This document provides lesson plans and teaching strategies for various subjects including grammar, writing, and literature. For literature, it outlines a Lit Circles strategy where students analyze characters using prompts to summarize, characterize, identify conflicts and wishes. It also includes lesson plans for grammar covering parts of speech. The document emphasizes the importance of having students self-quiz and test their understanding rather than just recall, and suggests using videos and commercials for "close watching" skills practice similar to close reading. It argues against passive teaching methods like random calling on students and advocates for formative assessments where all students demonstrate their knowledge through work.