Lesson Guide
Click on 'Lesson Guide' in any assignment tile on your Assignments page.
The Lesson Guide includes the following elements:
Standards: You can see which standards are addressed in the lesson
In this lesson: You can read the overview to understand the lesson goal before starting the day’s work
Text used in this lesson: Click on a text to open it in the reading view; multiple texts may be assigned per lesson
Lesson sequence: Follow the sequence step by step; the structure is consistent across lesson types
Lesson materials (where applicable): Graphic Organizers available to download
Text Reading View
When you open a text from the lesson guide, you see the full article in a split-panel layout: the article text, headline, author/source attribution, and images appear on the left, while a Lesson Sequence panel on the right shows the current lesson’s steps.
A toolbar will give you access to the following functions:
Share - opens a pop-up with a direct URL to the article, you can copy the link to share the text.
Text size - adjusts the font size of the article text using +/– controls, the page reformats in real time.
Listen (audio) - text-to-speech read-aloud of the full article, highlights paragraphs as you read so you could follow along visually.
Paragraph count - displays the total number of paragraphs in the text, shown alongside the listen tool.
Citation generator - a floating feature that auto-fills article title, date, publication, and URL. You can add author/contributor details and copy the formatted citation.
