Developing Core Literacy Proficiencies, Grade 9 (Paperback, Student)

Acknowledgments v

Introduction to the Core Literacy Proficiencies: Becoming a Literate Person ix

Unit 1: Reading Closely for Textual Details: “Education is the new currency” 1

Goal 2

Topic 2

Activities 2

Reading Closely Unit Texts 5

Text 1 Classroom Pictures 7

Text 2 The Story of My Life, Helen Keller 8

Text 3 Changing Paradigms, Ken Robinson 10

Text 4 Only a Teacher, PBS 10

Text 5 “Kids Need Structure,” Colin Powell 11

Text 6 Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook, Maria Montessori 14

Text 7 Good Citizenship: The Purpose of Education, Eleanor Roosevelt 16

Text 8 Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson 20

Text 9 “The Vision of Education Reform in the United States,” Secretary Arne Duncan 22

Reading Closely for Textual Details Literacy Toolbox 31

Unit 2: Making Evidence-Based Claims: “The unexamined life is not worth living” 73

Goal 74

Topic 74

Activities 74

Making Evidence-Based Claims Unit Text: Apology, Plato 77

Making Evidence-Based Claims Literacy Toolbox 87

Unit 3: Making Evidence-Based Claims about Literary Technique: “Macomber laughed, a very natural hearty laugh.” 129

Goal 130

Topic 130

Activities 130

Making Evidence-Based Claims About Literary Technique Literacy Toolbox 133

Unit 4: Researching to Deepen Understanding: Music: What Role Does It Play in Our Lives? 175

Goal 176

Topic 176

Activities 176

Terms and Definitions Used in This Unit 176

Researching to Deepen Understanding Common Source Set 181

Researching to Deepen Understanding Literacy Toolbox 186

Unit 5: Building Evidence-Based Arguments: “What Is the Virtue of a Proportional Response?” 253

Goal 254

Topic 254

Activities 254

Building Evidence-Based Arguments Unit Text 257

Building Evidence-Based Arguments Literacy Toolbox 259