Common Core's English resources empower educators to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and build essential content knowledge for students in grades 9-12. Each grade in The Wheatley Portfolio features a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units that engage students in deep study of worthwhile texts and topics. Features of this book include: * Six thematic units for each grade, each centered on a curated collection of literary and informational texts * Focus standards for each unit that complement the topic and promote student mastery of essential literacy skills * Suggested texts and activities to incorporate science, art, and history into English instruction This revised second edition includes a sample text study that guides students through a close read of an exemplary text, updated web resources, and refreshed suggested works. Educators who create their curriculum based on Common Core's Wheatley Portfolioguarantee that students are exposed to content-rich instruction and have ample opportunity to master the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills articulated in the CCSS for ELA.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Carol Jago vii From the Writers xi Introduction by Lynne Munson xiii How to Use the Common Core Curriculum: English xvii Grade 9 1 Unit 1 Literary Elements and the Short Story 3 Unit 2 The Novel Honor 13 Unit 3 Poetry Beauty 23 Unit 4 Drama Fate 39 Unit 5 Epic Poetry Heroism 51 Unit 6 Literary Nonfiction Reflection (the Memoir, the Essay, and the Speech) 61 Grade 10 71 Unit 1 World Literature: Latin and Central America 73 Unit 2 World Literature: Asia 87 Unit 3 World Literature: Africa and the Middle East 101 Unit 4 World Literature: Russia 115 Grade 11 127 Unit 1 The New World 129 Unit 2 A New Nation 139 Unit 3 American Romanticism 149 Unit 4 A Troubled Young Nation 161 Unit 5 Emerging Modernism 173 Unit 6 Challenges and Successes of the Twentieth Century 185 High School Research and the Senior Research Paper 197 Grade 12 199 Unit 1 European Literature: Middle Ages 201 Unit 2 European Literature: Renaissance and Reformation 215 Unit 3 European Literature: Seventeenth Century 225 Unit 4 European Literature: Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century 237 Unit 5 European Literature: Nineteenth Century 249 Unit 6 European Literature: Twentieth Century 263 Sample Text Study First Inaugural Address by Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933 275 Appendix: Scoring Rubric 287 Who Is Common Core 289 Acknowledgments 291 Index of Suggested Works 293