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.