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This lesson from Teaching the Social Skills of Academic Interaction, Grades 4-12, shows how to explicitly teach active listening skills, crucial for classroom and life interactions. 

The first part of this lesson from The Common Core Companion Booster Lessons, Grades K-2, explores reading mentor texts for parts of a letter; the second part shows how to use interactive writing to inform about and present knowledge. 

Use this lesson from The Common Core Companion Booster Lessons, Grades 3-5, to explain to students how an author uses reasons and evidence in informational text.

This lesson from 30-Big Idea Lessons for Small Groups helps students practice summarizing, analyzing, illustrations, and meaning, as well as discussing biases.

In this lesson from Text Structures from the Masters, students use the mentor text A Modern Day Devil Baby by Jane Addams to create their own piece on why text goes viral. 

Students learn about digital citizenship and responsibilities related to posting work online in this lesson from Research Writing Rewired. 

This reading list from Common Core CPR will help you create an inquiry unit on creating a sustainable future built around dystopian novels.

This inquiry unit, excerpted from Uncommon Core and built around essential questions addressing Martin Luther King's A Letter from Birmingham Jail, not only develops students' reading and writing skills, but also helps students grapple with important social issues.

This close reading lesson from Lessons & Units for Closer Reading, Grades K-2, helps students better understand the text; includes Activity Cards.

In this exerpt from These 6 Things, you'll learn to address the common student hang-up of public speaking and find strategies for how to address and prevent fear of public speaking in the classroom. 

Use this lesson from Text Structures from Fairytales to guide students to deeper understanding of the concept of challenge through analyzing the story of Cinderella. 

Maria Walther, author of The Ramped-up Read Aloud, lists her six tips for ramping-up your read aloud experiences to inspire our students and keep them engaged and interested in reading.