IN this lesson, students will begin to focus on working conditions in the mill and how they affect Lyddie. They will add both evidence about working conditions in the mills and questions about working conditions in the garment industry today to the Working Conditions anchor chart.

In this lesson, students will focus on if/then statements in "The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution."

In this lesson, students will examine anti-screen time argument texts in order to have a wide and diverse set of information on which to draw when they make the final decision as to what position they will take on the issue of screen time.

In this lesson, students will read the first excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, focusing on key vocabulary, determining literal meaning, paraphrasing difficult sentences, rereading, and analyzing purpose and author's craft.

In this lesson, student swill continue to build their stamina and ability to make meaning of the Narrative through the process of reading and answering text dependent questions.

In this lesson, students will use a text based discussion protocol to analyze theme and characters in the novel.

In this lesson, students will focus on making inferences from science while reading excerpts from "The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution."

In this lesson, students continue to build their stamina and ability to make meaning of the Narrative through the process of reading each excerpt several times.

In this lesson, students will first review and discuss the reading they did for homework, and then use evidence to support their claims.

For this lesson, students closely examine the different characters in a novel by keeping journal entries, meeting for group discussions, and using an online graphic organizer. This extensive character examination helps them prepare for a final project that involves creating an interview-style television show in which students write the script and assume the roles of the television host and the characters on the show. Questions can be about events from the novel as well as other topics that were not explicitly covered in the novel. Answers are based on students’ knowledge of the characters and their personalities.

In this lesson students will improve their writing skills by finding, defining, and correctly using new and interesting vocabulary words and then integrate them into a persuasive piece of writing.

In this lesson, students will use the individual experience of Mary McLeod Bethune to analyze choice, its affects on social equality, and impact on their own life experiences.

In this lesson, a three-pronged approach is used to help students create mental images while reading. The first approach develops schemata (prior knowledge) and visual awareness (the understanding and interpretation of visual images) by introducing content-related picture books and having students respond to the illustrations using a series of question prompts. The next approach capitalizes on existing visual comprehension using a strategy called Watch-Read-Watch-Read (W-R-W-R), where video clips build background knowledge and assist students in developing "memory pegs" as they read. Finally, students use a strategy similar to the think-aloud approach, creating drawings to illustrate and understand relevant information gleaned from print.

This article examines what happens when a sugar planter tries to save his sugar crops by importing a few mongooses. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

When a sudden and inexplicable force causes everything to stop working on Maple Street, the people there begin to wonder who or what is responsible. Fear begins to invade each person’s mind. This behavior reveals that the real monsters on Maple Street are the people themselves and the fears and prejudices they harbor. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

A short video on determining the correct meaning of words in the dictionary.

In this lesson, students work in groups using subject area textbooks to locate word with specific word parts (prefixes, roots, suffixes) in order to better comprehend the word meaning.

Improve student vocabulary with this large collection of student NYT crossword puzzles with answer keys. Search by topics including Black History Month, The Declaration of Independence, The Great Depression,
The Cold War, The Great Recession, American Labor History, Hispanic Heritage, The Pilgrims and much, much more.

This excerpt from Jackie Robinson’s autobiography, "I Never Had It Made," begins with the history behind Branch Rickey’s plan to integrate major league baseball. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this history through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.