Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
Recommended:
rd
3
What can a reader Word Study
do to understand
new or unknown
words?
Apply
prefix/root/suffix
knowledge: Prefixes:
ab, an, anthro, auto,
bio, circum
Roots: vert, gress,
ject, pel, pend
Suffixes:
esque, hood, ish
Apply knowledge of
word structure –
(Vocabulary)
Recognize and apply
knowledge of context
clues:
For example –
Restate, Synonyms,
Antonyms
Identify clues
preceding an
Reinforce Tier 2 & 3
words (Brining Words to
Life Beck, McKeown
and Kucan)
Word Walls
Foldables
Word Sorts (CRISS)
Pattern Puzzle (CRISS)
Linear Array
Reader’s Handbook
Content Area Text
Word Attack Skills
Word Chains
Test Bank Questions
LA.A.1.4.2*
Graphic Organizers
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Based
Assessments
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
unknown word
Use prior knowledge
to make connection
to an unfamiliar word
Is there always a
main idea?
Main Idea
Determine main
idea/essential
message
Make inferences
stated/implied
unstated
Distinguish important
details and facts
Determine patterns of
organization in
informational text:
Problem/Solution,
Concept Definition
Utilize Signal Words:
70% Non-Fiction
30% Literary Text
Magazines (non-fiction)
Jamestown Reading:
Trade Books
Reader’s Handbook
Content Area Text
Think Alouds (CRISS)
Newspapers
Selective Highlighting
(CRISS)
Two Column Notes
(CRISS)
One Sentence Summary
(CRISS)
Sticky Notes(CRISS)
LA.A.2.4.1*
Recommended:
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Created Tests
Graphic Organizers
Long/Short Responses
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
Addition Words:
one, first, first of all,
for one thing, to
begin with, another,
third, also, in
addition, next,
moreover,
furthermore, last, last
of all, finally
Time Words:
before, during, while,
later, previously, now
next, eventually, first,
as, soon, finally,
then, when, after,
last, following
Does the author’s
purpose really
matter?
Author’s
Purpose/
Point of
View
Evaluate author’s
purpose and point of
view in variety of
texts and utilize
information to
70% Non-fiction
30% Literary Text
Magazines (non-fiction)
Newspapers
LA.A.2.4.2*
LA.A.2.4.5
Recommended:
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Created Tests
Graphic Organizers
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Make inferences
stated/implied
unstated
Compare/
Contrast
and Cause/
Effect
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
construct meaning
How does my
community
impact my life?
Organization of
Knowledge
Analyze cause and
effect
Analyze compare and
contrast
Apply information to
construct meaning
Utilize cause and
effect signal words:
therefore, results,
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Jamestown Reading
Trade Books
Reader’s Handbook
Content Area Text
Think Aloud (CRISS)
Selective Highlighting
(CRISS)
Sticky Notes (CRISS)
Concept of Definition
Maps (CRISS)
Non-Fiction resources
Reader’s Handbook
Cause/Effect Two
Column Notes (CRISS)
Content Area Text
Graphic Organizers
Venn Diagram (CRISS)
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
Long/Short Responses
LA.E.2.2.1*
LA.A.2.2.7*
Recommended:
Graphic Organizers (in
writing)
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Created
Assessments
Long/Short Responses
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
consequently,
if…then, since
Utilize comparison
words: just as, just
like, alike, in the
same way
Utilize contrast
words: but, yet,
however, although,
instead, still, unlike,
while
How can
accessing and
using information
help you in high
school?
Reference
and
Research
Locate/Collect
Information
Evaluate information
for validity
Differentiate fact and
opinion
Synthesize
information from
Media Specialist
Electronic Resources
Print Resources
Reader’s Handbook
Cross Curricular
Collaboration
http://www.sunlink.ucf.e
du/finds
Web Quests –
http://oncampus.richmon
d.edu/academics/educati
LA.A.2.4.5*
LA.A.2.4.6
LA.A.2.4.7
LA.A.2.4.8*
Recommended:
Graphic Organizers
Teacher Created Tests
Research Project – which
may include oral
presentations, technology
presentation, brochure,
video, art media
Long/Short Responses
REQUIRED:
SRI/DAR (600 Lexile
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
multiple sources to
draw conclusions
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
on/projects/
4th
Apply
prefix/root/suffix
knowledge:
Prefix: peri, per,
omni, syn, sym,
trans, ultra, sion
Root: port, chron,
morph, hyper, auto
Suffix: ology, ism,
ment
Apply knowledge of
Assessment
and below)
District Benchmark
Assessment
Analyze the validity
of a primary source
of information and
use information
appropriately
What can a reader Word Study
do to understand
new or unknown
words?
