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).

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.

ODELL EDUCATION (OE) is dedicated to fostering creativity and critical thinking in students and the education community. OE has developed nationally validated and acclaimed literacy curricula and collaborates with schools, states and organizations on assessment design, curriculum development, and teacher training.

Acknowledgments 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: Scotts Hut and the Explorers 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: Scotts Last Expedition, Ch. XVIII, Robert Falcon Scott 22

Text 9: Scotts 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 Ive 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 atwww.wiley.com/go/coreliteracy. Use the following password: odell2016.