Reading Comprehension

A focused study of the climactic hurricane chapter in Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', exploring themes of resilience, divine power, and sacrificial love.

An intensive investigative unit on Franz Kafka's *The Metamorphosis* following the North Star/Uncommon Schools instructional model. The unit focuses on the thematic intersection of labor, identity, and dehumanization. Students analyze Gregor's alienation from his family and society through a structured rigorous framework including vocabulary acquisition, character identification, and thematic synthesis.

A two-week unit exploring the Hero's Journey monomyth, using Simone Biles as a modern anchor and culminating in a creative mapping project and traditional exam.

An 8-day intensive unit titled 'The Architecture of Voice.' Students analyze four diverse mentor texts—Hurston, de Vaca, Tan, and Cofer—to understand how craft elements like figurative language, imagery, syntax, and diction shape an author's tone and perspective. For each text, students produce a structured paragraph, culminating in a comprehensive autobiographical essay that explores the various forces (culture, challenges, people, and places) that have shaped their own voices.

A series of deep-dive literacy lessons focusing on decoding, fluency, and reading comprehension using classic and contemporary literature. Each lesson follows the ARI (Accelerated Reading Intervention) strategy model.

A collection of coloring-style cover pages for each act of Shakespeare's Macbeth, featuring simplified language, large print, and idea banks for characters, themes, and literary devices.

A deep dive into Act Two of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, focusing on the Younger family's internal conflicts and their pursuit of the American Dream through the lens of housing and heritage.

A complete unit for the second part of Chapter 1 of The Metamorphosis, covering reading analysis, grammar skills (commas), and thematic exploration of authority.

A comprehensive 9-week study of Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis', focusing on argumentative writing through textual evidence and narrative expansion. The sequence utilizes graphic organizers, visual scaffolding, and increased opportunities to respond to deepen student engagement with the surrealist text.

A comprehensive deep-dive into Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, focusing on Act 1. Students will analyze character dynamics, the tension between destiny and choice, and the rich poetic language of the play across individual scenes.

A comprehensive four-week high school or college-level literature unit exploring the core tenets of existentialism through the lens of short fiction by Kafka, Sartre, Camus, Ellison, and Lispector, culminating in a creative philosophical project.

A focused exploration of literary adaptations, specifically looking at how graphic novels are translated into cinema, focusing on Persepolis.

An in-depth exploration of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' focusing on its complex themes of existentialism, revenge, and the human condition.

A unit exploring Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, focusing on the intersection of personal narrative, political ideology, and the visual language of graphic novels.

A four-day intensive study of Shakespeare's Macbeth, focusing on characterization and the development of ambition to prepare students for an argumentative essay on Macbeth's worthiness for the throne.

A comprehensive lesson sequence for Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven', focusing on Gothic elements, sound devices, and the psychological descent into madness. This sequence adapts a 180-minute curriculum into three 75-minute sessions with embedded instructional strategies.

A comprehensive two-day exploration of Macbeth Act 1, focusing on the supernatural, ambition, and the psychological shift towards murder. Includes a teacher guide, student workbooks, slide decks, and answer keys.

A comprehensive sequence for 9th-grade students to improve reading comprehension through visualization and storyboarding, focusing on filtering key information and interpreting abstract concepts.

A sequence for undergraduate students focusing on the structural and stylistic architecture of theme. Students progress from distinguishing basic subject matter to synthesizing motifs, character arcs, and atmosphere into sophisticated thematic arguments.

A graduate-level exploration of genre theory, investigating how conventions are established, subverted, and hybridized in response to socio-historical shifts. Students analyze the 'contract' between author and reader and culminate the sequence by proposing new generic classifications for contemporary works.

A 5-week research unit that scaffolds the process paragraph-by-paragraph. Students define significance, analyze the 'Four Days in October' case study, and turn in each paragraph separately, focusing on historical context, systemic barriers, and societal impact with a dedicated lesson on counterarguments.

A comprehensive 9-week study of Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis', focusing on argumentative writing through textual evidence and narrative expansion. The sequence utilizes graphic organizers, visual scaffolding, and increased opportunities to respond to deepen student engagement with the surrealist text.

A graduate-level exploration of narratology focusing on Gérard Genette's structural analysis of narrative time, focalization, and levels of diegesis. Students move from identifying mechanical structures to evaluating how they manipulate reader perception in experimental and postmodern fiction.

A graduate-level exploration of Narratology, focusing on the structural mechanics of fiction, including focalization, temporal distortion, chronotopes, and diegetic levels. Students analyze how the formal architecture of a novel constructs meaning and manipulates reader perception.

