A 10th-grade ELA sequence focused on the stylistic impact of active and passive voice. Students move from identifying 'narrative drag' caused by passive constructions to mastering high-impact active writing for narrative pacing and suspense.
A high-stakes, collaborative tabletop escape curriculum. Missions are self-contained and fun, targeting academic anxiety, family duty, digital literacy, and friendship & peer pressure (e.g. someone left out, group conflict escalating, friend pressured to do wrong). Recruits build decision-making, social intelligence, and value systems.
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 cohesive memoir unit exploring Walter Dean Myers' Bad Boy. Focusing on theme, identity development, and language scaffolding, this unit supports diverse learners through visually structured study guides and resources.
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 five-day unit focused on NYS Next Gen ELA Standard 9-10R5, exploring how authors manipulate structure, time, and event ordering to create mystery, tension, and surprise. Students act as 'Story Architects' to deconstruct the blueprint of a mentor text.
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 curriculum exploring various themes through structured writing and analysis, moving from cultural heritage to future scientific exploration.