Students analyze released anchor papers from previous MCAS exams to identify the specific characteristics of high-scoring responses and compare them to their own work.
A creative and interactive exploration of speech terminology, literary devices, and rhetorical structures designed for high school students.
Focuses on building vocabulary through context clues, understanding the structure of a solid paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence), and continuing practice with main idea and evidence.
This lesson introduces students to the basics of digital publishing using Book Creator, focusing on essential tools for layout and design.
A fun, kitchen-themed grammar lesson focused on identifying and using interjections and prepositions through a culinary disaster story.
A 40-minute lesson exploring Western influence, visual symbolism, and the conflict between personal identity and state control in Chapter 17 of Persepolis. Students analyze Marji's rebellious fashion choices and the risks taken to express individuality in 1980s Iran.
Students learn the art of descriptive writing and character development by analyzing and expanding upon a unique protagonist design featuring a cheerleader with white glasses.
A 40-minute lesson on identifying and citing textual evidence using the 'ACE' (Answer, Cite, Explain) method, themed around a detective's case file.