An advanced ELA sequence exploring the novel as a constructed artifact. Students analyze non-linear timelines, stylistic mechanics, symbolic evolution, and setting-driven structures to understand how authorial choices manipulate truth and meaning.

A senior-level ELA sequence focused on how authors manipulate the sequence of information and narrative pacing to control reader engagement and emotional response. Students move from analyzing suspense mechanics to rearranging narrative structures themselves.

A high-level bridging of English Language Arts and formal logic, focusing on the structural patterns of reasoning through analogies. Students move from basic symbolic notation to complex deductive puzzles, treating language with mathematical precision.

An advanced undergraduate sequence exploring non-linear timelines, fragmented structures, and frame narratives. Students analyze how narrative form dictates meaning, moving beyond classical plot models to master complex architectural critiques of literature.

An advanced writing sequence for undergraduates focusing on the structural and rhetorical connection between introductions and conclusions. Students move beyond basic essay formats to explore complex argumentative arcs, implications, and stylistic authority.

An advanced structuralist approach to narrative theory, focusing on Gérard Genette's distinction between focalization and narration. Graduate students will master the taxonomy of diegesis, mood, voice, and narrative levels to conduct rigorous literary analysis.

This workshop-style sequence focuses on the nuanced use of perfect and progressive verb tenses to control narrative time and sequencing in advanced writing. Students analyze non-linear narratives, practice sentence combining with perfect aspects, and explore the atmospheric effects of progressive forms to master narrative clarity.

A unit exploring Just Mercy, focusing on the legal system, racial injustice, and restorative justice through literature.

A comprehensive unit exploring the historical, social, and biological impact of tuberculosis as narrated in John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis'.

A focused study of the climactic hurricane chapter in Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', exploring themes of resilience, divine power, and sacrificial love.

An intensive investigative unit on Franz Kafka's *The Metamorphosis* following the North Star/Uncommon Schools instructional model. The unit focuses on the thematic intersection of labor, identity, and dehumanization. Students analyze Gregor's alienation from his family and society through a structured rigorous framework including vocabulary acquisition, character identification, and thematic synthesis.

A two-week unit exploring the Hero's Journey monomyth, using Simone Biles as a modern anchor and culminating in a creative mapping project and traditional exam.

An 8-day intensive unit titled 'The Architecture of Voice.' Students analyze four diverse mentor texts—Hurston, de Vaca, Tan, and Cofer—to understand how craft elements like figurative language, imagery, syntax, and diction shape an author's tone and perspective. For each text, students produce a structured paragraph, culminating in a comprehensive autobiographical essay that explores the various forces (culture, challenges, people, and places) that have shaped their own voices.

A series of deep-dive literacy lessons focusing on decoding, fluency, and reading comprehension using classic and contemporary literature. Each lesson follows the ARI (Accelerated Reading Intervention) strategy model.

A collection of coloring-style cover pages for each act of Shakespeare's Macbeth, featuring simplified language, large print, and idea banks for characters, themes, and literary devices.

A deep dive into Act Two of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, focusing on the Younger family's internal conflicts and their pursuit of the American Dream through the lens of housing and heritage.

A comprehensive prep sequence for the TSIA Reading exam, focusing on main ideas, vocabulary, inference, and literary analysis. Each lesson provides review materials, practice problems, and assessment tools.

A complete unit for the second part of Chapter 1 of The Metamorphosis, covering reading analysis, grammar skills (commas), and thematic exploration of authority.

A comprehensive 9-week study of Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis', focusing on argumentative writing through textual evidence and narrative expansion. The sequence utilizes graphic organizers, visual scaffolding, and increased opportunities to respond to deepen student engagement with the surrealist text.

A comprehensive deep-dive into Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, focusing on Act 1. Students will analyze character dynamics, the tension between destiny and choice, and the rich poetic language of the play across individual scenes.

A comprehensive four-week high school or college-level literature unit exploring the core tenets of existentialism through the lens of short fiction by Kafka, Sartre, Camus, Ellison, and Lispector, culminating in a creative philosophical project.

A focused exploration of literary adaptations, specifically looking at how graphic novels are translated into cinema, focusing on Persepolis.

A collaborative project sequence focusing on the themes of revenge, madness, and fate in Shakespeare's Hamlet, culminating in a critical essay and multimedia presentation.

An in-depth exploration of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' focusing on its complex themes of existentialism, revenge, and the human condition.

A unit exploring Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, focusing on the intersection of personal narrative, political ideology, and the visual language of graphic novels.

