Differentiates between explicit and implicit information through a scavenger hunt using high-interest nonfiction snippets.
A comprehensive lesson bundle on crafting powerful problem statements to frame thesis statements for argumentative essays. Designed for high school ELA students, this lesson focuses on structuring the context, conflict, and impact of an issue to build compelling arguments.
An English listening and speaking lesson where students analyze a crime news broadcast, practice using past simple and past continuous, and debate the ethics of citizen intervention.
A premium, student-facing draft and rule booklet for English Listening and Speaking (L&S) across 8 core units of pronunciation and speech skills.
An application-focused reading intervention lesson reinforcing ie/igh vowel teams in connected reading and spelling. Designed for high school struggling readers, this lesson integrates a cumulative long-vowel team review (ai/ay, ee/ea/ey, oa/ow/oe) and dictation tasks.
An explicit, highly scaffolded reading intervention lesson introducing long i vowel teams (ie, igh) while reviewing silent-e (i_e) through structured word sorting, guided spelling comparison, and phrase reading.
An application-focused reading intervention lesson reinforcing oa/ow/oe vowel teams in connected reading and spelling. Designed for high school struggling readers, this lesson integrates a cumulative long-vowel team review (ai/ay, ee/ea/ey) and dictation tasks.
An explicit, highly scaffolded reading intervention lesson introducing long o vowel teams (oa, ow, oe) while reviewing silent-e (o_e) through structured word sorting, guided spelling comparison, and phrase reading.
An application-focused reading intervention lesson reinforcing ee/ea/ey vowel teams in connected reading and spelling. Designed for high school struggling readers, this lesson contrasts vowel teams with the silent-e (e_e) pattern and reviews previous long a spellings.
An explicit, highly scaffolded reading intervention lesson introducing long e vowel teams (ee, ea, ey) while reviewing long a vowel teams (ai, ay) through structured word sorting, guided reading, and spelling rules.
An application-focused reading intervention lesson reinforcing ai/ay vowel teams in connected reading and spelling. Designed for high school struggling readers, this lesson incorporates a robust r-controlled vowel review and advanced word sorting.
An explicit, highly scaffolded reading intervention lesson focusing on the long a spelling patterns ai and ay. Designed for high school struggling readers, this lesson contrasts these new vowel teams with the familiar silent-e (a_e) pattern through structured decoding, word analysis, and writing tasks.
A formal mastery assessment designed to track high school students' decoding accuracy, spelling, and phonetic discrimination across all major r-controlled vowel families.
An intensive review lesson designed to reinforce r-controlled vowel patterns (ar, or, ore, er, ir, ur, wor) through oral sound sorts, mixed word reading, and sentence-level application.
An intensive preparation unit designed to master the ACCUPLACER Next-Generation Writing section. Students practice identifying and correcting run-ons, pronoun-antecedent agreement, dangling modifiers, and structural organization using standard-aligned passages.
A comprehensive diagnostic prep package for the TSIA2 ELAR (English Language Arts and Reading) exam. It includes a full-length 30-question diagnostic practice test (15 reading, 15 revising & editing) mapped to TSIA2 blueprint distributions, a comprehensive teacher/student explanatory answer key, and a visual slide masterclass covering test blueprint strategies, error analysis, and targeted skill builders.
An English 1 lesson scaffolded for Emergent Bilingual newcomers, analyzing irony and oxymorons using Alanis Morissette's song 'Ironic'. Students complete listening activities, hands-on lyric sorting, and collaborative station rotations.
A lesson dedicated to breaking down words into their root structures, semantic relationships, and contextual nuances to build deep, permanent vocabulary comprehension.
A vocabulary-focused exploration of the distinction between aerosol art and vandalism. Students analyze how word choice shapes legal, cultural, and artistic perceptions of public space.
A 45-minute lesson focusing on crafting an original vignette in the poetic style of Sandra Cisneros. Students explore sensory imagery and metaphor, draft their own creative piece, and complete a collaborative peer review.
A targeted NYS ELA Regents preparation lesson focusing on mastering Part 1 Multiple Choice questions, specifically analyzing Central Idea development and using Context Clues to decode high-level vocabulary. This lesson includes interactive strategy slides, a high-fidelity practice booklet with line-numbered passages, and a comprehensive teacher answer key with detailed question-by-question rationales.
