The Planning Room Library
Explore 200+ ready-to-teach ELA, literature, writing, and film lessons designed for grades 7–12. Members get instant access to full units, scaffolds, film analysis activities, and the private Planning Room Vault.
The Planning Room Library is a curated collection of 200+ resources that I’ve built for secondary ELA and film studies classrooms — from complete units and analytical writing scaffolds to literature lessons, quick film related activities, and advanced visual literacy practice.
If you teach 7th–12th grade English, Humanities, or Film/Media Studies, this library is designed to give you:
- Engaging, ready-to-teach lessons for novels, stories, and films
- Step-by-step analytical writing supports for all learners
- Culturally responsive and discussion-ready activities
- ELA-friendly film viewing guides and visual literacy lessons
- Access to The Planning Room Vault, which houses my unreleased and unsold materials for books like Catcher in the Rye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and When the Emperor Was Divine (with The Odyssey, Of Mice and Men, Interior Chinatown, The Lord of the Flies, What is Not Yours is Not Yours, Romeo & Juliet in the pipeline).
- Teachable preview lessons of my more advanced film sequence analysis and H&L Film Studies materials
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- ELA-Friendly Film Lessons
- Literature/Short Story Lessons
- Analytical & Creative Writing
- Visual Literacy (ELA-Friendly)
- Advanced Film Analysis (H&L Film Studies Previews)
- The Planning Room Materials Vault
Your planning just got easier.
When you join The Planning Room, you get immediate access to 200+ classroom-ready ELA and film lessons, plus the entire Planning Room Vault — materials I use in my own classroom that I don’t sell anywhere else. New materials added every month, too!
If you’ve been looking for engaging, rigorous, and actually doable lessons for grades 7–12… this is where they live.