A four-day intensive study of Shakespeare's Macbeth, focusing on characterization and the development of ambition to prepare students for an argumentative essay on Macbeth's worthiness for the throne.

A comprehensive lesson sequence for Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven', focusing on Gothic elements, sound devices, and the psychological descent into madness. This sequence adapts a 180-minute curriculum into three 75-minute sessions with embedded instructional strategies.

A unit exploring Just Mercy, focusing on the legal system, racial injustice, and restorative justice through literature.

A comprehensive unit exploring the historical, social, and biological impact of tuberculosis as narrated in John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis'.

A project-based unit exploring the narrative construction of heroes and villains in sports media through podcasting.

A comprehensive guide to mastering the TSIA2 ELAR Reading section, focusing on text analysis, vocabulary in context, and test-taking strategies.

An intensive investigative unit on Franz Kafka's *The Metamorphosis* following the North Star/Uncommon Schools instructional model. The unit focuses on the thematic intersection of labor, identity, and dehumanization. Students analyze Gregor's alienation from his family and society through a structured rigorous framework including vocabulary acquisition, character identification, and thematic synthesis.

An 8-day intensive unit titled 'The Architecture of Voice.' Students analyze four diverse mentor texts—Hurston, de Vaca, Tan, and Cofer—to understand how craft elements like figurative language, imagery, syntax, and diction shape an author's tone and perspective. For each text, students produce a structured paragraph, culminating in a comprehensive autobiographical essay that explores the various forces (culture, challenges, people, and places) that have shaped their own voices.

A 5-week research unit that scaffolds the process paragraph-by-paragraph. Students define significance, analyze the 'Four Days in October' case study, and turn in each paragraph separately, focusing on historical context, systemic barriers, and societal impact with a dedicated lesson on counterarguments.

A comprehensive prep sequence for the TSIA Reading exam, focusing on main ideas, vocabulary, inference, and literary analysis. Each lesson provides review materials, practice problems, and assessment tools.

A complete unit for the second part of Chapter 1 of The Metamorphosis, covering reading analysis, grammar skills (commas), and thematic exploration of authority.

A high-engagement sequence where students evaluate persuasive techniques in modern digital media, practicing active listening and evidence-based argumentation through a Socratic Seminar format. Students analyze the ethics of micro-targeting, influencer marketing, and algorithmic persuasion.

A focused exploration of literary adaptations, specifically looking at how graphic novels are translated into cinema, focusing on Persepolis.

Une série de ressources pour organiser et promouvoir une table ronde sur la littérature romance pour adolescents, incluant programme, guide de discussion et supports de communication.

A high-intensity two-day preparation program for the TSIA2 ELAR exam, focusing on reading comprehension, sentence structure, grammar, and essay writing through hands-on station activities.

A four-day intensive study of Shakespeare's Macbeth, focusing on characterization and the development of ambition to prepare students for an argumentative essay on Macbeth's worthiness for the throne.

A 9th-grade grammar and rhetoric unit focused on how adjectives and adverbs influence bias, connotation, and persuasion in media and non-fiction. Students move from understanding word nuance to analyzing news and advertising, culminating in writing a persuasive editorial.

A comprehensive graduate-level workshop series focused on transitioning from research topics to defensible academic contributions. Students will master thesis refinement, literature synthesis, counter-argument strengthening (steelmanning), and the oral defense of evidentiary choices.

This undergraduate-level sequence explores literary theme through the application of various critical theory lenses (Marxist, Feminist, and Post-Structuralist) using Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace' as a central text. Students move from understanding theory as a metaphoric lens to deconstructing the stability of meaning itself, culminating in a multi-perspectival portfolio.

This sequence guides undergraduate students through the critical analysis of popular science nonfiction. It focuses on the translation of technical knowledge for public consumption, exploring audience scaffolding, metaphor usage, visual rhetoric, and the ethics of narrative in science writing.

This sequence focuses on information literacy and the evaluation of source validity within the context of a nonfiction book study. Students act as investigative journalists, scrutinizing author credibility, source integration, fact-checking claims, and identifying logical fallacies, culminating in an editorial board simulation.

This 10th Grade ELA sequence guides students through the deconstruction of argumentative nonfiction. Students will move from identifying the core components of the rhetorical triangle to analyzing structural choices, tone, and logical integrity, culminating in a formal rhetorical analysis essay.

This undergraduate-level sequence explores the intersection of journalism and literary art, focusing on narrative techniques like scene construction, characterization, and pacing within nonfiction texts while addressing the ethical implications of these choices.

