The What

I love using paired passages in my classroom. Whenever I ask students to read a longer text, a book or a memoir, for example, I bring in multiple paired passages to meet multiple power standards within that unit. I might bring in poetry to my To Kill a Mockingbird unit, or nonfiction to pair with my short story unit. I can add in a one or two-day lesson to have students compare similar themes shared with a variety of mediums.