“To the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.” “To Helen” Edgar Allan Poe Myths have been a part of civilization for many centuries. They are…
This curriculum unit includes tested and proven materials for teaching The House on Mango Street to junior high/middle school and high school students. We have developed it to offer teachers…
First published in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from Soviet Russia. The novel takes…
This 177-page guide provides teachers with strategies and graphic organizers to train students on the composing of both personal and fictional narratives. With the help of this guide, train…
Argumentation is the mode of discourse in which students must learn the terminology in order to be successful. This poster provides students with a visual representation of the terms…
Whether you teach English language arts, social studies, science, math, or world languages, you will have your student write. This poster helps students understand how expository writing differs from…
Teaching students literary analysis is complex because of the emphasis on analysis. What does analysis really mean? This poster provides a visual representation of what differentiates concrete detail from…
Whether students are asked to write a personal narrative or a fictional narrative, knowing the difference between concrete details and commentary (perspective, point of view) helps them to produce…
This curriculum unit offers teachers tested and proven materials for teaching The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet to high school students. Romeo and Juliet is the most frequently anthologized Shakespeare play in…
The SBAC Argumentation guide is a companion piece to the Teaching Argumentation workshop. This guide provides participants with the Jane Schaffer® process applied to SBAC’s writing portions.
The SBAC Explanatory guide is a companion piece to the Expository/Informational Writing Across-the-Curriculum workshop. This guide provides participants with the Jane Schaffer process applied to SBAC’s writing portions.
The SBAC Narrative guide is a companion piece to the Personal and Fictional Narrative workshop. This guide provides participants with the Jane Schaffer process applied to SBAC’s writing portions.