This sequence guides undergraduate students through the critical analysis of popular science nonfiction. It focuses on the translation of technical knowledge for public consumption, exploring audience scaffolding, metaphor usage, visual rhetoric, and the ethics of narrative in science writing.

This sequence explores the technical and structural organization of nonfiction texts. Students act as professional editors, analyzing table of contents, paratextual features like footnotes, data visualizations, and syntactic complexity to understand how information architecture influences readability and impact.

This sequence focuses on information literacy and the evaluation of source validity within the context of a nonfiction book study. Students act as investigative journalists, scrutinizing author credibility, source integration, fact-checking claims, and identifying logical fallacies, culminating in an editorial board simulation.

This 10th Grade ELA sequence guides students through the deconstruction of argumentative nonfiction. Students will move from identifying the core components of the rhetorical triangle to analyzing structural choices, tone, and logical integrity, culminating in a formal rhetorical analysis essay.

A unit exploring Just Mercy, focusing on the legal system, racial injustice, and restorative justice through literature.

A focused study of the climactic hurricane chapter in Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', exploring themes of resilience, divine power, and sacrificial love.

An intensive investigative unit on Franz Kafka's *The Metamorphosis* following the North Star/Uncommon Schools instructional model. The unit focuses on the thematic intersection of labor, identity, and dehumanization. Students analyze Gregor's alienation from his family and society through a structured rigorous framework including vocabulary acquisition, character identification, and thematic synthesis.

An 8-day intensive unit titled 'The Architecture of Voice.' Students analyze four diverse mentor texts—Hurston, de Vaca, Tan, and Cofer—to understand how craft elements like figurative language, imagery, syntax, and diction shape an author's tone and perspective. For each text, students produce a structured paragraph, culminating in a comprehensive autobiographical essay that explores the various forces (culture, challenges, people, and places) that have shaped their own voices.

A series of deep-dive literacy lessons focusing on decoding, fluency, and reading comprehension using classic and contemporary literature. Each lesson follows the ARI (Accelerated Reading Intervention) strategy model.

A collection of coloring-style cover pages for each act of Shakespeare's Macbeth, featuring simplified language, large print, and idea banks for characters, themes, and literary devices.

A deep dive into Act Two of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, focusing on the Younger family's internal conflicts and their pursuit of the American Dream through the lens of housing and heritage.

A complete unit for the second part of Chapter 1 of The Metamorphosis, covering reading analysis, grammar skills (commas), and thematic exploration of authority.

A comprehensive 9-week study of Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis', focusing on argumentative writing through textual evidence and narrative expansion. The sequence utilizes graphic organizers, visual scaffolding, and increased opportunities to respond to deepen student engagement with the surrealist text.

A comprehensive deep-dive into Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, focusing on Act 1. Students will analyze character dynamics, the tension between destiny and choice, and the rich poetic language of the play across individual scenes.

A deep dive into the classic science fiction of Ray Bradbury, analyzing how his Martian frontier serves as a mirror for 20th and 21st-century human nature.

A comprehensive four-week high school or college-level literature unit exploring the core tenets of existentialism through the lens of short fiction by Kafka, Sartre, Camus, Ellison, and Lispector, culminating in a creative philosophical project.

A focused exploration of literary adaptations, specifically looking at how graphic novels are translated into cinema, focusing on Persepolis.

A collaborative project sequence focusing on the themes of revenge, madness, and fate in Shakespeare's Hamlet, culminating in a critical essay and multimedia presentation.

An in-depth exploration of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' focusing on its complex themes of existentialism, revenge, and the human condition.

A unit exploring Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, focusing on the intersection of personal narrative, political ideology, and the visual language of graphic novels.

A four-day intensive study of Shakespeare's Macbeth, focusing on characterization and the development of ambition to prepare students for an argumentative essay on Macbeth's worthiness for the throne.

A comprehensive two-day exploration of Macbeth Act 1, focusing on the supernatural, ambition, and the psychological shift towards murder. Includes a teacher guide, student workbooks, slide decks, and answer keys.

This undergraduate sequence explores how universal themes are reinterpreted across historical and cultural contexts. Students analyze paired texts to understand how the zeitgeist of an era reshapes human archetypes and thematic construction.

A graduate-level exploration of literary analysis through conflicting critical lenses, including New Criticism, Psychoanalysis, Marxism, and Post-Colonialism, culminating in a synthesis of interpretive plurality.

An intensive LSAT Reading Comprehension tutoring curriculum designed for second-year college students. It systemizes argument structure tracking, tone identification, law-related passages, and comparative reading through rigorous, step-by-step guides and analytical drills.

