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A Chapter’s 🏛️ Big Idea

A Chapter’s 🏛️ Big Idea

For Teachers

Let’s improve “Create a title for this chapter. Explain why your title fits the 🏛️ Big Idea.”

Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”

Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”

For Teachers

Naming the genre is step one. But what comes after that? Here’s how to push students past identification into real analysis.

Showing A Character’s Trait

Showing A Character’s Trait

We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.

Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea

Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea

Let’s get students thinking big and focusing on more abstract ideas.

Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Your students will use Depth and Complexity to note how a character’s main trait changes across a story.