In this lesson, students will begin conducting individual research and use both the Research Frame and prior lesson learning to guide their path in assessing sources and answering inquiry questions.

In this lesson, students will continue to conduct searches independently using the Research Frame as a guide and reading sources closely while taking notes that address their inquiry questions.

In this research lesson, students continue to conduct research independently, focusing on the Conducting Independent Searches Checklist.

In this lesson, students will read sources, analyze details and arguments, and form a plan for their research.

In this lesson, students will develop comprehensive claims about each inquiry path in their Research Frame, using their Evidence-Based claims Tools. Students will reflect and deepen their understanding.

In this lesson on Oedipus the King, students will analyze textual details relating to both literal and figurative blindness.

In this lesson, students will review how to use formal style and objective tone in their argumentative writing.

In this lesson on Oedipus the King, students will explore how the revelation of Oedipus's true identity develops the relationship between Oedipus's choices and the role of fate in Laius's murder.

In this 3 day, 4 activity lesson, students will read and analyze three related texts, comparing and discussing each and how they are connected.

In this lesson, students will read and analyze the first stanza of Audre Lorde's poem, "From the House of Yemanja." Students will focus on figurative language and how it helps develop the poem.

In this intro to the unit, students will apply their close reading skills in order to understand a societal issue. Students will develop text-dependent questions and use them to guide their writing of an evidence-based claim.

In this 1-3 day lesson incorporating 6 activities, students will work independently to write evidence based claims.

In this lesson, students will continue their reading of Sugar Changed the World and begin reading “The Sound of Liberty” about the events set in motion by the Haitian Revolution. Students will use the Unfolding Analysis Tool to identify and analyze the series of events presented in the passage.

In this lesson based on "Letter One" of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, students will analyze how Rilke creates the relationship between criticism and art and the intangible and inexpressible nature of art.

In this second part of a two-lesson End-of-Unit Assessment, stduents will synthesize analysis across texts, using a fishbowl method for discussion.

In this first part of a two part lesson, students will collect evidence to support their view of how central ideas interact in Hamlet.

In this lesson, students will analyze "On the Rainy River" and "The Red Convertible" in order to determine how point of view influences the text, citing evidence where what the text states is different from what is meant.

In this end of unit lesson on Oedipus the King, students will gather and prepare evidence for writing about how Oedipus's guilt emerges in the text.

In this lesson on Oedipus the King, students will write an essay exploring how Sophocles develops the central idea in the text.