Wild Instincts

This initial unit, ELA Launchpad, establishes core reading, writing, and procedural standards for 7th Grade ELA at West Lee Middle School. Over the first week of school, students learn daily routines, build baseline vocabulary and annotation skills, and form a collaborative peer environment.

A welcoming first-day lesson for ELA designed to unpack students' creative identities, reading styles, and writing voices through collaborative icebreakers, reflective diagnostics, and engaging visuals.

A printable student booklet featuring an ELA interest inventory, a creative visual reading profile, and a diagnostic writing prompt centered on personal identity.

A comprehensive writing sequence that introduces middle school students to the power of micro-narratives. It scaffolds personal writing and visual design through highly focused, word-budgeted creative projects.

This lesson launches peer discussion norms, speaking protocols, and constructive feedback standards. Students practice active listening and text-supported collaborative conversations using ELA discussion cards.

A vibrant visual presentation guiding students through first-day ELA icebreakers, class expectations, and a collaborative reading and writing identity prompt.

A 5-day ELAR unit for 7th grade students centered on Rudyard Kipling's classic 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'. Students will analyze plot elements (foreshadowing/suspense), character influences, author's purpose, and complete STAAR-aligned short constructed responses and revising/editing practices.

This lesson introduces students to active reading and basic text-annotation standards in 7th Grade ELA. Students learn how to mark key evidence, identify main arguments, and annotate margins as a foundation for textual analysis.

A comprehensive first-day ELA lesson plan and facilitation guide for teachers. Features structured pacing, discussion prompts, scaffolded icebreakers, and rubrics for analyzing student writing and reading diagnostics.

An engaging, 1-page first-day ELA warm-up worksheet featuring a six-word memoir challenge, a creative word-weaving prompt, and a reading self-profile to spark student interest from minute one.

A 1-page printable containing 4 Socratic discussion role cards with sentence starters, accompanied by an active student self-assessment and reflection checklist.