Are you ready to plan your best lessons ever? This book is your go-to guide for transforming student outcomes through stellar instructional planning. Its seven-step frameworkthe EMPOWER modelgives you techniques proven to help students develop true insight and understanding. You'll have at your fingertips: the real reasons why students engageand what you must do to ensure they do; a framework to help you create, plan, and teach the most effective units and lessons in any subject area; more than 50 actionable strategies to incorporate right away; suggestions for tailoring units for a wide range of learners; and downloadable, ready-to-go tools for planning and teaching.