Chapter 3 from Literacy is Still Not Enough explores the question: "How do we address the short-term goals of preparing students for the exams while at the same time addressing the long-term goals of developing engaged, lifelong learners during increasingly disruptive times?".
Consider this list from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 3-5, when searching for rich texts to explore with your students.
From the pages of The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 9-12, comes this list of rich reading examples for narrative and informational text plus links to online lists with dozens of more resources.
This poem, titled 'Labels', was written by Jiovanni Gutierrez Montano, a student at Health Sciences High & Middle College. It is found in the introduction of Removing Labels.
This reading list from Common Core CPR will help you create an inquiry unit on creating a sustainable future built around dystopian novels.