Students analyze how headings, captions, and graphics serve as navigational aids and provide context in nonfiction books.
A final culmination of the book club unit, where students synthesize the entire novel through creative projects and thematic reflections.
The emotional climax and resolution of the story as the tiger is released and Rob finally opens his suitcase, covering chapters twenty-one through thirty.
Exploring the developing friendship between Rob and Sistine and the growing pressure of the tiger's presence, covering chapters eleven through twenty.
An introduction to the Lister Motel and Rob Horton's 'suitcase', covering the first ten chapters of the novel.
A comprehensive lesson on narrative sentence variation focusing on varied beginnings, sentence combining, length modulation, and descriptive clauses. Students move from identifying monotone rhythms to crafting dynamic, flowing prose.
Students explore the magical world of figurative language, learning to identify and craft similes, metaphors, personification, and more through creative 'alchemy' themed exercises.
A high-energy grammar review game where students act as 'Syntax Technicians' to fix glitches in a virtual world. This lesson focuses on mastering commas, sentence errors, capitalization, and verb tense through collaborative task card challenges.
A vocabulary focused lesson on Chapters 4-7 of Lois Lowry's The Giver, exploring key terms through textual context and modern application.
A creative writing lesson for middle school students exploring empathy and perspective-taking through the medium of internal monologues. Using a poignant animated video about cyberbullying, students analyze character motivations and the impact of digital actions.
A mini-lesson focused on the art of crafting narrative endings that effectively resolve conflict and showcase character growth and reflection. Students learn to move beyond simply 'stopping' a story to 'finishing' it with a meaningful theme or lesson learned.
Teaches students to evaluate claims, analyze evidence, and craft strong argumentative responses for the NYS ELA exam.
Develops students' ability to identify central ideas and the specific evidence that supports them in informational texts.
Focuses on the essential vocabulary and structural frameworks needed to analyze complex middle school texts.
