Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 9-12

Schools nationwide are transitioning to the Common Core--our advice to you: Be prepared, but don't go it alone! Our new book, Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 9-12, shows you that teaching the Common Core State Standards in high school doesn't have to be intimidating! This easy-to-use guide meets the particular needs of high school teachers. It provides model lesson plans for teaching the standards in reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language. Get engaging lesson plans that are grade-appropriate for teens, easy to implement, and include ready-to-use reproducible handouts, assessments, resources, and ideas to help you modify the lesson for both struggling and advanced learners. Our Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans are equally effective for both English and content-area teachers—the plans are designed to fit seamlessly into your high school curriculum. You get practical tips for revamping your existing lessons to meet the standards. High school students learn how to answer text-based questions, read informational texts, conduct research, write arguments, and improve their speaking and listening skills. We take the guesswork out of Common Core lesson plans with this practical, easy-to-use guide. All lesson plans are grade-appropriate, but every lesson plan includes... Common Core State Standards covered in the lesson Overview of objectives and focus of the lesson Background knowledge required and time required A detailed, step-by-step agenda for the lesson, plus a materials list Differentiation ideas to adapt the lesson for different kinds of learners Assessment ideas, including rubrics and scoring guides A place for your notes: what worked; what can improve Bonus! We show you how to extend the lessons into longer units to suit your particular grade's curriculum, and even help you create more of your own lessons!

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Reading; lessonplan1 One Word at a Time; lessonplan2 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch; lessonplan3 Foreign yet Familiar; lessonplan4 Are You Convinced?; lessonplan5 Where’s the Logic?; lessonplan6 What’s the Spin?; lessonplan7 Time to Dig Deeper; lessonplan8 This Is Not a Cardboard Cutout; lessonplan9 Is This Satire or Serious?; lessonplan10 You Had to Be There; lessonplan11 A Director’s Liberties?; lessonplan12 Playing with Meaning; lessonplan13 What’s This All About?; lessonplan14 Is This Structure Sound?; Part 2 Writing; lessonplan15 Strengthen Your Argument!; lessonplan16 ; lessonplan17 Don’t Just Google; lessonplan18 Quote or Paraphrase?; lessonplan19 Collaborate in the Cloud; lessonplan20 Who’s Reading This, Anyway?; lessonplan21 What Comes Next?; lessonplan22 Reflections of a Writer; Part 3 Speaking and Listening; lessonplan23 You’re in Charge!; lessonplan24 ‘Dear Sir’ or ‘What’s Up?’; lessonplan25 Teach, Don’t Bore!; lessonplan26 Take Command of Your Audience!; lessonplan27 Sources, Sources Everywhere; lessonplan28 Good Evening, My Fellow Citizens; Part 4 Language; lessonplan29 Are They Really Synonyms?; lessonplan30 Get Your Ducks in a Row; lessonplan31 Everything in Its Place; lessonplan32 If You Don’t Get This Lesson, Explain It to Me; lessonplan33 Are Those Words Working Together?; lessonplan34 Know When to Break the Rules; lessonplan35 Notice Me! Notice Me!;

Review :
"Excellent! The lessons are very clear and the resources for each are invaluable." —Ann Linson, Superintendent, East Noble School Corporation, IN "…brimming with creative and GOOD plans to embed in instruction. I am planning on using many of the lessons." —Cindy K. Ryan, Literacy Coach, Dreher High School, SC "The lessons are ready to go! Ready-made is what busy teachers are looking for!" —Jessica Bennett, Language Arts Teacher, Brookpark Middle School, OH, and Past President of Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts