A beginner-level introduction to Book 3 of The Odyssey, focusing on Telemachus's arrival in Pylos and his meeting with King Nestor, designed specifically for Level 1.5 ESL learners.
A comprehensive lesson teaching students to identify media bias in newspaper articles using specific techniques like headline framing, sensationalism, and omission. Students take on the role of 'Headline Hackers' to critique and edit biased news.
A vocabulary lesson for 6th-grade students focused on building word mastery through architectural-themed activities. Includes matching, sentence completion, and creative writing.
A comprehensive lesson exploring the Savvas mentor text 'What Makes Someone Extraordinary'. Students will analyze character traits, identify supporting evidence, and define what it means to be truly exceptional.
A mini-lesson on journalism leads that teaches students how to use delayed (anecdotal) leads to bridge personal stories with universal claims about social media's impact on teen mental health.
An in-depth analysis of the 1963 film 'Charade' through the lenses of Hitchcockian tropes, gender performance, and the aesthetics of post-war consumerism.
A focused analysis of Act III of The Crucible, exploring the intense courtroom drama through characterization, foils, and authorial tone with heavy linguistic support for English learners.
An ELL Level 1 focused investigation into the reliability of Nick Carraway and the truthfulness of Jay Gatsby's backstory in Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. This lesson uses a graphic organizer and sentence frames to scaffold literary analysis for beginning English learners.
A scaffolded analysis of Jay Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy Buchanan for ELL Level 1 students, focusing on the distinction between romance and obsession through graphic organizers and sentence frames.
A foundational grammar lesson introducing simple, compound, and complex sentence structures through a construction-themed lens. Students learn to build and identify sentences using independent and dependent clauses.
A Grade 7 ELA lesson focused on mastering the Arkansas ATLAS assessment through analyzing claims, comparing arguments, and evaluating narrative craft. Students will engage with paired informational texts and a narrative excerpt to practice evidence-based reasoning.
A comprehensive test preparation lesson for the Grade 10 Arkansas ATLAS ELA assessment, focusing on synthesis of complex texts, evidence-based analysis, and extended argumentative writing.
A Grade 8 ELA test prep lesson aligned to Arkansas ATLAS standards, focusing on argument analysis and multi-source synthesis regarding fare-free public transportation.
A comprehensive test prep lesson focused on Arkansas ATLAS ELA standards for Grade 6, including central idea analysis, argument structure, and evidence-based writing.
A comprehensive test-prep lesson designed to equip Grade 9 students with the strategic thinking and analytical skills required for the Arkansas ATLAS ELA assessment, focusing on evidence-based responses and extended writing.