In this lesson, students will read and analyze the final stanzas of "From the House of Yemanja." Students will identify how Lorde shapes and refines the central ideas in her poem.

In this lesson, students will write global evidence-based claims after reading a text. Students will discuss both in pairs and as a class, evaluating approach and technique.

In this lesson, students will focus on editing their papers for flow and cohesiveness, working both with peers and with their teacher.

In this lesson, students will edit their papers for grammar, focusing on hyphenation conventions, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.

In this lesson, students will analyze how Edna's character development in chapter I-XIX of The Awakening contributes to the development of two related central ideas in the text.

In this 3 day lesson plan including 5 activities, students will learn to use questions to guide their reading and in order to enhance their ability to analyze.

In this lesson, students will examine an argument model and continue discussing what makes an argument effective, focusing on purpose and audience.

In this lesson, students will examine a second argument model and continue discussing what makes an argument effective, focusing on purpose and audience.

In this lesson, students will examine the writing model "A Brief History of Photography" and analyze what makes an informative paper effective, focusing in particular on purpose and audience.

In this lesson, students will analyze a second informative writing model and continue discussing what makes an informative paper effective in regards to purpose and audience.

In this lesson, students will examine a narrative writing model and discuss what makes it effective, evaluating it in terms of organization and purpose.

In this lesson, students will continue examining what makes an effective narrative, focusing on organization and purpose.

In this lesson, students will work on evaluating sources and honing inquiry in order to conduct effective and efficient research.

In this lesson, students will focus on how to incorporate transitional words and phrases into their research-based argument papers.

In this lesson, students read the first chapter of W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk. Students will explore the effect created by the author's choice of epigraph.

In this lesson, students will read "A Cycle of Death and Sweetness" and analyze the piece for meaning and tone. Students will work in groups to discuss the impact and significance of the narrative.

In this lesson on Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," students will analyze paragraph 14 and explore how the author develops new ideas in the resolution of the story.

In this lesson, students will read an excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X, identifying the author's points and how they are conveyed.

In this lesson, students will learn how to repair sentence fragments and run-on sentences in their arguments.

In this lesson, students will learn how to use commas to repair sentence fragments and run-on sentences in their narratives.