Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Objectifying the Text: Conversations in Literature

9th - 10th Standards
See how effective readers utilize literary elements and allusions to critically analyze a text in this one-hour video Objectifying the Text. A group of nine experienced educators examine the process of envisionment building as they...
Instructional Video
EL Education

El Education: Citing Evidence From Complex Text (Vimeo)

9th - 10th Standards
During this 10th grade reading lesson, students in Julia St. Martin's Springfield Renaissance School class in Springfield, MA engage in a structured, evidence-based discussion about Shakespeare's Macbeth. Students engage in close...
Instructional Video
EL Education

El Education: Grappling With Complex Informational Text (Vimeo)

3rd - 8th Standards
In this video, Andrew Hossack at the Tapestry Charter School in Buffalo, NY, involves his students in using close reading strategies of a complex text to determine the main idea and important details. In this lesson, his complex text is...
Instructional Video
Other

Corwin Connect: How to Select Complex Texts [Video]

9th - 10th Standards
This video clip features Douglas Fisher explaining how to select complex texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10
Instructional Video
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Mc Graw Hill: How to Help Students Understand

9th - 10th Standards
During this instructional session, students engage in close readings of a complex text. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Workplace Essential Skills: Reading Reference Materials

10th - 12th Standards
Employees in the transportation and logistics industries read manuals and other reference items to learn procedures and look up information they need to know to be successful on the job.