To be used with Springboard textbook- In this lesson, we will watch a performance and consider how the author makes and supports their claim.
This extensive resource provides an outline of each Informational Text standard and then provides activities, graphic organizers, and a variety of texts in which to apply the concepts of the standard.
In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court cases Strauder v. West Virginia, Smith v. State of Texas, the 14th amendment, and racial discrimination in jury selection. Students then answer analysis questions about the cases.
In this Random House teacher's guide to Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder, students will explore three sections: Style and Structure, Comprehension and Discussion, and Personal Essays. The prompts
in the first two sections are constructed for the purpose of fostering classroom and group discussion. The intent of the Personal Essay section is to garner in-depth reflective and/or investigative individual responses.
In this lesson, students investigate the effects of hurricane storm surge on low-lying areas near the coast, determine the distance inland that the storm surge will reach, and simulate the destructive force of a storm surge.
Explore Chris McCandless’ journey into the wilds of Alaska and the factors that led to his death. Book: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
A teacher's guide to Aldous Huxley's, A Brave New World. Included are chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, writing prompts, and activities.
A teacher's guide to American Tapestry, Michelle Obama's biography. Included are chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, writing prompts, and activities.
A comprehensive teacher's guide to Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. Included are chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, writing prompts, and activities.
This resource is a collection of discussion questions and activities to supplement The Autobiography of Eleanore Roosevelt.
A teacher's guide to Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken. Contains discussion questions, research and writing prompts and background information.
This resource contains a lesson designed to assist learners with developing key skills to properly annotate a piece of literature. Instructors will provide students with applicable readings from texts or newspapers while students will spend time annotating the articles.
This resource provides stems that align with all the RI and RL standards for grades 9 and 10.
Students are presented with a paired critical reading activity uses excertps from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and a New York Times article "˜History of Lynchings in the South Documents Nearly 4,000 Names"™ to exlplore the deep and painful history of racial injustice in the south. Included are close fiction/non-fiction analysis, varied media resources, and writing assignments.
In this resource from the New York Times, a paired critical reading activity uses excertps from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and a New York Times article ‘History of Lynchings in the South Documents Nearly 4,000 Names’ to exlplore the deep and painful history of racial injustice in the south. Included are close fiction/non-fiction analysis, varied media resources, and writing assignments.
Students explore the commercial roots of the American Dream and analyze a historical or literary text that supports this philosophy in conversation with an Op-Ed column.
In this lesson, students explore the commercial roots of the American Dream and analyze a historical or literary text that supports this philosophy in conversation with an Op-Ed column.
This lesson from the New York Times offers suggestions for making TheTimes a low-stress part of your classroom routine, followed by literacy strategies to help address the Standards before, during, and after reading Times content with your students.
Suggestions for making TheTimes a low-stress part of your classroom routine, followed by literacy strategies to help address the Standards before, during, and after reading Times content with your students.
In this Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide to Mitch Albom's biography and memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie, students will explore the story of Mitch Albom as he reunites with his former professor, Morrie Schwartz. Morrie's illness and death gives Mitch a perspective that directly changes his life. Discussion guide and author background included.