An immersive 45-minute grammar escape room where 6th-grade students solve puzzles involving parts of speech, punctuation, and sentence structure to unlock 'The Grammarian's Vault'.

A collection of five informational passages and assessments focused on RI.7.3, featuring modern icons like Simone Biles and Taylor Swift. Students will analyze how individuals and events are introduced and elaborated upon through anecdotes and examples.

A lesson focusing on the transition of the Watson family from Flint to Birmingham, analyzing setting development and character shifts in chapters 12 and 13.

A deep dive into Chapter 10 of 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963', focusing on how the Appalachian setting and the shroud of night symbolize the growing racial tensions as the family heads South.

A middle school lesson on visual rhetoric, teaching students how to analyze and use color, layout, and typography to influence audience perception in media and advertising.

A lesson focusing on the cultural shift of the 1920s through the lens of flapper culture, designed with highly accessible text for middle school students reading at a 1st-grade level. Students will analyze diction to identify positive and negative connotations.

A mini-lesson for a 6th-grade resource room ELA class focusing on Auggie's character traits and his development throughout the first month of school in the novel 'Wonder'. This lesson uses a space-exploration theme and provides high levels of scaffolding.

Students synthesize the entire novel's events, including the final chapter and afterword, to identify themes and analyze the resolution of the plot.

Students examine the setting's impact on the plot and synthesize details from Annemarie's encounter with the soldiers in the woods.

Students analyze character growth and the impact of point of view as Annemarie takes on a dangerous mission in chapters 13 and 14.

Focusing on chapters 11 and 12, students analyze plot elements and practice synthesizing information to summarize the escape to the boat.

Students evaluate plot details and suspense techniques used in chapters 9 and 10, focusing on the mysterious funeral of 'Great-Aunt Birte'.

Students investigate point of view and make deeper inferences about Uncle Henrik's role and the move to the coast in chapters 7 and 8.

Focusing on chapters 5 and 6, students track plot development and practice summarizing the high-tension events of the soldiers' midnight visit.