A series of five 17-minute high-intensity revising and editing missions designed to prepare English I students for the STAAR EOC. Each mission focuses on a high-leverage skill through a tactical "special ops" theme.
A high-rigour Stage 5 English unit for advanced Year 9 students in NSW. It explores Shakespeare's Macbeth through complex motif systems, psychological disintegration, and tragic subversion, culminating in creative writing and a formal Socratic seminar.
A comprehensive 20-day test preparation program combining Texas High School Social Studies content (US History, World History, and World Geography) with high-yield TSIA2 Reading comprehension skills, complete with daily warm-up slides and a highly-structured student tracking workbook.
A highly-structured 4-page printable student tracking workbook for the 20-day TSIA2 Social Studies reading prep. Contains custom grids for all 40 questions with designated spaces for student answers, correct answers, English skills, and strategy notes.
A comprehensive literary research unit designed to guide students through a structural and character analysis of classic and regional fairy tales. Students assume the role of folklore investigators, tracking standard tropes, character motivations, helper archetypes, and plot designs, culminating in an analytical presentation.
A five-lesson literary analysis and SAT prep sequence based on Rob Buyea's 'Because of Mr. Terupt'. Students practice textual evidence analysis and vocabulary-in-context skills through character-driven writing prompts.
A comprehensive 20-day daily warm-up program preparing students for the TSIA2 English test by integrating Texas High School Social Studies TEKS content (US History, World Geography, World History, Government, and Economics). Includes daily slides with questions, answers, explanations, and hints, plus a student tracking sheet.
A 40-slide presentation containing Days 1 to 10 of the TSIA2 English daily warm-up program. Features two multiple-choice questions per day integrated with Texas US History, World Geography, and World History TEKS content. Each question slide is paired with an immediate answer, detailed explanation, and test-taking hint slide, using high-contrast, printer-friendly colors.
A comprehensive three-part unit on Shakespeare's Othello, exploring Iago's psychological manipulation, the green-eyed monster of jealousy, and the tragic collapse of Othello. This unit integrates slide presentations, printable close-reading worksheets, graphic organizers, and a rigorous final assessment and rubric pack.
A 4-page printable student answer tracker for the 20-day TSIA2 English daily warm-up program. Organized by weeks (5 days per page) to provide ample, comfortable writing space for students to record answers, track specific skills, and write down key grammar rules and passage summaries.
