PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Objectifying the Text: Conversations in Literature
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...
EL Education
El Education: Citing Evidence From Complex Text (Vimeo)
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...
EL Education
El Education: Grappling With Complex Informational Text (Vimeo)
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...
Other
Corwin Connect: How to Select Complex Texts [Video]
This video clip features Douglas Fisher explaining how to select complex texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Mc Graw Hill: How to Help Students Understand
During this instructional session, students engage in close readings of a complex text. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10
PBS
Pbs: Workplace Essential Skills: Reading Reference Materials
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.