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Introduce students to narrative poetry as a genre, using video clips, guided discussion, language-device practice, and a full worked example (the poem 'Matilda') plus an independent homework poem.
Continue a narrative-poetry unit by studying Edward Lear's classic poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat', covering genre terms (epic, ballad) and poetic devices (stanza, quatrain, alliteration).
Digital book-study slide deck (companion activities) for the picture book Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber, targeting reading comprehension skills.
Large (232-page) independently authored novel study unit for Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, covering all 29 chapters with comprehension, vocabulary, exit quizzes, writing prompts, and a summative test for grades 5-7.
Literature teaching unit for guiding students through Scott O'Dell's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins across 8 reading units, developing comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and analysis skills.
🎬 It’s a Wonderful Life – High School Film Lesson Plan (2 Hours) Bring classic American cinema to life in your classroom with this engaging It’s a Wonderful Life lesson plan!
A differentiated, multi-subject teaching packet built around the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' (by Jeanette Vuuren), combining picture-story cards with cloze-style story sentences and cross-curricular math/literacy activities, designed for relief/substitute or regular classroom use from Prep to Year 3.
A comprehensive teaching unit guide for the novel 'Jacob Have I Loved' by Katherine Paterson, supporting classroom study of the Newbery Award-winning book.
A comprehensive Grade 3-4 literature kit for Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach', built around Bloom's Taxonomy to develop reading comprehension, higher-order thinking, and creative writing skills through chapter-by-chapter questions and graphic organizers.
Teach your students about both the beauty of Japanese fans but also the Tanka poem form. Students work to create their own simple poems and then create and decorate their own fans to be displayed in class.
🎄 Jingle All the Way Movie Lesson Plan & Worksheet Activities – Grades 3–5 Bring holiday fun into your ELA classroom with this "Jingle All the Way" movie lesson plan and printable worksheets !
A middle-school ELA lesson plan and 15-activity worksheet packet using the film "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey" (2020) to teach analytical reading of theme, character, symbolism, and narrative structure.
A 66-page "Exploring Literature" teaching unit (Milliken Publishing) for the novel Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, providing pre-reading discussion, study guides, vocabulary lists, discussion concepts, comprehension/vocabulary tests, writing projects, and an answer key across 12 reading units.
The Julius Caesar Manual: A Facing-Pages Translation into Contemporary English This teaching resource integrates perfectly into middle and high school classrooms.
JULIUS, BABY OF THE WORLD - STUDY GUIDE Gr. 2-4 The JULIUS, BABY OF THE WORLD - STUDY GUIDE Gr. 2-4 is a comprehensive teaching resource perfect for use in Grade 2 and Grade 3 classrooms.
A literacy unit companion to the picture book Just a Dream (by Chris Van Allsburg), building comprehension skills including prediction, main idea/details, cause and effect, character feelings, and reflective writing.
A literature study kit built around Cynthia Kadohata's novel Kira-Kira, providing a teacher guide and student handouts to support reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills across the novel's chapters.
Bring the magic of storytelling, character growth, and kindness into your classroom with this engaging 2-hour English lesson plan based on Netflix’s Klaus (2019) !
Lesson 1 of a Tempest unit: an analytical close-reading of Act 1 Scene 1 (the opening shipwreck scene), building summary/analysis skills and introducing academic essay-writing technique.
Lesson 10 of a Tempest unit: concludes the analytical reading of the play by examining the meaning and purpose of Prospero's closing epilogue.
Lesson 11 of a Tempest unit: a guided essay-writing/revision lesson exploring the theme of power across the play, scene by scene, to prepare students for an analytical essay.
Lesson 12 of a Tempest unit: a second guided essay-writing/revision lesson, this time exploring the theme of slavery across the play through the characters of Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel.
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).
Guide KS4 secondary English literature students through an analytical reading of Act 2 Scene 1 of Shakespeare's The Tempest, examining the courtiers' differing reactions to being shipwrecked, Gonzalo's utopian 'commonwealth' speech, and the beginning of Antonio and Sebastian's murder plot against Alonso.