Select a text – a short piece of text (can be taken from a longer work) that is highly relevant to the unit of study (possibly a portion of an anchor/mentor text).

Read the whole text to get the gist and determine the purpose, with the CCS and unit of study in mind.

Re-read to annotate for textual evidence that supports the purpose.

Connect the evidence/details to the purpose by writing a short essay response.

Re-read a third time – this time to identify possible scholar misunderstandings.

• Text Structure/Complexity

• Vocabulary