A deep dive into the art of communication, focusing on how we send, receive, and analyze spoken messages through various lenses of rhetoric and listening.
A comprehensive remediation packet for 11th-grade students focused on TEKS mastery across literary analysis, synthesis, and argumentative writing. This 10-day sequence utilizes complex texts, STAAR-style assessments, and scaffolded activities to build deep comprehension and analytical skills.
A comprehensive 5-day introductory unit on speech and debate, covering public speaking, argumentation, logic, research, and competitive formats.
A comprehensive unit on Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game," focusing on character analysis, tactical decision-making, and the ethics of warfare through the lens of a young protagonist.
A writing unit focused on mastering the components of an argumentative essay, specifically focusing on structure, evidence, and persuasive conclusions.
A deep dive into synthesizing information across different genres, focusing on the complex nature of aging and self-reflection. Students will analyze an informational article and a poem to build a nuanced understanding of growth and time.
A unit exploring the biological and literary representations of the heart through Brian Doyle's 'Joyas Voladoras' and medical texts. Students will synthesize information and analyze the author's craft to understand how tone and content work together.
A comprehensive 3-lesson unit designed to prepare HSED/GED students for the RLA Extended Response by teaching them how to analyze opposing arguments, evaluate evidence, and craft a high-scoring argumentative essay.
A comprehensive exploration of rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos) designed for high school students to analyze and evaluate persuasive techniques in various media.
A reading comprehension sequence based on Chapter 7 of 'The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King'. Students will explore character motivations, setting details, and plot developments through multiple-choice questions.
A comprehensive exploration of nine foundational Ancient Greek myths, focusing on their themes, characters, and cultural significance. Students will analyze legendary heroes and gods through summaries, visual presentations, and engaging activities.
A comprehensive study of Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time' focusing on narrative elements through a cosmic explorer's lens. This unit guides students through character analysis, symbolic interpretation, and plot structure across three distinct phases of the novel.
An 8-week deep dive into Kafka's Metamorphosis for special education students, focusing on abstract thinking, social value, and the human condition through high-engagement activities and visual organizers.
A series of activities focused on morphological awareness, teaching students to 'unpack' words by identifying prefixes, roots, and suffixes to determine meaning.
A series of five 17-minute high-intensity revising and editing missions designed to prepare English I students for the STAAR EOC. Each mission focuses on a high-leverage skill through a tactical "special ops" theme.
A series of high-school level vocabulary lessons designed for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, emphasizing visual literacy, ASL connections, and academic integration.
A 4-day intensive study of a complex historical text focused on Author's Purpose and Craft, specifically designed for English 1 and 2 STAAR EOC preparation. Students analyze diction, imagery, syntax, and rhetorical devices within a 1200-Lexile historical narrative.
A comprehensive intervention program designed for high school students to master summarization across RLA and Social Studies. The sequence focuses on identifying main ideas, using signal words, and distinguishing between key and supporting details through discipline-specific texts.
A series of competitive reading challenges designed to boost fluency, decoding skills, and vocabulary acquisition for upper elementary students.
A unit exploring Black history, culture, and the Civil Rights Movement through various literary and informational lenses to build critical reading and writing skills.
A 9th-grade English RLA unit exploring the physical and emotional intersection of love and pain through scientific analysis and poetic metaphor. Students synthesize Eric Jaffe's 'Why Love Literally Hurts' with Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'Valentine' to craft argumentative synthesis correspondence.
A comprehensive unit on mixed conditionals where students explore hypothetical scenarios involving past actions with present consequences and permanent states with past outcomes, all set within a 'multiverse' theme.
A series of lessons focused on mastering the art of persuasion and argumentative writing, from building claims to defending them against opposition.