Lesson Plans

English and reading-based lesson plans created for middle and high school classrooms.

Hunger Games

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Lessons, activities, projects, strategies, and ideas for teaching Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Applicable for middle school students, but could be adapted for high school.

House on Mango Street

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Lessons, activities, projects, strategies, and ideas for teaching House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Applicable for both middle and high school students, but activities below are geared mainly towards middle school.

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Lessons, activities, projects, strategies, and ideas for teaching To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Applicable for high school students, but could be adapted for middle school.

Old Man and the Sea

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Lessons, activities, projects, strategies, and ideas for teaching The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Applicable for high school students, but could be adapted for middle school.

Jericho Walls & Lions of Little Rock

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Lesson plans and activities related to the novels Jericho Walls and Lions of Little Rock. Aimed for middle schoolers, but can be adapted for high school students as well.

Narrative & Self-Writing

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Unit, lessons, activities, and ideas for teaching narrative/self-writing to middle and high school students.  

Creative Writing Lesson Plans

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  Lessons, activities, and planning that incorporates and teaches creative writing. Can be applied in both middle and high school classrooms.  

Tuesdays with Morrie

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Complete unit planning, lessons, activities, strategies, and ideas for teaching Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Can be applicable for both middle and high school students.

The Scarlet Letter

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Lesson plans for the novel, The Scarlet Letter,which can be applied to a middle or high school classroom.

Additional Lesson Plans:

Geared towards middle and high school students.

Contemporary Music & Reading - “Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?” I pulled one of my Book Club students aside after class. He had been dozing on and off the entire thirty minutes (yes, Book Club is only thirty minutes) and I wanted to see what was up. “Look,” I said, “I know you’re tired, but it hurts my feelings when you fall asleep during my class."
Even the Best Plans May Fail - Well, I thought my ideas/lesson on Anne Bradstreet poetry were awesome. And I thought the students would hit the small-group presentations on Bradstreet poetry right out of the park! I was wrong.
Anne Bradstreet Poetry - In my American Seminar classes, the advanced 11th grade course on American literature, I did a mini-unit on Anne Bradstreet poetry.
Wordly Wise Time! - "It's a Wordly Wise day? Awh mannnnnn!" That was the chorus I heard at the start of every sixth grade classroom today.
Because of Winn-Dixie: Emotion & Self-Identity - Kate DiCamillo’s book, Because of Winn-Dixie, is a favorite among many.
Teaching Vocabulary – Lesson/Game - Vocabulary is a huge part of any English/Reading classroom, but no student wants to sit at a desk and memorize words and definitions...so, I decided to make a fun vocabulary lesson/game for my sophomore students!
Lesson Plan Template - One of my very first education classes at Waldorf emphasized lesson plans–a huge component of not only my college career, but my professional teaching career as well.