ELA Grade 8 lesson plan with the goal of students being able to synthesize the essential messages, themes, and character traits from Benefits of Being an Octopus and practice communication and writing skills.

This book checklist provides essential information for Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults), as well as a review, and recommendation for its usage in a classroom to aid teachers in curriculum development.

This book checklist provides essential information for Melissa by Alex Gino, as well as a review, and recommendation for its usage in a classroom to aid teachers in curriculum development.

You will find a brief argumentative and summary essay describing and justifying a semester-long project I participated in to teach philosophy to seconder-graders. In the essay, a lesson on empathy is mentioned. Short excerpts from that classroom discussion are included in a video clip.