Students learn to research, synthesize, and organize evidence into a structured debate brief, moving from broad curiosity to targeted logical arguments.
An 8-week poetry unit designed specifically for 8th-grade students reading at a 2nd-grade level. The curriculum focuses on building confidence, understanding figurative language, and exploring themes through high-interest, low-readability (Hi-Lo) poems and activities.
A 5-part series focusing on high-frequency Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes using a "word hacking" theme to help students decode academic vocabulary.
A 10-part series on Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes, designed as 20-minute mini-lessons using a 'Linguistic Laboratory' theme. Students build word trees to visualize how word parts combine to create meaning.
A 2-day introductory unit on literary themes for sixth-grade students. This sequence helps students distinguish between topic and theme, identify universal themes, and analyze how authors develop these messages through characters and plot.
A comprehensive unit for Carl Hiaasen's Hoot, featuring chapter-by-chapter comprehension quizzes, teacher keys, and interactive slide decks.
A collection of reading support materials designed for WIDA Level 2 eighth-grade students reading Lord of the Flies, focusing on plot comprehension and symbolic analysis.
A series of five "Do Now" slide decks for Grade 4 RLA, focusing on revising and editing skills aligned with TEKS 4.11. Each deck provides quick, timed practice sessions with original passages and multiple-choice questions.
A comprehensive collection of 56 word study sorts for 4th-grade students, covering everything from basic vowel patterns and inflected endings to advanced syllable junctures, prefixes, and suffixes.
A comprehensive vocabulary unit designed for upper elementary and middle school students to master academic vocabulary through themed blueprints and structural linguistics.
A comprehensive series of spelling and vocabulary worksheets for 4th-grade students, focusing on Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes through fill-in-the-blank exercises.
A vocabulary sequence focusing on context clue strategies to help 3rd-4th grade students decode unfamiliar words.
An ELA unit for 8th grade exploring the nature of human intelligence through Daniel Keyes' 'Flowers for Algernon', focusing on internal vs. external conflict, vocabulary development, and thematic analysis.
A sequence of exemplar presentations on Hermes designed to demonstrate high-achieving (A) and low-achieving (D) student work based on specific CCSS-aligned rubric criteria.