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Ideas in Literature: Building Skills and Understanding for the AP® English Literature Course 1E

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Core Code Alignment

Language Arts
Language Arts Electives
06010000093: A.P. Literature & Composition

Recommendation

Recommended Limited

Evaluation

This textbook aligns directly to the AP Literature & Composition course, but is only useful for that course. It is an excellent source with a variety of types of texts and provides overall units of instruction to help a new-to-AP teacher work through a challenging course while providing excellent help and practice for the AP exam. The text likely has a shelf life of about five years.

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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.
Aligns with grade level Core Standards: Consistently identified and thoroughly aligned to the AP Literature & Composition content; perfectly aligns with the AP Central units. This text is not directly aligned to Utah Core Standards. This text and course are focused on literature, meaning that this text does not include reading non-fiction. Current, Well-Researched, Reliably Sourced: Yes; updates will be less frequent than an online program Explicit, systemic, engaging: Very systemic; engagement depends entirely on teacher delivery; clear guidance for teachers, but teachers should have outside training in teaching AP Lit; a new teacher would be successful by following the directions/suggestions in this text, but will probably need additional professional support to understand the AP course and best practices for engaging students. phonics: none -- this is a college-level text fluency: variety of text lengths and complexity; fluency practice dependent entirely on teacher. comprehension: in-depth comprehension instruction and guidance oral language: dependent entirely on teacher instructional approaches to material Writing: excellent writing instruction, scaffolding, and prompts. Text-Complexity (Lexile, etc): on level; some variety Text-Mix (lit/non-fiction): Narrative (fiction & nonfiction) and poetry. Non-fiction material is instructional rather than for analysis or comprehension purposes.
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.
Assistance for variety of Levels: Scaffolding in terms of breaking down the tasks and skills into doable concepts - especially in terms of writing; however, this text and the strategies are designed for fluent, high-school level readers and writers. Student sharing/presenting: Prompts provide these opportunities; teacher adaptation and implementation determines how this is managed.
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.
Clear, easy, and understandable navigation: Simple and straightforward; because this aligns so closely with AP central and AP classroom, the material is easy to navigate. This is not a complex online, interactive system. As such, digital navigation is not particularly relevant. However, the table of contents is easy to read and the text itself is easy to navigate.

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.
Biases: (accessible for students regardless of background): Most texts are from American and British writers; there's a bit of a heavy focus on classics from a traditional cannon, but newer and more diverse voices ARE present in every unit. Commercial Free, including political interest: As a whole, the text is free of political interest or promotion of products or companies. All instruction is skill-centric. However, given texts have definite perspectives and prejudices. For example, one unit includes an excerpt from the Bible AND an excerpt from a Toni Morrison piece. Both of these texts are controversial and promote specific perspective. The overall textbook does an excellent job of providing multiple perspectives and voices. If a person were to randomly choose a piece, they may assume the textbook to have a particular perspective. However, if that person were to read the whole book, they would not be able to identify a political interest or party promoted by the text itself. legal compliance: yes
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.
Variety of Settings/situations: As a collection of sources and instructional aides, this could be used in any setting of high-school or college-level students. Appropriate time frame: Yes; as a textbook, this would have a longer turnaround rate for updated resources. This text is likely to be effective and relevant for at least five years.
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.
Variety of Settings/situations: As a collection of sources and instructional aides, this could be used in any setting of high-school or college-level students. Appropriate time frame: Yes; as a textbook, this would have a longer turnaround rate for updated resources. This text is likely to be effective and relevant for at least five years.

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.
Durability and reliability: high quality textbook with beautiful images and solid paper.
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.
Instructor Support: The instructor's edition provides excellent suggestions and support for teachers.
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.
"Supplements Available: - The workbook is an optional, very useful supplement. - In addition, there were several ancillary materials that provided some of the following -- these could supplement an AP Lit course, making it more comprehensive, as these materials include the non-fiction and argument focus from AP Lang: 17794 Adv. Lang. & Lit. 2E Examview Assessment Suite - (Variety of ways to create exams; Student access easy; Scrambles answers and questions in tests; Flashdrive 1 per instructor for every 30 copies purchased) 17786 Advanced Language & Literature: Strong Roots for AP®, College, and Beyond 2E Student Edition - (Student can take notes as they read within the EBook; Links to quick definitions to words and links to terms learned in the chapter as a review before culminating activity; We like the text examples chosen in this book. We like how this book handles interpreting themes as well as other elements of literature; Lots of good examples and nonexamples; Just the right amount of practice for teaching each grammar skill - not too long ; Provides controversial topics that students love like “Designer Babies”. This article does present both sides, albeit does not go into depth -- e.g. “In general, Americans approve of using reproductive genetic tests to prevent fatal childhood disease, but do not approve of using the same tests to identify or select for traits like intelligence or strength.” --; Teaching Argument: How Content & Style Work Together. (EBook pg. 114) Rhetorical Situation - Picture of Colin Kapernick who kneeled during the National Anthem. The commentary for this Nike ad says this “suggests that we, Kapernick, and Nike are all in this fight for justice so Just Do It!”) " Supplements Referenced: AP Central, several references to outside authors and texts. No references to additional instructional materials.
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.
Formative & Summative: Practice assessments at the end of each unit and available for teachers to use as formative and/or summative. Variety of strategies: assessment style mirrors the AP exam, so there are limited strategies and resources. Informative for Instructors: No formal reports, but good information for instructions in terms of how students are advancing on the course skills. Observable Performance/ Real-world Experience: There are opportunities for this if instructor takes advantage.

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