Students will dive into research on different aspect of Elizabethan England in order to gain context and background knowlege on William Shakespeare's time prior to a Shakespeare unit in ELA.

In this lesson, students with fluency disorders will listen to 3 podcasts chosen from a curated list about fluency disorders and write a reflection based on guiding reflection questions. Photo by Omar Lopez on Unsplash

Jamila Lyiscott is a “tri-tongued orator;” in her powerful spoken-word essay “Broken English,” she celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be “articulate.”