Students synthesize information from multiple texts to create a comprehensive comparison and write a final evidentiary paragraph.

Students learn about hurricanes and practice organizing information into a structured paragraph with a clear topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion.

Students explore the science of tornadoes while focusing on identifying key details and mastering domain-specific vocabulary.

A comprehensive practice session for English 1 EOC revising and editing, featuring a medical-themed approach to 'curing' common writing ailments like poor sentence structure, tense issues, and punctuation errors.

This lesson prepares students for the English 1 EOC exam by analyzing a poem and an informational text about nature and ecosystems. It includes test-style questions, a short constructed response, and a collaborative speaking activity.

A collection of short stories designed for verbal story retell, featuring story grammar elements and inferencing questions. Includes stories with kids, animals, and fantasy creatures at two different complexity levels.

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.

A series of three ELA homework assignments based on the story 'Oakley’s Azure Acorn,' focusing on phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar.

Synthesizing the relationship between point of view and plot. Students use their annotations to respond to a short constructed response prompt about how the omniscient perspective impacts the selection's development.

Diving deeper into figurative language including metaphors, personification, and situational irony. Students finish the story and evaluate the symbolic significance of the 'open window' and 'heart trouble'.

Introduction to 3rd person omniscient point of view and sensory imagery. Students begin reading the text and analyze how Chopin uses the setting outside the open window to reflect Louise Mallard's internal shift.

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 lesson focused on the climactic Act III of '12 Angry Men', exploring the shifting dynamics of the jury, the re-examination of evidence, and the final resolution of the trial.

A vocabulary focused lesson on Chapters 4-7 of Lois Lowry's The Giver, exploring key terms through textual context and modern application.

A comprehensive set of materials for a high school Open House, including a presentation and a parent/guardian support handout for the Reading and Learning Center English class.

A lesson focused on decoding and dividing multisyllabic words with closed syllables through a hands-on cut-and-paste activity.

Students identify and interpret visual metaphors for abstract Stoic virtues in a video about Marcus Aurelius, then design their own 3-panel storyboard to explain a new virtue.

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.

A 40-minute lesson exploring the tonal shifts in Chapter 6 of Persepolis, focusing on the juxtaposition of national celebration and personal moral complexity. Students analyze a single panel using a Claim-Evidence-Analysis-Conclusion framework to evaluate how Satrapi conveys themes of loss and forgiveness.

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.

A comprehensive lesson for 2nd-3rd graders on decoding unfamiliar words using context clues, prefixes, suffixes, and root words, all framed within an engaging detective theme.

A structured lesson focused on Chapters 16-18 of The Hate U Give, designed to help students summarize key events, make deep character inferences, and identify main ideas in preparation for comprehension assessments.

A comprehensive lesson where 8th graders learn to construct persuasive essays using an 'architectural' framework, focusing on thesis foundations, structural claims, and evidentiary reinforcement.

Students become 'argument architects' by learning to construct well-supported persuasive essays through thesis development, evidence integration, and logical organization. This 8th-grade ELA lesson uses a construction-themed approach to deconstruct exemplars and build robust written arguments.

A comprehensive 8th-grade ELA lesson on persuasive writing where students act as architects to build robust, evidence-backed arguments through systematic planning and organization.

A preparatory lesson exploring the historical, social, and cultural landscape of the 1920s to provide context for 'The Great Gatsby'. Students rotate through stations covering the Sacco-Vanzetti trial, the Harlem Renaissance, and major social shifts.

An investigation into the rich symbolism present in Chapter 3 during one of Gatsby's lavish parties. Students decode the meaning behind objects like the library books and the yellow car to understand the era's superficiality.

A lesson focused on teaching students how to incorporate internal dialogue into narrative writing to reveal character traits and deepen the connection to story events.

A comprehensive mini-lesson on teaching students how to integrate internal monologue into their narrative writing to reveal character traits and react to plot events.

A 45-minute lesson focused on analyzing author's purpose, tone, and word choice using a biographical text about Selena Quintanilla, culminating in a CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) response.

A lesson focused on the life of Selena Quintanilla, using the past tense to analyze how an author's diction and syntax build mood and tone in a biographical text.

This lesson guides students through the process of crafting topic sentences that directly respond to a writing prompt about Wilma Rudolph's perseverance. It emphasizes the integration of prompt language, previews of text evidence, and the foundation for analytical explanation.

This lesson teaches students how to craft a strong paragraph by combining a clear focus statement with specific supporting details, using the fascinating world of frogs as a model.

Focuses on writing a high-tension introduction for a Choose Your Own Adventure story that culminates in a critical survival decision based on animal defense mechanisms.

A lesson where students learn to decode and apply rubrics to argumentative writing, treating the rubric as a blueprint for forging strong, defensible arguments.

A foundational lesson on argumentative writing, covering essential terminology like claims, evidence, and counterclaims through a 'blueprint' architectural theme.