This is the second of the two-lesson cycle started in Lesson 6 that will be repeated until students have finished closely reading all of the Steve Jobs commencement speech. In this lesson, students dig deeper into paragraphs 6–8 in order to answer text-dependent questions.

This lesson serves as the kickoff for Unit 3. This provides the teacher time to look over the draft end of unit assessments before handing them back to students with feedback in Lesson 17.

In this lesson, students will read for gist and gathering evidence using the research guide.

In this lesson, students examine modern voices of adversity expressed through different genres in preparation for sharing their own voice by writing a monologue.

In this lesson, students continue to build on the skills of citing evidence to analyze what is being expressed and using it to make inferences from concrete poems in Blue Lipstick and Technically, It’s Not My Fault.

In this lesson, students continue to contribute new challenges to the Challenges of Modern Times anchor chart.

This lesson begins with students rereading the concrete poem “The Thank-You Letter” from Technically, It’s Not My Fault. After reading the poem, they listen to its audio version and compare the two experiences.

In this lesson, students complete the Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Parts 1 and 2 using the concrete poem “Skateboard” from Technically, It’s Not My Fault and the news article “Councilman: Ban Skateboarding in Downtown Columbia.”

In this lesson, students participate in a Fishbowl Discussion as their End of Unit Assessment.

In this lesson, students build on work previously done with argument, claims, and evidence.

This activity emphasizes the importance of teaching reading and writing strategies for students to use with informational text.

In this lesson students are introduced to the myths and mythology through a close read of the text "Shrouded in Myth."

In this lesson students build background knowledge about mythology through a continued close read of the text "Shrouded in Myth."

In this lesson students begin to read the central text, The Lightning Thief and identify the narrator of the story.

In this lesson students practice drawing evidence from the text to infer about the main character and narrator, and use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

In this lesson students begin to build  background knowledge about the important archetype of the hero’s journey through reading an informational article.