A series of high-rigor reading and writing lessons designed to prepare middle school students for state-level standardized assessments.

A series of lessons focused on mastering high-frequency academic action verbs like explain, compare, and justify to help students succeed in academic tasks and assessments.

A 5-week literature unit for Katherine Applegate's 'Crenshaw', featuring vocabulary, comprehension, synthesis, and writing prompts to explore themes of resilience and imagination.

A 10-day immersion into narrative writing for upper elementary students, focusing on craft, structure, and grammar conventions.

A comprehensive Grade 6 ELA MCAS preparation sequence designed to build stamina and familiarity with standardized testing formats through high-quality passages and standards-aligned questions.

A collection of mystery-themed reading lessons for different grade levels, focusing on building inference skills and identifying central themes through narrative storytelling.

A comprehensive ELA unit designed to bridge accessibility and academic rigor. Students engage with informational, fictional, and poetic texts at various readability levels while mastering 6th-grade Massachusetts ELA analytical standards.

A collection of lessons and practice materials designed to prepare middle school students for ELA MCAS assessments, focusing on high-priority standards like central idea, evidence, and comparison.

A series of independent ELA worksheets designed for an 8th-grade student with a learning disability. The sequence focuses on comprehension, context clues, and distinguishing fact from opinion through engaging topics like the science of makeup, historical fiction about strong women, and mythology.

A comprehensive ELA unit for 8th grade students comparing Byron Graves' novel 'Rez Ball' with its film adaptation. The unit focuses on character analysis, plot structure, literary elements, and comparative media studies through a 'Basketball Playbook' theme.

A retro, synthwave-inspired grammar unit for middle school resource room students. Students navigate the 'Upside Down' of parts of speech using themes of mystery, 80s nostalgia, and teamwork.

A deep dive into the classic science fiction of Ray Bradbury, analyzing how his Martian frontier serves as a mirror for 20th and 21st-century human nature.

A focused preparation sequence for the 7th Grade Massachusetts MCAS ELA exam, specifically targeting the narrative response category.

A comprehensive preparation unit for the 7th Grade MCAS English Language Arts test, specifically targeting the narrative response essay.

A series of mini-lessons exploring literary elements through the lens of a 'Word Lab', focusing on how precise word choices function like chemical ingredients to build atmosphere and character.

A comprehensive 6-week 8th-grade ELL curriculum split between Book 1 and 'Rodrick Rules'. Students explore narrative voice and a full suite of literary devices (simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole, satire, irony, foreshadowing, symbolism, and oxymoron) through visual literacy and intensive vocabulary building.

A 4-day intensive sequence focused on mastering the 'central idea' multiple-choice question type. Students will learn to distinguish between the main point and supporting details, identify common distractor types, and apply the 'Who + What' strategy to select the most accurate answer.