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 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 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 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 comprehensive study unit for 12th grade British Literature and ELL students, integrating the Hero's Journey with the 'Coffee Bean' resilience metaphor and SECD (Social, Emotional, and Character Development) frameworks. Students analyze Beowulf's character through the lens of self-management and social awareness, culminating in a hero-themed game design project.