Submissions from 2019
Understanding Poetry: 5th Grade Introduction to Writing Poetry, Samantha Bos and Jackie Jaramillo
Sharing Stories: An Introduction to Literary Writing and Analysis (9th grade), Talia Howard
Introduction to IB Language and Literature: Storytellers and the Single Story, Savannah McDonough and Megan Day
Greek Mythology: Understanding the Allusions, Heather M. Patillo
Creating Change: The Civil Rights Movement, Melissa Robertson
Fiction/ Nonfiction Writing, Grades 1-2, Lisa Schmidt and Samara Sance
Looking Up! What is our place in the universe? - An Astronomy UbD for 8th Grade, Miguel Angel Webber
Submissions from 2018
Writing- Our First Grade Community, Jeanine Capitani and Harliv Kaur
The March for Social Justice: Historical Demand for Progress Effected Through Powerful Rhetoric, Kate Foster and Catherine Polk
Sharing Stories: Writing a Personal Narrative, 1st grade, Emily Hall
Life as a 3rd Grade Poet, Anastasia Lorestani Kiesling and Karen Lynn Sanchez
“A Pleasure to Burn”: Introduction to IB Language and Literature through Fahrenheit 451, Savannah McDonough
Tell Me Why: A Persuasive Writing Unit for 4th-6th grade, Elle V. Norman
Biographies: Telling Others' Stories, Shayna Rosenthal and Courtney Gold
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Amy R. Thomson and Heather M. Patillo
Submissions from 2017
The Kite Runner (11th grade), Alice Bilbrey
Freak the Mighty: A Quest Through Friendship, Renee E. Gerald
IB Language and Literature Introduction: The Foundations of Western Culture (11th grade), Savannah McDonough
Exploring Expository through Culture, Kathleen Fenske Montoya and Laurette Kirby
Macbeth by Shakespeare, Amy R. Thomson and Heather M. Patillo
How Can I Be a Good Reader? Lessons in Understanding Books (1st-2nd grade), Tara Vaughan
Meaning behind the Structure: 4th Grade Nonfiction Text Structure and Summary Unit, Anne Waidelich
Submissions from 2016
Picking Apart Plot (6th grade), Amanda Aird
Dante's Inferno: Allegory, Hero's Journey, or Epic Poem? Yes! (12th grade), Sherry Brown
Middle Survival Guide -- ELA [6th Grade], Elizabeth E. Grenadier and Christie M. Manners
Greek Tragedies: Oedipus the King and Antigone (Grade 10), Amy R. Thomson and Heather M. Patillo
“Capturing a Character”: A unit for teaching 2nd-grade students how to understand literary characters, Samantha S. Voris and Stephanie M. Wilson
Submissions from 2015
STAAR EOC Expository Essay [9th-12th grade], J. Kat Aylesworth
Heart of Darkness: A Critical Approach to Marlow's Character, Sherry Brown
Personal Narrative Genre Study [4th grade], Emily B. Delgado
Story Elements for Kindergarten, Renee D. Faulk
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, Amy R. Thomson and Heather M. Patillo
Top Secret: Understanding Characters! [3rd grade], Renee E. Ulrich
Effective Arguments: Julius Caesar and Current Opinion Pieces [10th Grade], Valerie E. Vied
Show Me Your Expertise: 4th Grade Expository Writing Unit, Anne Waidelich
Submissions from 2014
Personal Cultural Identity and Literature, Sherry Brown
English II Persuasive Essay [10th grade], Brianna Johnson
Practical Writing: The Expository Essay [9th grade], Morgan K. Kern
Insert Novel Here: a Metacognitive Study of the Reading Process, Dan Mallette
The Shakespearean Sonnet, Ryan Markmann
Outside Reading [9th-12th grade], Elizabeth IC Muire Ms.
