A high-energy, paper-based culinary design tournament modeled after "Chopped". Students work in teams as food architects to design, sketch, and pitch a creative three-course BBQ menu incorporating off-the-wall virtual mystery ingredients.
A retrieval practice sequence for the Roald Dahl narrative unit in Amplify ELA Grade 6, focusing on 'Boy: Tales of Childhood'. It features lesson-by-lesson quick check exit tickets and corresponding teacher guides with answer keys to reinforce reading comprehension, vocabulary, and narrative craft.
A reading comprehension toolkit designed for incoming 7th graders to boost critical reading and summarizing skills. It explores school social dynamics and historical contexts through a scaffolded guided reading worksheet (pairing realistic fiction and peer psychology nonfiction) and a set of six bite-sized daily warm-ups.
Tutor guide and answer key for the Broken Signals Worksheet. Lists identified errors and perfect, corrected rewrites for each of the 5 complex editing sentences.
A comprehensive, detective-themed 2-day phonics unit for 4th graders to master the hard and soft sounds of 'c' and 'g' using structured inquiry, visual anchor charts, and scaffolded practice worksheets.
A thrilling, detective-themed ELA lesson where students become 'Syntax Sleuths' to track down grammatical errors, run-ons, and punctuation slip-ups.
A "daily 5" editing exercise with 5 complex sentences containing grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Designed to challenge incoming 7th graders to decode and rewrite corrected sentences.
A comprehensive, year-long academic vocabulary system mapping 32 critical Greek and Latin roots across 16 bi-weekly cycles (covering 160 class sessions), designed specifically to build NYS Regents reading comprehension and decoding autonomy.
A collection of large-format printable vocabulary matching card decks designed to teach high-frequency SAT/ACT words and roots using visual icons for self-checking.
Tutor answer key for the Daily Bites Warm Ups. Contains exemplary short-answer responses for Days 1 through 6, along with summarizing tips for tutors.
A 3-day introductory sequence for high school Juniors preparing to read The Great Gatsby. Students explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's autobiographical connections, analyze the music, fashion, and consumerism of the Roaring Twenties through primary source stations, and investigate the elusive American Dream, class divides, and Prohibition through a digital WebQuest, reading passage, and formative quiz.
A high-impact writing lesson that teaches students to write like professional sports analysts by combining short sentences and mastering complex syntax. Uses an exciting soccer broadcast theme to teach subordinating conjunctions, edit grammatical errors with VAR, and write tactical analyses.
A collection of six bite-sized daily warm-up reading passages designed to build comprehension, summarizing, and vocabulary skills. Explores social codes, historical codebreaking, brain research, and military deceptions.
