Literature circles are a way to engage students in reading by selecting texts to read and discuss with peers. Instead of traditional literature circle roles, use question stems as a way to spark discussion. These question stems build in the complexity of thinking required. Reflection questions are included for debriefing after the small group discussion.

Literature circles are a way to engage students in reading by selecting texts to read and discuss with peers. Instead of traditional literature circle roles, use question stems as a way to spark discussion. These question stems build in the complexity of thinking required. Reflection questions are included for debriefing after the small group discussion.

Literature circles are a way to engage students in reading by selecting texts to read and discuss with peers. Instead of traditional literature circle roles, use question stems as a way to spark discussion. These question stems build in the complexity of thinking required. Reflection questions are included for debriefing after the small group discussion.

Literature circles are a way to engage students in reading by selecting texts to read and discuss with peers. Instead of traditional literature circle roles, use question stems as a way to spark discussion. These question stems build in the complexity of thinking required. Reflection questions are included for debriefing after the small group discussion.

Literature circles are a way to engage students in reading by selecting texts to read and discuss with peers. Instead of traditional literature circle roles, use question stems as a way to spark discussion. These question stems build in the complexity of thinking required. Reflection questions are included for debriefing after the small group discussion and students will use flipgrid.com to complete their reflections.

This lesson encourages students to justify their thoughts about literature by prompting them with ambiguous test questions. Students take the test without understanding that questions are intentionally unclear, then justify their answers with textual citations for credit.

This lesson revisits the original nine African-American children who broke the color barrier at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1954. Lessons include close reading and analysis of news reports, television news accounts and writing assignments.

This lesson is designed to provide students with the opporunity to enhance their understanding of allusion by examining artwork by Kehinde Wiley and comparing it to various works by the Old Masters. Students will use graphic organizers to identify qualities in two works to attempt to identify allusions that are made. As a culminating activity, students will use their skills to make a comparison of Pieter Bruegel's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," W.H. Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and the myth of Icarus. Students will focus on the work's differences in tone and emphasis of human suffering.

In this lesson, students gain background information on the author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding. Students complete a webquest that has them research on the William Golding home page to learn about the novelist before they read.

Students will read, critically analyze and write about a series of poems dealing with love.

This lesson allows students to use an out-of-the-box informational text - coverage of college basketball statistics and games - and use it to practice reading for information. Students look at information about local teams, interpret graphs and charts, and answer questions with similar stems to those seen on standardized tests.

Students read a case study and debate the pros and cons of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the region. Then they select a MPA and develop and present a management plan for it.

From the Standford University Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute,the primary goal of this lesson is to challenge students’ preconceived notions about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and the roles they played in the African American Freedom Struggle. While there is certainly much to be learned by examining the different philosophies and tactics of each leader, these two men, who combined their religious leadership with political action, have much more to teach us as we explore how their vision for racial justice developed into a call for social and economic equality and human rights.

In this lesson, students read The Open Window, a short story by Saki that features a twist ending not unlike a horror movie. Students also read The Possibility of Evil, by Shirley Jackson, then compare the texts and examine the different ways they feel about both authors' characters.

This lesson contains an introduction to The Turn of the Screw, a ghost story novel by Henry James. Students get background information on the novel from a powerpoint presentation before making some predictions about the text and the characters it contains.

In this second part of a two-lesson Mid-Unit Assessment, students will review a classmates's written response using a Text Analysis Rubric. Afterward, students will review their own evaluation and use this info to revise their writing.

This lesson provides examples of how to incorporate a discussion of setting into other parts of short story analysis. Students consider the setting in addition to the characters and themes in an attempt to tie all of the elements of a story together.

This lesson introduces new teaching methods for a classic short story. Students and teachers have access to vocabulary terms, a quiz, a powerpoint with background information on the story, and a handout on how to compare the story to an engaging episode of the TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This lesson from the Smithsonian has students taking the roles of Japanese Americans who faced internment during WWII. Students will read, sythesize and respond to first-hand accounts of internment and publish their responses on a Smithsonian blog page.

In this lesson, students will recognize and discuss the role of protest songs in the Birmingham youth movement. Then, they will identify their own political agendas and write protest songs.