Q+A: How do you shift a content-based reading units to skills-based units?

Q: I’ve spent years teaching content-based units (a unit on prejudice and civil rights in To Kill a Mockingbird, a unit on mental health in Romeo and Juliet). But I keep hearing that I should transition to skills-based units. I’m wondering why I should make this switch. And, if I do, how can I take what I’ve been teaching in content-based units and shif…