Description
Book SynopsisThe Developing Core Literacy Proficiencies program is an integrated set of English Language Arts/Literacy units spanning grades 6-12 that provide student-centered instruction on a set of literacy proficiencies at the heart of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments v
Introduction to the Core Literacy Proficiencies: Becoming a Literate Person viii
Unit 1: Reading Closely for Textual Details: “We reckoned now that we were at the Pole” 1
Goal 2
Topic 2
Activities 2
Reading Closely for Textual Details Unit Texts 5
Text 1: Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen Images 7
Text 2: The Last Expedition, Ch. V, Robert Falcon Scott 9
Text 3: Roald Amundsen South Pole, Viking River Cruises 11
Text 4: Scott’s Hut and the Explorer’s Heritage of Antarctica, UNESCO World Wonders Project 11
Text 5: The North Pole, Ch. XXI, Robert Peary 12
Text 6: “To Build a Fire”, Jack London 15
Text 7: The South Pole, Ch. XII, Roald Amundsen 19
Text 8: Scott’s Last Expedition, Ch. XVIII, Robert Falcon Scott 22
Text 9: Scott’s Last Expedition, Ch. XX, Robert Falcon Scott 25
Reading Closely Literacy Toolbox 36
Unit 2: Making Evidence-Based Claims: “We organized!” 77
Goal 78
Topic 78
Activities 78
Making Evidence-Based Claims Unit Texts 81
Excerpt of “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 81
Excerpt of 1984 Commonwealth Club Address, Cesar Chavez 91
Excerpt of “A Single Garment of Destiny” address, Janet Murguia 99
Making Evidence-Based Claims Literacy Toolbox 108
Unit 3: Researching to Deepen Understanding: Water: Why is it so valuable? 151
Goal 152
Topic 152
Activities 152
Researching to Deepen Understanding Common Source Set 156
Researching to Deepen Understanding Literacy Toolbox 162
Unit 4: Building Evidence-Based Arguments: “Doping can be that last 2 percent” 229
Goal 230
Topic 230
Activities 230
Building Evidence-Based Arguments Unit Texts 233
Building Evidence-Based Arguments Literacy Toolbox 235
All materials from the Literacy Toolbox are available as editable and printable PDFs at www.wiley.com/go/coreliteracy. Use the following password: odell2016.