Pride and Prejudice UbD [9th grade], Heather M. Patillo and Amy R. Thomson
Among The Hidden- Studying The Concept of Self and Connecting To What You Read [6th grade], Renee E. Ulrich
Convince Me! A Persuasive Writing Unit for 2nd Grade [2nd grade], Samantha S. Voris and Stephanie Wilson
Your Story and My Story: GenreStudy on Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice [6th grade], Stephany Weaver
Powerful Poetry [1st grade], Jennifer K. Wight and Letty R. Sanchez
Submissions from 2013
Explain Yourself: An Expository Writing Unit for High School, Adele Barnett
Subject and Direct Object [8th-9th grade], Amy Barnett
Who am I? Using Personal Narrative to Reflect on Identity [6th grade], Mollie Cason
Scientia Potentia est: The Power of Informational Text [8th grade], Anna Clark
Can you persuade me? Learning persuasive writing through research [3rd grade], Christy Custer
The Grammar Comic Book PBL [9th grade], Kristina Ford
Mythology is a Reflection of Culture [7th grade], Tina Harper
The Power of Persuasion, Lauren Hickey
Southern Gothic, Morgan Kern
Pourquoi Stories, Dan Mallette
Persuasive Essay, Katie Mason
Romeo and Juliet is About You: Finding the Self in Drama, Elizabeth Muire
AP Language Summer Reading Unit for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Amy R. Thomson
The Process of Becoming an Expository Writer, Valerie Vied
Submissions from 2012
“Give me the Game”: A Study of Card’s Ender’s Game [11th grade], J Kat Aylesworth
Write Your Own Autobiography [6th grade], Jeanine Capitani
Study of Identity Formation through The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter [6th grade], Anna Clark
Introduction to Poetry [4th grade], Eloisa Flores
“The Girl Who Was on Fire”: A Study of Archetypes and Mythology in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins [9th grade], Melissa Jimenez
AP Literature Summer Reading Unit for My Antonia and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [12th grade], Amy R. Thomson
Dystopian Literature [10th grade], Valerie Vied
Culture and Identity in your Community and the World [6th grade], Stephany Weaver and Anne Daly
Submissions from 2011
The Individual and Group Dynamics in Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Kat Aylesworth
Setting the Scene: Adapting Romeo and Juliet to the 21st Century, Erika Barker and Veronica Pena-Montalvo
Framing Poetry, Sherry Brown
Day of the Dead, Jeanine Capitani
Grammar is a Source of Power: Bridging the Gap to Empower the Writer, Tina Harper and Monica Gonzalez
Cause and Effect: Using Expository Writing to Problem-Solve, Mollie Knapp
The Motif of Sight: Knowledge versus ignorance in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Lauren Lee
Media Literacy and Rhetorical Analysis with Advertisements, Ellen Mitchell
Bamboo People—an interdisciplinary unit for high school, Mitzi Moore
Global Environmental Problems, the ISA way, Mitzi Moore and Kathleen Pedder
Finding the Right Fit, Norton Reihner
How Do You Get What You Want??, Garrett Scott and Anne Blake
Debating the Truth, Lisa Shay
Elemental Fiction, Amy R. Thomson
Submissions from 2010
Romanticism: Past and Present [10th grade], Amy Anderson
Artists as Storytellers: Designing a personal comic book [6th-8th grade], Elizabeth Bendele
Who are you? Who, who! Who, who! [7th grade], Kara Brown and Jean Yang
“What’s your Problem?” Research Project [12th grade], Sherry Brown
Julius Caesar: The Power of Persuasion [10th grade], Devon Erlich
In the Space Between Action and Reaction Individuals Have Choice: Romeo and Juliet and the Consequences of Choice [8th-9th grade], Monica Gonzalez and Tina Harper
Cultural Anxiety and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Lauren Lee
Loss in Joyce’s Dubliners [11th-12th grade], Lauren Lee
Independent First Grade Writers, WHAT? It can happen. Beginning Writing Workshop [1st grade], Megan Nitcholas and Audrey Tan
What’s the Story? [9th grade], Alice Rasmussen
In Defense of the Indefensible [9th grade], Patricia Rogers and Sarah Berce
Getting to Know Me [9th grade], Carrie Susong
Exploring Personal Responses to Reading: A WWII Book Study [4th grade], Jennifer Wray
Submissions from 2009
Photographic Eye: Capturing the Moment through Personal Narrative [8th-9th grade], Amy Anderson
Rhetoric in the Real World [11th grade], Sarah Berce
Patricia Polacco Author Study [2nd grade], Catherine Brackett
What section do I go to in Barnes and Noble? [7th grade], Carol Cagnoni
Reflexive Writing and Literature [7th grade], Kara Dougherty