze.' Students learn to break complex topics into smaller parts to understand how they work together using the 'Architect's Blueprint' method.

A 50-minute lesson on the academic action verb 'Predict.' Students learn to use evidence and logic to make educated guesses about future outcomes in various subjects.

A 50-minute lesson on the academic action verb 'Summarize.' Students learn to identify main ideas and key details while removing unnecessary information using 'The Squeeze' method.

A 50-minute lesson on the academic action verb 'Justify.' Students learn to support their claims with evidence and reasoning using the 'Claim-Evidence-Reasoning' (CER) framework.

A 50-minute lesson on 'Compare' and 'Contrast.' Students learn to identify similarities and differences using academic language and structured organizers.

A 50-minute lesson on the academic action verb 'Explain.' Students learn to go beyond 'what' to 'how' and 'why' using clear steps and transition words.

The resolution of Jackson's journey and the culminating creative project. Reading chapters 40-52.

Tensions rise and truths are revealed in chapters 31-40.

Jackson struggles with his family's financial situation and the "car years" as he reads chapters 14-26.

Jackson encounters Crenshaw's return and recalls the first "car year" memory. Reading chapters 1–13.

A comprehensive 120-minute lesson designed to teach middle schoolers the structural components of argumentative writing through an architectural metaphor. Students learn about claims, evidence, reasoning, and counterclaims while engaging in collaborative and independent building.

A lesson on the structure of a 5-paragraph argumentative essay using a 'Case File' theme, designed for middle school students to master logical organization and evidence-based writing.

A targeted lesson for 7th-grade students, particularly those with IEP writing goals, focusing on the mechanics of MLA in-text citations and quote integration using a highly visual, step-by-step approach.

An introductory lesson on creative writing that explores the differences between prose and poetry, defines plot and theme, and introduces literary devices like metaphors.

A lesson focused on Odysseus's return to Ithaca, designed specifically for ELL students. Includes vocabulary building through matching and sentence frames to support language acquisition and comprehension of the epic's climax.

A summative assessment package focused on middle school ELA standards (RL.6/RI.6) through the lens of a persuasive text regarding NASA funding and its historical impact.

In this activity, students will evaluate the different ways to handle money—spending, saving, and investing—by matching persuasive arguments with supporting evidence. Students will practice identifying claims and the reasoning that backs them up within a financial literacy context.

A Grade 6 ELA practice session featuring a multi-page realistic fiction passage and MCAS-style multiple-choice assessment items to build test-taking stamina and comprehension skills.

Students step into the role of entrepreneurs, inventing a product and crafting a persuasive pitch using ethos, pathos, and logos to win over a panel of investors.

A high-energy lesson where students become 'logic lab technicians' to dissect the mechanics of persuasion. They will master rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) and identify logical fallacies in real-world advertisements and historic speeches.

A scaffolded lesson helping students construct a 3-paragraph argumentative essay on the benefits and drawbacks of video games. Includes a point-counterpoint organizer, a simplified outline with sentence starters, and a teacher guide.

A scaffolded writing lesson focused on structuring an argumentative essay about cell phone use in schools, featuring sentence starters and graphic organizers.

Students explore and master key literary and analytical terms through a series of 'Text Investigator' challenges, including vocabulary analysis, passage comprehension, and word puzzles.