In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of juxtaposition in A Long Walk to Water.

In this lesson, students will focus on how Chavez develops his claims int he Commonwealth Club Address.

In this lesson, students will compare and contrast text and video, focusing on making meaning and drawing conclusion from a text by using evidence.

In this lesson, students will begin their research project, focusing on building some background knowledge about gender roles in advertising by reading a short article titled "Truth in Advertising?" Students will focus on paraphrasing techniques.

IN this lesson ,students will learn how a storyteller can bring a story to life. They will identify the tools of a storyteller by watching The People Could Fly video, as well as listening to the first read through of Excerpt 4 and using the Storyteller's Toolbox anchor chart as a guide.

In this lesson, students will annotate an informational text, focusing on how to tackle a complex text.

In this lesson, students will begin to grapple with the central text and they central question they will consider as they read it: "What is Frederick Douglass's purpose in writing the Narrative, how does he convey his purpose, and how does he differentiate his position from that of others?"

In this lesson, students will continue to read excerpts of "The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution."

In this lesson, students will compare historical accounts of the Sudanese civil war to the novel A Long Walk to Water.

In this lesson, students will review their understanding of Excerpt 4 from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and then use storyteller techniques to retell a section of the story.

In this lesson, students will examine two different articles, "Games Can Make a Better World" and "Video Games Benefit Children, Study Finds" in order to evaluate how different authors choose both the quantity and the quality of their evidence carefully, as well as how that evidence affects their audience.

In this lesson, students begin to explore the idea of self-worth as a facet of identity. The text, "My Own True Name," is a first person narrative from the perspective of a Mexican American college student.

In this lesson, students will read "Cover Girl Culture" and locate relevant information to answer their supporting research questions.

In this lesson, students will evaluate where they are in their research, and then do some more independent research.

In this lesson, students will practice citing evidence, making inferences, and analyzing interactions between characters, setting, and plot. Students are repeatedly encouraged to read specific lines closely and interpret the nuances contained within just a few words.

In this lesson, students will analyze how parts of the Commonwealth Club Address contribute to the overall central claim.

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 work independently to begin composing their text. A mini lesson strong verbs, sensory details, and precise details is included to help guide students in writing their narratives.