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Differentiated reading packet teaching Georgia's transition from Trustee colony to Royal Colony (land ownership changes, legalization of slavery, removal of the alcohol ban, population and economic growth) via two leveled passages and comprehension activities.
A music appreciation presentation teaching Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf,' focusing on how each character is represented by a specific instrument and musical theme, with listening and matching activities to reinforce instrument/family recognition.
Differentiated reading packet teaching Georgia's role in the Revolutionary War (Loyalists, Patriots, and Neutrals; the Battle of Kettle Creek; the Siege of Savannah) via two leveled passages and comprehension activities.
Differentiated reading packet teaching Georgia's contributions to World War I (training camps, textile and arms factories, railroads/ports, victory gardens, war bonds) via two leveled passages and comprehension activities.
First-person narrative eBook chapter ('Chapter 33: Water Bottle Rockets') from 'Middle Schoolin': 50 Stories about the Challenges, Humor, and Rewards of Teaching' by Paul Rallion, recounting a middle-school science class's water-bottle-rocket experiment used to teach Newton's three laws of motion.
A generic novel-study student workbook that can be used with any novel to guide pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading comprehension and analysis activities.
Teach students a structured process for browsing and selecting a 'just-right' book to read independently.
A President's Day mini-lapbook/interactive notebook that teaches the history, origins, and traditions of the holiday through assembled foldable booklets, paired with a study guide for direct instruction
low-prep SEL advisory and icebreaker activities for self-reflection and group community-building
Free download A free 'Number Detective' logic-puzzle worksheet pack where students use number-tile clues (divisibility, place value, fractions/decimals) to deduce a hidden number, aimed at middle-school math reasoning and number sense.
Provide four icebreaker/community-building activities to ease the transition back to school for middle school students at the start of the year
A scaffolded research-essay guide that walks students through selecting, researching, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay about an influential leader of ancient Rome.
A step-by-step realistic-fiction narrative writing guide that has students make structural/setting/character decisions before drafting, then write, peer-edit, and revise a realistic fiction story, with an accompanying scoring rubric.
Guide middle/high school students to write a 4-paragraph argumentative letter to the editor taking a position on either a presidential candidate or mandatory voting.
A multi-day mini unit teaching students professional email etiquette: what makes an email appropriate/professional, the parts of an email, and how to write and revise emails for different real-world purposes.
A brief outline scheme of work for a Geography unit on local-area investigation, framed around the question of whether Heathrow Airport should be expanded, and teaching primary data collection and presentation methods.
A 4-5 day middle-school poetry mini-unit teaching students to analyze, write, revise, and present a rhyming poem using vivid verbs and imagery, modeled on Eve Merriam's 'Catch a Little Rhyme.'
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 3 Scene 1 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, focusing on the romance between Ferdinand and Miranda, the concept of love at first sight, and Prospero's secret manipulation of their courtship.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 2 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, focusing on the comic introduction of Trinculo and Stephano, Caliban's mistaken worship of Stephano as a god, and the beginnings of the murder plot against Prospero.
An interactive notebook unit teaching literary analysis skills (vocabulary, plot, characters, theme, inference, point of view, literary devices) using a student-selected picture book as a repeated mentor text.
Teach students the full U.S. presidential election process, from constitutional presidential qualifications through primaries/caucuses, national conventions, campaigns, the popular vote, and the Electoral College, updated to reference the 2020 election and the January 6th Capitol events.
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical, scene-by-scene reading of Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, focusing on the relationship between Prospero and his daughter Miranda and his servants Ariel and Caliban, and introducing the play's backstory (Prospero's overthrow, Ariel's imprisonment, Caliban's enslavement).
A detective/case-file-themed literary analysis unit built around Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Cask of Amontillado', teaching close reading, character analysis, and textual-evidence-based argument writing.
A scaffolded research-essay guide that walks students through selecting, researching, and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay about an important figure from Colonial America.