Developing Core Literacy Proficiencies, Grade 11

The 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). Reading Closely for Textual Details Making Evidence-Based Claims Making Evidence-Based Claims about Literary Technique (Grades 9-12) Researching to Deepen Understanding Building Evidence-Based Arguments The program approaches literacy through the development of knowledge, literacy skills, and academic habits. Throughout the activities, students develop their literacy along these three paths in an integrated, engaging, and empowering way. Knowledge: The texts and topics students encounter in the program have been carefully selected to expose them to rich and varied ideas and perspectives of cultural significance. These texts not only equip students with key ideas for participating knowledgeably in the important discussions of our time, but also contain the complexity of expression necessary for developing college- and career-ready literacy skills. Literacy Skills: The program articulates and targets instruction and assessment on twenty CCSS-aligned literacy skills ranging from “making inferences” to “reflecting critically.” Students focus on this set of twenty skills throughout the year and program, continually applying them in new and more sophisticated ways. Academic Habits: The program articulates twelve academic habits for students to develop, apply, and extend as they progress through the sequence of instruction. Instructional notes allow teachers to introduce and discuss academic habits such as “preparing” and “completing tasks” that are essential to students’ success in the classroom. The program materials include a comprehensive set of instructional sequences, teacher notes, handouts, assessments, rubrics, and graphic organizers designed to support students with a diversity of educational experiences and needs. The integrated assessment system, centered around the literacy skills and academic habits, allows for the coherent evaluation of student literacy development over the course of the year and vertically across all grade levels.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments iii Introduction to the Core Literacy Proficiencies: Becoming a Literate Person vii Unit 1: Reading Closely for Textual Details: “Lay down all my joys” 1 Goal 2 Topic 2 Activities 2 Reading Closely for Textual Details Unit Texts 5 Text 1: Civil War (Photos) 7 Text 2: The Wound Dresser, “Hospital Visits” (Letter): Walt Whitman 9 Text 3: The Civil War, “Gettysburg” (Video): Ken Burns 12 Text 4: “Civil War 150” (Interactive Website) 12 Text 5: “American Civilization” (Excerpt): Ralph Waldo Emerson 13 Text 6: “Civil War anniversary: The Emancipation Proclamation”: Dr. James A. Burran 15 Text 7: Sullivan Ballou to Sarah Ballou: Sullivan Ballou 18 Text 8: Letter to Franklin Pierce: Jefferson Davis 20 Text 9: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Personal Narrative): Harriet Jacobs 22 Reading Closely for Textual Details Literacy Toolbox 32 Unit 2: Making Evidence-Based Claims: “One ever feels his twoness” 75 Goal 76 Topic 76 Activities 76 Making Evidence-Based Claims Unit Text The Souls of Black Folk: W. E. B. Du Bois 79 Making Evidence-Based Claims Literacy Toolbox 87 Unit 3: Making Evidence-Based Claims About Literary Technique: “This is one story I’ve never told before.” 129 Goal 130 Topic 130 Activities 130 Making Evidence-Based Claims about Literary Technique Unit Texts “The Red Convertible”: Louise Erdrich 133 “On the Rainy River”: Tim O’Brien 144 Making Evidence-Based Claims Literacy Toolbox 162 Unit 4: Researching to Deepen Understanding: Food: How do our decisions about what we eat affect our world? 207 Goal 208 Topic 208 Activities 208 Researching to Deepen Understanding Common Source Set 213 Researching to Deepen Understanding Literacy Toolbox 218 Unit 5: Building Evidence-Based Arguments: “Culpae poena par esto: Let the punishment fit the crime” 283 Goal 284 Topic 284 Activities 284 Building Evidence-Based Arguments Unit Texts 287 Building Evidence-Based Arguments Literacy Toolbox 290

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