A high-stakes grammar sequence for 10th graders focusing on subject-verb agreement in complex syntactic environments. Students move from isolating subjects in long sentences to editing professional-grade texts under pressure.
A high-stakes, collaborative tabletop escape curriculum. Missions are self-contained and fun, targeting academic anxiety, family duty, digital literacy, and friendship & peer pressure (e.g. someone left out, group conflict escalating, friend pressured to do wrong). Recruits build decision-making, social intelligence, and value systems.
A rigorous high school unit exploring John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis', examining historical plague narratives, the biological science of the bacillus, medical ethics, global health policy, and the human side of patient advocacy.
A cohesive memoir unit exploring Walter Dean Myers' Bad Boy. Focusing on theme, identity development, and language scaffolding, this unit supports diverse learners through visually structured study guides and resources.
A unit exploring Just Mercy, focusing on the legal system, racial injustice, and restorative justice through literature.
A graphic-novel inspired study of Romeo and Juliet, focusing on character analysis and textual evidence through visual summaries and detective-style comprehension questions.
A five-day unit focused on NYS Next Gen ELA Standard 9-10R5, exploring how authors manipulate structure, time, and event ordering to create mystery, tension, and surprise. Students act as 'Story Architects' to deconstruct the blueprint of a mentor text.
A comprehensive two-week unit on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, focusing on vocabulary acquisition, analytical writing, and a final creative project. Students explore the themes of feud, fate, and tragic impulsivity through Act-by-Act study and structured prompts.
A comprehensive 5-day unit for Richard Connell's 'The Most Dangerous Game,' focusing on characterization, plot dynamics, and evidence-based inference.
A comprehensive Regents preparation sequence for ELL students, covering exam structure, argumentative writing, and advanced reading strategies like inference and implicit meaning analysis.
A series of comparative writing lessons where students analyze multiple informational texts to construct structured paragraphs with specific evidence and logical flow.
A unit focused on critical analysis of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, examining the impact of technology, censorship, and the loss of individual thought in dystopian society.
A comprehensive 6-week high school English Language Arts unit for 'Wonder' by R.J. Palacio, focusing on complex characterization, narrative structure, literary devices, and thematic synthesis.
A comprehensive unit exploring the historical, social, and biological impact of tuberculosis as narrated in John Green's 'Everything is Tuberculosis'.
A curriculum exploring various themes through structured writing and analysis, moving from cultural heritage to future scientific exploration.
A comprehensive program for teaching phonological awareness to secondary ELLs, focusing on multisyllabic academic vocabulary and phoneme manipulation.
A targeted instructional sequence focused on mastering the foundational skill of crafting clear, argumentative thesis statements through direct modeling and structured practice.
A sequence designed to help high school students master the 5-paragraph essay format through the lens of SMART goal setting and MLA citation accuracy. Students will learn to architect their writing process from planning to final polish.
A four-day collaborative project for students to analyze Franz Kafka's *The Metamorphosis*. Students create a "Classroom Wall Scrapbook" to investigate themes of isolation and productivity, culminating in a collective museum-style display of Gregor's transformation.
A project-based unit exploring the narrative construction of heroes and villains in sports media through podcasting.
A comparative study of British and American literary traditions, focusing on contrasting themes of class, history, and the Gothic versus individualism, the frontier, and the search for a new identity.
A comprehensive unit designed for self-paced student research and essay drafting. Students learn to navigate the digital landscape, evaluate sources, and build a structured research paper using a guided 'investigator' theme.
A modernization of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in an elite private boarding school, Elsinore Academy, designed for 9th-grade readers with high vocabulary support.
A focused study on the early chapters of 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, exploring themes of dehumanization, community dynamics, and the psychological impact of the Holocaust.
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.
A high-interest exploration of the Monomyth using modern and classic media, culminating in a creative mapping project for The Goonies.
A comprehensive curriculum for 10th-grade students with SLD and ADHD to master the art of argumentative writing through highly structured, visually organized scaffolds.
A dual-focus instructional unit that pairs deep literary analysis of 'The Hate U Give' with transferable reading comprehension strategies for personal and social narratives.
A comprehensive three-day exploration of Julia Alvarez's 'Before We Were Free', focusing on the historical context of the Dominican Republic, the psychological impact of living under a dictatorship, and the evolution of Anita's voice. Students engage with vocabulary, close reading analysis, and creative journaling to deepen their understanding of freedom and sacrifice.
An advanced spelling and vocabulary sequence designed for adult HSED students, focusing on linguistic mastery, morphological awareness, and professional communication. The materials cover Greek and Latin roots, homophones, complex affixation, vocational terminology, and high-frequency misspellings.
A comprehensive ELA unit focusing on text structure, argument analysis, and the interaction of ideas using the text 'Healing Brick City'. Students explore how personal anecdotes and systemic observations build a compelling case for social change.
A 16-lesson sequence covering the latter half of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, beginning with Gregor's first injury and concluding with the family's resolution after his death. Each lesson focuses on key literary elements: Conflict, Key Details, Characterization, and Theme.