V for Vendetta Unit

Students are guided through reading and analysis of literary elements for each section of the graphic novel, with formative assessments for each. Students are asked to write a final essay utilizing evidence from the text as a summative asessment. All...

The Word for World is Forest Unit

Students are guided through reading and analysis of literary elements for each chapter of the novel, participate in discussions using evidence from the text, and are asked to research and then write about a corollary from our world and society as it...

To Kill a Mockingbird Unit

Students are guided through reading and analysis of literary elements for each chapter of the novel and a Socratic Seminar on the themes of the novel acts as a summative assessment. All materials to guide students through activities and learning via...

The Things They Carried Unit

Students are guided through reading and analysis of literary elements for the novel using evidence. Corollary texts are included to compare and augment the literature, as well as an analysis of the song Lemon Tree, as it is highlighted in the text. A...

A Modern Scarlet Letter

Students are guided through reading a few chapters of the Scarlet Letter in order to become familiar with romantic literary elements and style. Formative assessment focuses on these elements in the novel. Students are then split up into groups or alone,...

The Scarlet Ibis Unit

Students are guided through reading and analysis of literary elements for The Scarlet Ibis. Formative assessments for each section of reading reinforce literary elments through evidence citation. Students are then asked to watch Simon Birch and analyze...

Role of Education Unit

Students are guided through reading and analysis of various texts from great thinkers on the role of education, students are asked to track the main ideas of each text both in formative assessment and in an overall tracking guide that then supports...

Rhetoric & Revolution Unit

Students are asked to read primary document source material and excerpts from revolutionary writers like Patrick Henry and contemporaries. Students are introduced to basic rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos and asked to analyze these and...

Question Focus Technique- FREE

Trust me, our students are not good at asking questions. This process is worth the time and helps them become better thinkers and question askers. Enjoy!

Puritans, Persuasion, & Poetry Unit

Students are guided through an intro to Puritans, reading and analyzing Puritan poetry, and analyzing elements of persuasion in Puritan writing. All materials to guide students through activities and learning via powerpoint as well as handouts and...

Of Mice and Men Unit

Students are guided through reading and analysis of literary elements for each chapter of the novel and are then asked to read corollary texts from the Bible, from other John Steinbeck work, from Milton, and from Robert Burn's poems. Students are then...

Narrative Writing Unit

This is meant to be a quarter's worth of writing work. Students are guided through all elements of creating a full length novel, in planning stages. Character maps, plot maps, vocabulary practice, research practice and analysis, setting practice,...