Should our school change its uniform policy?
Which evidence supports your claim? What would someone who disagrees point out?
Graded reading and interactive tasks shaped around the text and learner’s level. Read in Chinese or English, with dedicated English explanations, sentence analysis and close reading.
Chinese & English · Research Studio reading
Each step involves a concrete action. Students’ choices, responses and revisions are part of the learning process.
Reading notes grounded in the text
Judgments about sources and claims
Questions for discussion and research
Bring a Chinese or English text. Examine the author’s claims and evidence, develop an argument, consider other perspectives and revise with feedback. Students write their own work.
Which evidence supports your claim? What would someone who disagrees point out?
哪些证据支持你的观点?持不同意见的人可能提出什么问题?

Start with the graded reading library or a text the student brings. Reading tasks are generated around the article and the learner’s level, inviting active work within the text.
Start with material suited to the learner’s level and work through reading tasks.
Find and select evidence, annotate passages and respond to tasks grounded in the article.
Explore explanations tailored to English texts, unpack sentence structures and examine how wording shapes meaning.
Although… — A concessive clause acknowledges the park’s size.
it provides a habitat — The main clause states what the park provides.
that many birds depend on — A relative clause gives more information about the habitat.
Start with a reading, a piece of writing or a project. See how the Mark of Thinking can support your teaching.