Literature and Composition Essential Voices, Essential Skills for the AP® Course
Core Code Alignment
Language Arts
Language Arts Electives
06010000093: A.P. Literature & Composition
Language Arts Electives
06010000093: A.P. Literature & Composition
Recommendation
Recommended Primary
Evaluation
This text has it all for any teacher wishing to prepare students for the AP Literature exam. The way that it is formatted allows a teacher to take the first two months of the year and detail out each section of chapters 1-3 (analyzing short stories, poetry, and long fiction/drama), then continue to reinforce the learning in the thematic chapters 4-9 for the rest of the year. I really think that the reading and writing activities cover everything necessary.
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Rubric : English Language Arts
Content
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| Alignment | The content of this resource aligns with appropriate grade level Core standards, is current, well-researched, and referenced from reliable sources. -meets all grade level standards within elementary/secondary -is explicit, systematic, and engaging -includes all 7 essential elements of literacy: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, oral language, and writing as appropriate to grade level -includes text that meets Lexile requirements for each grade band -includes text that is the appropriate percentage of literature and informational | The content of this resource aligns with most grade level core standards but will need supplementary materials to insure coverage of all the objectives for this course. | The content of this resource aligns with a few grade level core standards for a portion of the course. | The content of this resource does not align with standards and objectives for this course. | ||
| This text is aligned with the core standards for ELA as well as the standards for AP Literature. The pieces of text are are an equal mix of short story, poetry, longer fiction, and drama. The texts are appropriate pieces and are what are expected to be part of the texts in an AP Literature course. A teacher could use all or part of the text in preparing students for the AP exam. | ||||||
| Scaffolding | Scaffolding supports for these materials are complex and challenging, engage learners from various skill levels and provide assistance for all students to enhance conceptual understanding; and offer opportunities for students to share evidence and research. | Scaffolding supports for these materials engage learners from various skill levels and provides assistance for students to enhance conceptual understanding. | Scaffolding supports for these materials engage learners from various skill levels. | Scaffolding supports for these materials do not engage learners from various skill levels or provide scaffolding to enhance conceptual understanding. | ||
| There's built-in scaffolding as the text unfolds if a teacher begins with chapter 1 and moves in order to chapter 9. In addition, in the pacing guide available to teachers, there is further description and ideas for scaffolding within in each chapter. | ||||||
| Navigation | This resource contains directions that are clear and understandable and are easy to navigate through. | N/A | N/A | The instructions in this resource are unclear and navigation is difficult. | ||
| Navigation is smooth and easy to access. Each chapter has a few sections, so when you open the chapter, only a few sections at a time open. When you open an new section or chapter, the other open sections collapse so "table of contents" doesn't keep getting longer and longer. | ||||||
Accessibility
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| Bias Free | This material is free from bias and can be used by all students regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or disability. This material is free from advertising, e-commerce or political interest, and is in compliance with the law and community standards. | N/A | This series or title has material that may be interpreted as bias or promoting a commercial or political agenda or may be considered to treat some groups unfairly. | This series or title has material that is clearly biased and favors a point of view that may be distracting to the educational experience of students. | ||
| The pieces of texts that are part of this book range from tradition fiction to contemporary fiction. There are many pieces that a teacher can choose from in chapters 4-9, chapters that focus on a theme. All students can use the texts in this book, and it is free from advertising throughout. | ||||||
| Adaptability | Instructional materials in this resource are easily updated and adaptable for teacher and student use in individualized or small group instructional settings and are accessible for an appropriate time period to facilitate a proper learning environment for each student. | Instructional materials in this resource have some features which are adaptable and are available for an acceptable time period. | N/A | Instructional materials in this resource are not adaptable or easily incorporated into a variety of educational settings. | ||
| There are many pieces in the instructor resources that open into a Word Document making them editable like the pacing guide, answer keys, and rubrics. The pacing guide is a table which includes whole-class instruction, individual instruction, and differentiation ideas. The pacing guide also gives appropriate days each section of the chapter should take based on 50-minute class periods. | ||||||
| Technical Standards | Instructional materials in this resource are adaptable or easily incorporated into a variety of educational settings. | N/A | N/A | This curriculum is limited by specifications that may require additional materials or technical assistance, or additional hardware, software, or infrastructure. | ||
| Only a student's Chromebook is required to access the materials of this text. The Internet is also required for students to turn in assignments. | ||||||
Pedagogy
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| Physical Characteristics | In physical terms, this resource is durable, interactive, and provides high quality audio-visual and tactile experiences for all users if appropriate. | In physical terms, this resource is somewhat fragile in construction and provides limited tactile experiences for students. | N/A | In physical terms, this resource is designed to be disposable and temporary. | ||
| While there aren't a lot of pictures or art, really, this isn't expected in an AP Literature text. There is the capability to listen to all parts of this book from the fiction to the instructions--everything on the page. Students can change the speed it is read to them as well as the voice in which it is read. In addition, they can change the look of their text. They can change the text size, font, mode, and line height to suit their needs or desires. | ||||||
| Instructional Support | This curriculum provides adequate instructional support that aligns with MTSS guidelines and clear requirements for the instructor. | N/A | N/A | This curriculum does not provide adequate support for the instructor. | ||
| There is quite a bit of scaffolding to the student, specifically in the first three chapters of the text. After those first three chapters, that information comes back again and again in the following thematic chapters. | ||||||
| Supplemental Resources | Provided materials reference numerous available supplemental resources including support for each learner in every level of learning. | Provided materials reference some available supplemental resources. | N/A | Provided materials do not refer to other supplemental resources. | ||
| If a teacher doesn't like the pieces in the chapters of the text, there are dozens of other choices listed as "Texts in Context" that a teacher or student can choose to use. These are clickable and include questions, but they can be used in place of the texts listed in the chapters. | ||||||
| Assessments | These instructional resources contain a variety of formative and summative assessments that are aligned with core objectives, provide appropriate intervention strategies, and lead to observable performance and real-world experience. | These instructional resources contain a limited number of assessments without intervention strategies. | N/A | These instructional resources do not provide assessment materials. | ||
| The text is meant to prepare a student for the AP exam. There are many opportunities throughout the text for students to practice in a formative way by writing shorter paragraphs or practicing multiple choice items before writing more summative papers that will prepare them for the test. At the end of the text, there is a practice AP Literature Exam. | ||||||
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