Students will read passages from texts and write answers to questions about the passages in order to compare them. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson, students examine the roles of women in the Revolutionary War era. Working in groups, students work make predictions about the contributions of a specific female patriot. The lesson provides a graphic organizer, cooperative grouping, and a think-aloud to support English language learners. Then students write a paragraph to demonstrate their new knowledge.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson, students will identify clues to and ask questions about Rosa Park’s story from a sculpture and a primary source photograph. Students will then read more about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery County Bus Boycott. Then students will draw pictures and create skits to demonstrate their learning.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson plan, students analyze visual and textual primary sources to determine the extent to which African-Americans freed themselves versus the extent to which Abraham Lincoln ended slavery. The site includes links to primary source documents (including one from North Carolina), analysis worksheets for each document, and graphic organizers to support the lesson. The lesson includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities.

This resource is a nonfiction, Common Core aligned reading passage with textual analysis questions.

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.

In this lesson, students will analyze the main idea of an informational text, "You Trouble" by Justin O'Neill.

In this lesson, students will continue to build background knowledge through close reading of the excerpt of informational text, focusing on vocabulary and using evidence in the text to support analysis.

In this lesson, students will analyze an excerpt from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, focusing on word analysis and author's purpose.

In this lesson, students will continue to read another excerpt of informational text and continue building their background knowledge, focusing on the selection, "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War."

In this lesson, students will complete the Gathering Evidence and Selecting Evidence graphic organizer and respond to one constructed response question independently for an end of unit graded assessment.

In this lesson, students will familiarize themselves with the rubric and use it to assess the model essay: "Telling the Truth about Slavery."

In this lesson, students will finish writing their analysis essays and participate in an independent reading check-in.

In this lesson, students gather textual evidence from both the texts to prepare their poems.

In this lesson, students will explore the foundation for the module's exploration of identity. Students will begin building a working definition of identity by first exploring their own, and then framing the concept through cultural identifiers.

In this lesson, students will consider a short video and then participate in a modified Gallery Walk to preview and connect to the learning in future lessons.

In this lesson, students will deepen their working concept of identity by exploring how gender expectations influence identity formation. They will then add to or revise their definition of identity on the anchor chart. Students will begin reading the central texts of Unit 1, six nonfiction texts on identify from a variety of genres.

In this lesson, students will work with Thinking Log and the Brain Development anchor chart. They will also add to the Domain-Specific Vocabulary anchor chart.

In this lesson, students will begin their work with excerpt 3 from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, first reading silently while the teacher reads aloud, then reading on their own, and third, reading questions and discussing them while completing an Excerpt 2 Analysis note-catcher.

In this lesson, students will focus on the plot, characters, and setting in Pygmalion.