A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide for the three-day heroism unit, including lesson overviews, key discussion questions, and common student misconceptions for both the Rosa Parks and Marcus Chen texts. Updated to reflect the removal of the garden box diagram and optimized for a single-page layout.

A comparison worksheet where students use evidence from both the Rosa Parks and Marcus Chen passages to identify similarities and differences in their heroic actions and impact (RI.9). Optimized to fit strictly on a single page with print-friendly white response areas.

A comprehension worksheet for the Marcus Chen passage, focusing on identifying key details (RI.1), main ideas (RI.2), and the purpose of specific text features like timelines and maps. Updated to reflect the removal of the garden box diagram and fit strictly on a single page with print-friendly white response areas.

A two-page reading passage about Marcus Chen, a modern-day hero who started a community garden. Includes text features like bold vocabulary, a completed map of project sites, and a finished timeline of the project. Includes a real photo from the provided URL. Updated caption and completed map. Expanded to ~300 words for deeper comparison. Layout adjusted to ensure a strict 2-page fit with a smaller timeline and balanced content distribution.

A comprehension worksheet for the Rosa Parks passage, focusing on identifying key details (RI.1), main ideas (RI.2), and the purpose of specific text features. Optimized to fit strictly on a single page with print-friendly white response areas.

A two-page reading passage about Rosa Parks featuring historical context, a map of the bus route, and a timeline of her life. Includes a real archival photo and supplementary historical facts. Includes bold and italicized vocabulary. Updated caption for the photo. Expanded to ~300 words for deeper comparison. Layout adjusted to ensure a strict 2-page fit with a smaller timeline and balanced content distribution.

A teacher's answer key and instructional guide for the Main Idea Mission activity, providing exemplar responses, lists of supporting details, and analysis of text features.

A student worksheet designed to accompany the Winter Olympics text, focusing on identifying the main idea, three supporting details, and analyzing the purpose of text features.

A nonfiction text about the Winter Olympics featuring headings, bolded words, a timeline, a map representation, a sidebar, and a fact box. It covers the history, sports, and symbols of the Games. Tightened to fit on a single page.

Updated Teacher Answer Key for Day 3. Rationale for Question 3 now aligns with the "primary conflict" stem on the student assessment page.

Final teacher answer key for the Day 5 Quick Check. Includes comprehensive rationales for all 4 MC questions and a detailed SCR exemplar that synthesizes character traits and plot resolution.

Teacher answer key for Day 4 Exit Ticket. Includes correct answers, rationale for MC choices, and an SCR exemplar synthesizing character interaction and plot resolution.

Updated Teacher Answer Key for Day 2 Exit Ticket. Corrected question labels and rationales to align perfectly with the 3 multiple-choice questions on the student page.

Teacher answer key for Day 1 Exit Ticket. Includes correct answers, rationales for multiple-choice questions, and a high-quality exemplar response for the SCR.

Updated Day 5 Quick Check with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules. Each question block (and the SCR section) is grouped to ensure they do not split across multiple pages during printing.

Updated Day 4 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules. Question blocks are grouped to prevent splitting MC choices across multiple pages during printing.

Updated Day 3 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules on each question block. MC and SCR sections now stay grouped together for clean printing.

Updated Day 2 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules on each question block to ensure clean printing. All questions and answer choices now stay grouped together.

Updated Day 1 Exit Ticket with explicit page-break-inside: avoid rules on each question block to ensure clean printing. MC and SCR sections now stay grouped together if the document spans multiple pages.