Students will enter the project by testing big ideas through structured discussion, examining a model panel presentation, and producing an initial teaser slide plus journal entry that frames a possible text-to-text inquiry.

Students will refine a focused inquiry question about how their chosen literary and nonfiction texts illuminate one another, test an initial hypothesis through early evidence and reading lenses, and build a peer-reviewed methodology plan for collecting balanced, credible, traceable evidence in their journals and notes.

Students will gather balanced, traceable evidence from their literary and nonfiction texts, test the quality of their notes through peer and teacher review, and leave the phase with an auditable evidence set that is ready for deeper analysis.

Students will turn organized notes and evidence into a defensible comparison argument, design panel-ready presentation materials, and strengthen their spoken reasoning through critique, revision, and rehearsal before the final showcase.

Students will deliver their final paired-text multimedia presentations to an authentic panel audience, defend their conclusions in live Q&A, and complete a brief written reflection that captures how their reading, evidence use, and presentation choices developed across the project.