In this lab activity, students will investigate the law of conservation of mass by weighing chewing gum before and after it is chewed.

In this lesson students complete the first part of their end of unit assessment by writing their planned body paragraphs.

In this lesson students complete the next part of their end of unit assessment by writing their introduction and conclusion paragraphs for their literary analysis.

In this lesson students complete their end of unit assessment by revising their literary analysis essays based on teacher feedback.

In this final lesson of the unit and module, students will turn in their final performance task and celebrate and reflect on their work.

In this lesson, students complete the final section of their Researcher’s Notebook, in which they formulate a plan of action based on their research findings.

This lesson runs as a workshop lesson and students work on finalizing their brochures.

In this lesson, students begin a four-lesson Performance Task arc in which they analyze an ad, and develop a Counter-ad.

This lesson opens with a mini lesson of your choosing that addresses a struggle or challenge you’ve noticed multiple students or pairs having. Following the mini lesson, students are given a solid chunk of time to work with their partners on the final draft of their Ad Analysis.

This lesson opens with a mini lesson on effective layout and design propelled by an entry task.

In this final lesson of the unit and module, students will turn in their final performance task. Students then write book reviews for their independent reading books.

In this lesson, students begin the writing process for the End of Unit 2 Assessment, an on-demand analytical essay on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. In particular, students reflect on their writing process, dissect the End of Unit 2 Assessment Essay Prompt, and analyze the Model Essay: Telling the Truth about Slavery.

In this lesson, students continue to prepare for the End of Unit 2 Assessment. Today, they plan their essays using the Frederick Douglass Essay Planner and review the Quote Sandwich (a writing tool they learned in Module 2).

In this lesson, students start their End of Unit 2 Assessment. Before they begin writing, they will re- familiarize themselves with the rubric and use it to assess the Model Essay: “Telling the Truth about Slavery.”

In this lesson, students finish their End of Unit 2 Assessments. They should especially apply their work with sentence structure to this essay. Also in this lesson, students participate in an independent reading check-in. Use whichever routine you have established with your class for these check-ins.

Featuring the India Arie song "I Am Not My Hair," this lesson takes students through the pre-writing, production, and editing phases of an informative essay.

This lesson provides an opportunity for students to not only read and view the importance of choosing career choices now, but gives them an opportunity to write about their future career goals and think about the best way to achieve them starting now.

In this lesson, students test a variety of insulators and relate their knowledge to energy conservation. With teacher guidance, students design their own investigation. After all experiments are completed, the class looks across the data and draws evidence-based conclusions.

Assess students' understanding of scientific inquiry including the following skills: observation, background research, scientific procedures (including investigation design, measurement techniques, and error analysis), data collection, data display, scientific questions, formulating an hypothesis. Students will design and carry out an investigation to test which material is the best insulator; they will predict which way heat energy will flow in a system and analyze the flow of energy in a system from one point to another and from one form to another.

Students will work collaboratively to gather information about various groups of gelatinous zooplankton. They will be able to compare and contrast at least three different groups of zooplankton organisms and describe how gelatinous zooplankton fit into marine food webs. Groups will prepare a brief written report summarizing the information they have found and orally present to the rest of the class.