Convince Me

A comprehensive set of reading comprehension check-in quizzes for five popular middle-grade novels. Each novel features two specialized quizzes—one focusing on initial character introductions and the other on major plot resolutions.

A scaffolded literary analysis of Shirley Jackson's classic short story 'The Lottery', exploring the themes of blind tradition and social conformity. This lesson bundle features interactive presentation slides, scaffolded worksheets with direct text chunks and sentence starter support, a targeted exit ticket, and a teacher's facilitation guide.

A differentiated 2-page comprehension check for 'The Lottery'. Features multiple-choice questions with reduced answer choices (3 options instead of 4), direct paragraph and line number clues, and two scaffolded short response prompts with writing lines.

A Tier 2 reading comprehension intervention sequence designed for sixth-grade students. This three-session program utilizes a structured, scaffolded approach to help students identify key details, filter out distracting information, and craft precise main idea summaries.

A highly supportive, adapted literature study of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery.' This lesson contains a simplified, guided text with margin prompts, interactive slide deck, heavy vocabulary scaffolding cards, leveled task cards, a structured assessment, and a comprehensive teacher guide.

A 3-page printable Student Reading Handout containing key chronological passages from Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'. Features clear typography, paragraph numbers for easy reference, line-by-line annotations space, and vocabulary callouts for struggling readers.

A spy-themed 4-day parts of speech review sequence for 6th and 7th graders. Students become secret agents in the 'Syntax Syndicate', cracking codes and completing missions to master nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, culminating in a collaborative classroom escape room.

A reading and analysis lesson for the first two chapters of 'Freak the Mighty' by Rodman Philbrick. Students explore character traits, narrative point of view, physical settings, and make initial plot predictions.

A comprehensive 1-page Teacher Facilitation Guide and Lesson Plan for teaching Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'. Features a clear 60-minute pacing guide, active teaching prompts, discussion scaffolding strategies, and a complete answer key for the student worksheets and exit ticket.

A welcoming, high-energy introductory lesson for English Term 2. Students reflect on their holiday experiences, practice active listening and speaking in a collaborative environment, and set personalized, actionable SMART goals for the new term.

A lesson focusing on identifying the central theme of a text about first-day jitters and using the RACE writing strategy to formulate structured, text-evidence-supported responses.