Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson students read and analyze Laertes’s farewell monologue to Ophelia and a brief conversation between Ophelia and Laertes on lines 1–55 of Act 1.3. This selection provides an opportunity...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read a selection from Act 1.5 that includes Hamlet’s interaction with the Ghost and Hamlet’s subsequent soliloquy in which Hamlet commits to follow the Ghost’s advice and...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read and analyze lines 576–616 of Act 2.2, a soliloquy in which Hamlet criticizes himself in contrast to an actor who has just recited a passionate speech. In this lesson,...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, the End-of-Unit Assessment, students engage in an evidence-based discussion of Browning’s choices about introducing and developing the Duke over the course of “My Last Duchess.” This...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this unit, students continue to develop skills, practices, and routines that will be used on a regular basis in the English Language Arts classroom throughout the year: close reading, annotating...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this first lesson of the unit, students begin their study of Hamlet by reading and viewing Act 1.1. Students explore Shakespeare’s language, initial plot points, characters, and the setting of the...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students encounter the character of Hamlet for the first time through the eyes of his uncle and now stepfather, Claudius, who reproaches Hamlet for his continued grief over the death...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read the end of Claudius’s monologue to Hamlet, in which he instructs Hamlet to “throw to earth” his grief and to remain at the court of Denmark rather than return to his...
Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson introduces students to important skills and practices that continue throughout the year: Accountable Independent Reading (AIR) and close reading for textual details. Students analyze the...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students continue their study of Browning’s “My Last Duchess,” building their reading skills through a close exploration of lines 5–21 of the poem in which Browning continues to...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read lines 21–34 of “My Last Duchess, continuing to gather evidence of the Duke’s character and the emergence of the Duchess’s character as described by the Duke. Students...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read and analyze lines 34–43 from “My Last Duchess,” in which the Duke states that he never “stooped” to blame the Duchess for her actions. Students focus on relevant and...
Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read the final 14 lines of “My Last Duchess.” Students read and analyze a new standard, RL.11-12.2, before examining how Browning develops central ideas such as power and...
Jan 26, 2016 - In the first unit of Module 1, students are introduced to the skills, practices, and routines of close reading, annotating text, and evidence-based discussion and writing, especially through text-...
Jan 23, 2015 - In this module, students read, discuss, and analyze literary and informational texts, focusing on how authors use word choice and rhetoric to develop ideas, and advance their points of view and...
Oct 14, 2014 - Overview
Making Evidence-Based Claims ELA/Literacy Units empower students with a critical reading and writing skill at the heart of the Common Core: making evidence-based claims about complex texts...
Sep 26, 2014 - Overview
These English Language Arts/Literacy Units empower students with critical reading and writing skills at the heart of the Common Core: analyzing and writing evidence-based arguments.
This...
Sep 26, 2014 - Overview
This English Language Arts /Literacy Unit empowers students with a critical reading and writing skill at the heart of the Common Core: Reading complex texts closely to analyze textual...
Sep 26, 2014 - Overview
This English Language Arts /Literacy Unit empowers students with a critical reading and writing skill at the heart of the Common Core: Reading complex texts closely to analyze textual...
Sep 26, 2014 - Overview
The Grades 9-12 Making EBC about Literary Technique Units adapt the Making EBC Framework for teaching claim-making about the effects of authorial choice and craft on the meaning of literary...
Sep 26, 2014 - Overview
The Researching to Deepen Understanding units lay out an inquiry process through which students learn how to deepen their understanding of topics. Students pose and refine inquiry questions...
