In this lesson, students read "The Watsons Go To Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis, then submit critical reviews via the internet as a way to publish their personal responses to the novel.

This lesson will use the "infinite variety" of resources on the Internet to let students find their own image of Othello. The lesson will take them on a WebQuest, first to textual references, and then to on-line searches for images of Othello in film, play productions, and art. Then, students will write an essay about the casting of Othello to conclude the lesson.

This lesson uses narrative structures to introduce students to one form of expository writing—news briefs and articles. By condensing a short story into a newspaper article and expanding an article into a short story, students will explore the ways that exposition differs from narration.

A series of worksheets with answer keys to help students of differing levels make inferences from selcted texts.

In this lesson, students will engage in a close read of a chapter from the central text to infer about the main character's thoughts and actions.

In this lesson on The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, students will practice drawing evidence from the text to infer about the main character/narrator, and use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

The Inquiry Chart (I-Chart) is a strategy that enables students to generate meaningful questions about a topic and organize their writing. Students integrate prior knowledge or thoughts about the topic with additional information found in several sources. The I-Chart procedure is organized into three phases: (1) Planning, (2) Interacting, and (3) Integrating/Evaluating. Each phase consists of activities designed to engage students in evaluating a topic.

Jigsaw is a strategy that emphasizes cooperative learning by providing students an opportunity to actively help each other build comprehension. Use this technique to assign students to reading groups composed of varying skill levels. Each group member is responsible for becoming an "expert" on one section of the assigned material and then "teaching" it to the other members of the team.

John Henry competes against a steam drill in driving steel and proudly claims that he would sooner die than let a steam drill beat him. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments;

The resource provides guidance to using a double entry journal in ELA class, including a "tips" page for students.

Students will read a passage and write examples from the text that describe a character's feelings. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read "If," write to explain, read and analyze the text for character traits and vocabulary, write examples of figurative language, write quotes to support a main idea, and write a narrative. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read paragraphs, infer the setting, and justify their responses. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read background information, a passage, information, vocabulary words, and vocabulary in context. Students will write answers to questions, quotations to support a main idea, and a response to a prompt. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description of and passage from L. Frank Baum's work, characters' descriptions, questions, vocabulary, definitions, text excerpts, and a writing prompt. Students will write short answers, quotations to support a main idea, and an essay. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a passage from Robert Louis Stevenson's work and write to answer questions in order to interpret the meaning of phrases. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

In this story, the main character, Margaret is affected by the loss of her father and then the loss of her best friend who moves away. As she adapts to that change she discovers new talents and new friends. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments;

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.

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.