A comprehensive 7th-grade ELA sequence exploring the etymology and historical contexts of idioms and adages, from Shakespeare and Greek mythology to nautical history and global cultures.
A 3-week foundational reading and vocabulary unit for 7th-grade intervention. Students master dictionary reference tools, high-leverage affixes, and root words while developing evidence-based reading analysis skills.
A reading comprehension toolkit designed for incoming 7th graders to boost critical reading and summarizing skills. It explores school social dynamics and historical contexts through a scaffolded guided reading worksheet (pairing realistic fiction and peer psychology nonfiction) and a set of six bite-sized daily warm-ups.
Tutor guide and answer key for the Broken Signals Worksheet. Lists identified errors and perfect, corrected rewrites for each of the 5 complex editing sentences.
A comprehensive, year-long 30-minute intervention curriculum designed to close the 7th-grade reading achievement gap. It blends systemic academic vocabulary acquisition, structured context clue strategies, and rigorous informational text navigation.
A thrilling, detective-themed ELA lesson where students become 'Syntax Sleuths' to track down grammatical errors, run-ons, and punctuation slip-ups.
A "daily 5" editing exercise with 5 complex sentences containing grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Designed to challenge incoming 7th graders to decode and rewrite corrected sentences.
A high-impact writing lesson that teaches students to write like professional sports analysts by combining short sentences and mastering complex syntax. Uses an exciting soccer broadcast theme to teach subordinating conjunctions, edit grammatical errors with VAR, and write tactical analyses.
Tutor answer key for the Daily Bites Warm Ups. Contains exemplary short-answer responses for Days 1 through 6, along with summarizing tips for tutors.
A unit studying 'The Isle of the Lost' by Melissa de la Cruz, examining themes of identity, expectations, and choices in a world of villains.
