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 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 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 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 guide to mastering evidence-based writing and constructed responses for the Arkansas ATLAS assessment, focusing on the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) framework.

Students analyze character conflicts by curating a 'soundtrack' of songs that mirror internal and external struggles, justifying their selections with textual evidence and lyrical analysis.

This lesson focuses on comparing and contrasting character responses to conflict in literature using 'Frosted Fire' and 'Sara Sees Red'. Students will analyze character development and gather evidence to support a literary analysis essay.

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 15-minute intensive reteach focused on identifying journalism with delayed ledes, building on the text 'Planes on the Brain'. Students learn to distinguish between narrative hooks and the informational core of news articles.

This lesson compares two student presentations on the god Hermes to help students understand grading criteria and how to improve their own mythological research projects.

A deep dive into Chapter 20 of 'The Westing Game', focusing on Turtle's sacrifice, the elevator bombing, and the ongoing investigation by the heirs. Students will demonstrate literal recall and summarize key plot developments.

A comprehensive novel study for 'Number the Stars' covering WWII history, character bravery, and key plot events across all 17 chapters.

A grammar-focused lesson set in professional and travel contexts, teaching middle schoolers to use compound-complex sentences, relative clauses, and consistent verb tenses through role-play scenarios.

A creative exploration of found poetry for middle schoolers, focusing on sourcing linguistic materials from their environment to demystify the poetic process.

A targeted grammar lesson focused on identifying and correcting run-on sentences using coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) within the context of Frederick Douglass's narrative.

A lesson designed to guide students through the planning phase of researching an extraordinary person. It covers selection, inquiry, source hunting, and outlining.

A lesson that uses role-play scripts of current events to teach middle schoolers comprehension skills like inference, figurative language, and main idea. Students take on roles as news anchors, reporters, and experts to engage with complex topics.

A middle school ELA lesson where students analyze narrative voice by rewriting a scene from a minor character's perspective to uncover hidden motivations and shifts in meaning.

A high-energy STAAR prep lesson focused on key reading skills using a relay race game format. Students practice genre, context clues, inference, character analysis, and central idea identification while mastering the RACE strategy for constructed responses.

A 6th-grade lesson on claim and evidence where students master persuasive techniques through mini-debates on high-interest school topics. Students will learn to construct logical arguments and select the most relevant evidence to support their positions.

An introductory study of the first five chapters of 'I Am Number Four,' focusing on John Smith's arrival in Paradise and the initial development of his relationships and Legacies.

A practice session focused on identifying main ideas and supporting details in informational texts, modeled after MCAS standardized testing formats.