If you tuned into the podcast last week, you know I received an email from Emily, an ELA teacher with big questions. In a nutshell, she asked - how do we fit it all into our English classes? The writing, the review, the whole class novels, the skills...

Last week, we took a look at the big picture - how to plan the year to cover what you want to cover without getting overwhelmed. This time we're zooming in on planning an ELA unit for one whole class text, and how to make all the decisions that go with it.

Discover my process for choosing a path through the reading, adding complementary texts, choosing consistent programs, and designing a buy-in project to help give the whole unit a solid shape.

You can use this step-by-step plan to approach English units you'd like to redesign or build from scratch this summer. 

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