Author Archives: Erika Thompson

HS English and Applied English Students’ Language Sample Prompts

The selected movie prompt for the end-of-year language sample is “She Knows” from the 2nd Annual PAWS Movie DVD. 12th graders who are graduating will be writing a letter to the next year’s group of seniors. For more information, teachers need to view the “Language Samples Prompts Required” page under “Language Arts - English Curriculum [...]



Differentiated Instruction and Sample Lesson Plans

Some of us attended the Inland Empire Reading Council workshop last night where the speaker, Dr. Robert Pritchard, spoke about differentiating instruction. I would be happy to share the handout with anyone who wants more information on this subject. One of the great resources he told us about is the website listed below. [...]