In this lesson, students will analyze the point of view of different aspects of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in a primary source document, “Comprehending the Calamity.”

In this lesson, students will dig deeper into the meanings of phrases in the stanzas of "If," a poem by Rudyard Kipling. Students will focus on recording notices and wonders about structure, puncutation, and word choice.

In this lesson, students will begin their research with their teams, utilizing Research Folders that contain a small number of previously selected research materials for each of the countries identified.

In this lesson, students will be introduced to short excerpts from the text, World Without Fish, focusing on finding the gist of an informational text and using strategies to answer text-dependent questions.

In this lesson, students will continue to discuss and analyze the Introduction of World Without Fish.

In this lesson, students will begin reviewing narrative based monologues and concrete poems and choosing which of those two genres they will choose to express their theme.

In this lesson, students will participate in a whole class discussion of their homework from "Jacob Ben Salomon, the Moneylender's Son" and" Petronella, the Merchant's Daughter."

In this lesson, students will work in groups and do a close read of one of the four monologues selected for a Jigsaw presentation.

In this lesson, students will be introduced to their Pygmalion Argument Essay writing prompt and a model essay.

In this lesson, students will build background knowledge and establish reading routines while beginning the novel Frightful's Mountain and exploring the broader issue of human needs and the natural world.

In this lesson, students will examine modern voices of adversity, focusing on a different perspective on the challenges people faced in a medieval village.

Int his lesson, students will continue to explore medieval history through literature, assuming the identify of various individuals from feudal society in order to analyze which class they would belong to and which adversities/difficulties they may have faced.

In this lesson, students will begin their unit on the Middle Ages, using "mystery activities" to build wonder and interest about the topic. Students will participate in a Four Corners exercise, examine vocabulary, and complete an exit ticket.

In this lesson, students will begin reading Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. The purpose of the lesson is to orient students to the context of Depression-era-America, as well as gain an understanding of the main character’s place.

In this lesson, students are introduced to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire through an informational text--a first person account of the event.

In this lesson, students will analyze the techniques that Laurence Yep used to develop the point of view of Moon Shadow, the narrator in the novel Dragon Wings.

In this lesson, students will begin to identify the narrator Noah's point of view in Flush and analyze the techniques that Carol Hiaasen uses to develop it.

In this lesson, students will begin the lesson by reviewing answers to the Excerpt 5 third read questions, and then complete the Excerpt 5 Analysis note catcher.

In this lesson , students will continue to build their stamina and ability to make meaning of the Narrative, focusing on what makes the Narrative a powerful story. Students will focus on text dependent questions and synthesize their understanding of how Douglass conveys his position in this excerpt.

In this lesson, students will build background knowledge through reading an excerpt about different tribes in Sudan and the role these tribes played in the Sudanese civil war. In this lesson, the excerpt is read for gist.