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 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 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 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-...
Sep 16, 2015 - The Grades 9-10 Writing Module comprises three separate units that provide in-depth instruction on one type of writing: argument, informative, and narrative. Each unit may be implemented...
Aug 28, 2015 - In this module, students read, discuss, and analyze literary and nonfiction texts focusing on how central ideas develop and interact within a text. Students also explore the impact of authors’...
Apr 29, 2015 - Grades 6-8 ELA
Common Core Implementation Review - Zip file
Participants will assess the current CCSS implementation efforts to determine their current areas of strength and challenges.
Participants...
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
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...
May 13, 2014 - Research Redesign
Research Redesign Survey
Research Redesign (Responses)
Session 1 Research to Build & Present Knowledge
The purpose of this session is to introduce a CCSS-aligned research unit...
