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Reviewing English Language Arts
- Grades 11 - 12
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Product Code 14871 ( MR #060357 )
* Regional restriction: This item is only available for sale within Canada.
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Price $12.95
Provides targeted instruction for all reading, writing, and language skills commonly assessed on English Language Arts Exit Exams. Students develop the skills needed for success through guided practice and assessment of key skills and concepts within state standards.
Close reading—questions and tasks elicit sustained attention to the text and require the use of textual evidence, including supporting valid inferences from the text.
Complex texts—lessons include Exemplar texts and high-quality, grade-level fiction, poetry, drama, and informational texts.
Key Writing types—lessons include characteristics of good writing, argumentative, informational, and literary analysis.
Assessment practice—assess students’ understanding of targeted skills and concepts with guided support throughout the lesson, ending with a final independent assessment of all skills taught within the lesson.
Each standards-based lesson provides in-depth instruction and practice for targeted skills and concepts within the standard.
Comprehensive practice for end-of-course assessments
•Chapter Review
•Unit Review
•Mastery
Lesson Structure
The lessons within the chapters are arranged according to the key skills and concepts within each standard. A three-step lesson design allows for focused instruction and guided practice.
STEP 1: Review—clear instruction with examples and key terms defined
STEP 2: Check Understanding—a quick check of student understanding
STEP 3: Try It—guided practice using high-quality texts
Students demonstrate understanding of all the skills and concepts studied through multiple assessments—Chapter Reviews, Unit Reviews, and Mastery Test.
CONTENTS IN BRIEF:
Unit 1: Reading Literary Texts
Chapter 1 Close Reading of Literary Texts
Chapter 2 Theme
Chapter 3 Author Choices
Chapter 4 Language & Tone
Chapter 5 Structure of Literature
Chapter 6 Author’s Point of View & Purpose
Unit 1 Review Test
Unit 2: Reading Informational Texts
Chapter 7 Close Reading of Informational Texts
Chapter 8 Central Ideas
Chapter 9 Complex Ideas & Events
Chapter 10 The Language of Information
Chapter 11 Structure of Informational Texts
Chapter 12 Author’s Point of View
Unit 2 Review Test
Unit 3: Writing to Sources
Chapter 13 Characteristics of Good Writing
Chapter 14 Writing Arguments
Chapter 15 Writing Informational Texts
Chapter 16 Writing about Literature
Unit 3 Review Test
Mastery Test
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