An undergraduate-level exploration of grammatical voice as a rhetorical and narrative tool. Students learn to manipulate active and passive voice to control pacing, agency, suspense, and atmosphere in creative writing.
A sequence focused on gender (in)equality in India, exploring cultural stereotypes, social movements, and progress through grammar and statistical analysis.
A comprehensive 6-lesson spiraling review sequence designed to prepare students for the ELA Regents exam through 10-minute daily practice sessions. Each lesson focuses on specific exam sets and high-impact test-taking strategies.
A spelling program for 6th graders focusing on high-frequency Fry words to build reading and writing fluency.
A 2-day narrative writing workshop where students develop a survival story based on being lost in the woods at dusk. Includes visual prompts, graphic organizers, and scaffolded writing tools.
A series of advanced middle school language arts lessons focusing on sentence architecture, precision, and stylistic control.
A foundational literacy unit focused on phonemic awareness and phonics skills for Wilson Reading Step 1.3, covering CVC word patterns.
An 8-week poetry unit designed specifically for 8th-grade students reading at a 2nd-grade level. The curriculum focuses on building confidence, understanding figurative language, and exploring themes through high-interest, low-readability (Hi-Lo) poems and activities.
A collection of reading support materials designed for WIDA Level 2 eighth-grade students reading Lord of the Flies, focusing on plot comprehension and symbolic analysis.
A vocabulary sequence focusing on context clue strategies to help 3rd-4th grade students decode unfamiliar words.
A comprehensive set of decodable fluency passages across grade levels, focusing on nature, wildlife, and ecosystems to build reading stamina and accuracy.
A two-week intensive workshop for high school students to plan, draft, and refine an original children's book. The unit focuses on theme development, characterization, plot structure, and audience-appropriate language.
A 4-day intervention sequence focused on decoding and encoding 2-syllable words with consonant-le syllables. Students practice the 'count back three' strategy, analyze vowel sounds in the first syllable, and build reading fluency through themed passages.
A comprehensive preschool literacy program designed around Deeper Learning principles. It focuses on developmentally appropriate stages from oral language to emergent writing, using play-based exploration and authentic communication.
A comprehensive prep sequence for the TSIA Reading exam, focusing on main ideas, vocabulary, inference, and literary analysis. Each lesson provides review materials, practice problems, and assessment tools.
A comprehensive syllable mastery series for grades 1-4 focusing on open, closed, silent e, and consonant -le syllable types.
A comprehensive 5-day phonics unit focused on the "bonus letters" (Floss Rule: f, l, s, z) including heart words 'your' and 'want'. Students explore the concept of doubling final consonants in one-syllable short vowel words through a factory-themed learning experience.
An eight-lesson unit on Franz Kafka and Section I of The Metamorphosis. Lessons 1-4 cover Kafka's biography, historical context, literary style, and major themes. Lessons 5-8 focus on a close reading of Section I. Includes a final compiled Unit Homework assignment.
A series of lessons exploring complex spelling patterns including assimilated suffixes and chameleon prefixes to improve student decoding and spelling accuracy.
A dynamic high school unit exploring the roots, techniques, and performance of slam and spoken word poetry, culminating in a school-wide poetry slam.