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.
A comprehensive high school reading intervention sequence introducing and applying long VCC vowel patterns as exceptions to closed syllable rules, integrated with consonant-le and silent-e review.
A comprehensive five-part poetry analysis sequence that guides students through decoding figurative language, analyzing structure and meter, tracking tone shifts, and exploring thematic and cultural contexts. The sequence culminates in an analytical writing assessment and rubrics.
A comprehensive year-long writing program focused on sentence mechanics, paragraph architecture, and daily stamina-building routines, complete with scaffolds for modified curriculum needs.
A comprehensive six-week English Language Arts curriculum for high school freshmen centered on R.J. Palacio's 'Wonder'. This unit analyzes how shifting narration, point of view, and multi-perspective characterization impact reader empathy and character development, culminating in evidence-based thematic essays on kindness and identity.
A supportive multi-genre writing unit scaffolded for diverse learning needs. It features structured three-paragraph formats, interactive word banks, sentence starters, and visual icon prompts for argumentative, compare-and-contrast, and narrative writing.
A multi-genre writing unit focused on structural writing templates for elementary and middle school students. The unit covers Informational, Compare & Contrast, and Persuasive/Opinion writing, utilizing highly structured 3-paragraph outlines, visual icons, sentence starters, and word banks.
A comprehensive three-day unit for high school freshmen to master identifying and analyzing central ideas and supporting details in pop culture editorials and contemporary science journalism.
An intensive intervention lesson designed to help struggling readers master main idea identification using hands-on, color-coded highlighting strategies. Students learn to dismantle paragraph structures like blueprint architects, physically separating the 'roof' (main idea) from the 'supporting pillars' (details).
A 3-day targeted intervention sequence designed to help struggling readers master main idea identification using hands-on, color-coded highlighting strategies. Students learn to dismantle paragraph structures like blueprint architects, physically separating the 'roof' (main idea) from the 'supporting pillars' (details).
An intensive reading intervention unit designed for high school students, focusing on essential phonetic patterns, spelling rules, and syllable structures to rebuild foundational reading and spelling skills.