An intensive investigative unit on Franz Kafka's *The Metamorphosis* following the North Star/Uncommon Schools instructional model. The unit focuses on the thematic intersection of labor, identity, and dehumanization. Students analyze Gregor's alienation from his family and society through a structured rigorous framework including vocabulary acquisition, character identification, and thematic synthesis.

An 8-day intensive unit titled 'The Architecture of Voice.' Students analyze four diverse mentor texts—Hurston, de Vaca, Tan, and Cofer—to understand how craft elements like figurative language, imagery, syntax, and diction shape an author's tone and perspective. For each text, students produce a structured paragraph, culminating in a comprehensive autobiographical essay that explores the various forces (culture, challenges, people, and places) that have shaped their own voices.

A 5-week research unit that scaffolds the process paragraph-by-paragraph. Students define significance, analyze the 'Four Days in October' case study, and turn in each paragraph separately, focusing on historical context, systemic barriers, and societal impact with a dedicated lesson on counterarguments.

A comprehensive 9-week study of Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis', focusing on argumentative writing through textual evidence and narrative expansion. The sequence utilizes graphic organizers, visual scaffolding, and increased opportunities to respond to deepen student engagement with the surrealist text.

A comprehensive deep-dive into Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, focusing on Act 1. Students will analyze character dynamics, the tension between destiny and choice, and the rich poetic language of the play across individual scenes.

A comprehensive four-week high school or college-level literature unit exploring the core tenets of existentialism through the lens of short fiction by Kafka, Sartre, Camus, Ellison, and Lispector, culminating in a creative philosophical project.

A high-intensity two-day preparation program for the TSIA2 ELAR exam, focusing on reading comprehension, sentence structure, grammar, and essay writing through hands-on station activities.

An intensive writing workshop for undergraduate students to master the art of scholarship essays through narrative structure, rhetorical analysis, and persuasive storytelling. Students develop a versatile 'master essay' and learn to tailor it for various high-stakes funding opportunities.

A comprehensive sequence for 9th-grade students to improve reading comprehension through visualization and storyboarding, focusing on filtering key information and interpreting abstract concepts.

A comprehensive graduate-level workshop series focused on transitioning from research topics to defensible academic contributions. Students will master thesis refinement, literature synthesis, counter-argument strengthening (steelmanning), and the oral defense of evidentiary choices.

A deep dive into how rigid poetic forms—such as the sonnet, villanelle, and sestina—serve as architectural frameworks for complex emotional and logical arguments. Students analyze the tension between structural constraints and creative expansion in both classical and modern contexts.

This sequence investigates the architecture of free verse, focusing on lineation, enjambment, and stanza breaks. Students explore how the visual arrangement of text on the page influences the reading experience and pacing.

A comprehensive unit on the structural foundations of poetry, focusing on scansion, iambic pentameter, sonnets, and villanelles. Students analyze how rigid poetic forms like the sonnet and villanelle use constraint to build meaning and how metrical variations signal thematic shifts.

This sequence explores the evolution of poetic structure from traditional stanzas to experimental free verse. Students analyze how visual arrangement, enjambment, and caesura dictate reading speed, tone, and interpretation.

A rigorous undergraduate-level exploration of English prosody, focusing on the mechanics of metrical structures, scansion techniques, and the rhetorical implications of formal verse. Students move from basic foot identification to complex analysis of substitutions, caesuras, and the tension between meter and natural speech.

An undergraduate-level exploration of fixed poetic forms, focusing on how structural constraints like rhyme, repetition, and stanzaic patterns shape logic, emotion, and narrative. Students analyze the evolution of the Sonnet, Villanelle, Sestina, Ode, and Elegy, eventually examining contemporary subversions of these traditions.

A graduate-level exploration of genre theory, investigating how conventions are established, subverted, and hybridized in response to socio-historical shifts. Students analyze the 'contract' between author and reader and culminate the sequence by proposing new generic classifications for contemporary works.

A graduate-level exploration of narratology focusing on Gérard Genette's structural analysis of narrative time, focalization, and levels of diegesis. Students move from identifying mechanical structures to evaluating how they manipulate reader perception in experimental and postmodern fiction.

This undergraduate-level sequence explores the intersection of journalism and literary art, focusing on narrative techniques like scene construction, characterization, and pacing within nonfiction texts while addressing the ethical implications of these choices.

Une série de ressources pour organiser et promouvoir une table ronde sur la littérature romance pour adolescents, incluant programme, guide de discussion et supports de communication.

A high-stakes investigative sequence where students act as professional editors to uncover and correct communication failures caused by misplaced and squinting modifiers in news, law, and signage.