In this 3 day lesson consisting of 4 activities, students will learn to use textual detail as a way of understanding meaning and reading closely.

In this lesson based on St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, students will work in pairs to read and annotate the lesson and then join in a class discussion on the theme of the meaning of beauty.

In this lesson, students practice operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation and standard notation.

In this lesson on Oedipus the King, students will analyze how the order of events help create mystery and tension in the text, as well as how the news of the death of Polybus helps develop the central idea of fate.

In this lesson, students will develop and organize comprehensive claims about their inquiry path.

In this lesson, students will read and analyze paragraphs 4 and 5 of "An Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton" and explore how Cady Stanton develops the interaction and connection between rights and equality.

In this lesson, students will use the Unfolding Analysis Tool in order to connect ideas between the spread of sugar and the spread of Islam.

In this lesson, students will create a chain of reasoning for their argument, focusing on creating a coherent, logical argument around a position.

In this lesson on Romeo and Juliet, students will read 1.3 lines 64-100, in which Juliet and her mother discuss Paris's marriage proposal. Students will also watch a clip of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet of the same scene. Students will analyze how Shakespeare develops Juliet through her interaction with her mother.

In this lesson, students will learn the purposes and processes of using inquiry and research to deepen understanding, generating questions to direct and frame research.

In this lesson, students will spend 2-3 days focusing on the importance of making evidence-based claims and learning the elements that are involved in doing so.

In this 2-3 day lesson, students will learn the importance of making evidence-based claims in literature by finding details, connecting the details, and making a claim.

In this lesson, that includes 5 activities, students will focus on investigating an issue and using it as a context for different perspectives, positions, and arguments.

In this lesson, students will learn how to analyze the position, premise, reasoning, evidence, and perspective of arguments.

In this lesson, students will learn how to conduct searches, assess and annotate sources, and keep an organized record of their findings.

In this lesson, students will develop the ability to make evidence-based claims through a close reading of texts. Students will also work in pairs to look for evidence to support additional claims made by the teacher.

In this lesson, students will develop the ability to make evidence-based claims through a close reading of the texts, as well as by working in pairs to discuss, identify, and make evidence based claims to the class.

In this lesson, students will hone in on skills that allow them to closely analyze, deeply read, and interact with texts.

In this lesson, students will learn to analyze textual detail as a key to deeper meaning.

In this lesson, students will assess sources through close reading to deepen their understanding and draw personal conclusions about their area of investigation.