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Students must experience
text with a minimum of
800 words in 9th grade
900 words 10th
Recommended:
Reinforce Tier 2 & 3
words (Brining Words to
Life Beck, McKeown
and Kucan)
Word Walls
Foldables
Word Sorts (CRISS)
Pattern Puzzle (CRISS)
Linear Array (reading
coach)
Reader’s Handbook
LA.A.1.4.2*
Graphic Organizers
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Based
Assessments
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
word structure –
(Vocabulary)
Recognize and apply
knowledge of context
clues:
For example –
Restate, Synonyms,
Antonyms
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
Content Area Text
Word Attack Skills
Word Chains
Test Bank Questions
Identify clues in
preceding an
unknown word
Use prior knowledge
to make connection
to an unfamiliar word
Is there always a
main idea?
Main Idea
Determine main
idea/essential
message
70% Non-Fiction
30% Literary Text
Recommended:
Make inferences
stated/implied
Magazines (non-fiction)
Jamestown Reading
LA.A.2.4.1*
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Created Tests
Graphic Organizers
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
unstated
Distinguish important
details and facts
Review all patterns
of organization in
informational text
Trade Books
Reader’s Handbook
Content Area Text
Think Alouds (CRISS)
Newspapers
Selective Highlighting
(CRISS)
Two Column Notes
(CRISS)
Utilize Signal Words:
One Sentence Summary
Addition Words:
one, first, first of all, (CRISS)
for one thing, to
Sticky Notes(CRISS)
begin with, another,
third, also, in
addition, next,
moreover,
furthermore, last, last
of all, finally
Time Words:
before, during, while,
later, previously, now
next, eventually, first,
as, soon, finally,
then, when, after,
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
Long/Short Responses
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
last, following
Does the author’s
purpose really
matter?
Author’s
Purpose/
Point of
View
Evaluate author’s
purpose and point of
view in variety of
texts and utilize
information to
construct meaning
Make inferences
stated/implied
unstated
How does my
community
Compare/
Contrast
Analyze cause and
effect
70% Non-fiction
30% Literary Text
LA.A.2.4.2*
LA.A.2.4.5
Magazines (non-fiction)
Newspapers
Jamestown Reading
Trade Books
Reader’s Handbook
Content Area Text
Think Aloud (CRISS)
Selective Highlighting
(CRISS)
Sticky Notes (CRISS)
Concept of Definition
Maps (CRISS)
Non-Fiction resources
LA.A.2.2.1*
Recommended:
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Created Tests
Graphic Organizers
Recommended:
Graphic Organizers (in
writing)
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
impact my life?
and Cause/
Effect
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
Analyze compare and
contrast
Apply information to
construct meaning
Reader’s Handbook
Cause/Effect Two
Column Notes (CRISS)
Content Area Text
Graphic Organizers
Venn Diagram (CRISS)
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
LA.A.2.2.7*
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
Product Based
Assessments
Teacher Created
Assessments
Long/Short Responses
Utilize cause and
effect signal words:
therefore, results,
consequently,
if…then, since
Utilize comparison
words: just as, just
like, alike, in the
same way
How can
accessing and
Reference
and
Utilize contrast
words: but, yet,
however, although,
instead, still, unlike,
while
Locate/Collect
Information
Media Specialist
LA.A.2.4.5*
Recommended:
Graphic Organizers
Subject Area: High School Reading
9
Weeks
Essential
Questions
Content & Substance
What students will know and be able to
do
Content
using information
help you in high
school?
Organization of
Knowledge
Recommended Lessons with
Supporting Resources
Skills
Research
Evaluate information
for validity to create
a research project
Recognize how
personal value
influences the
conclusions an author
draws
Synthesize
information from
multiple sources to
draw conclusions
Electronic Resources
Print Resources
Reader’s Handbook
Cross Curricular
Collaboration
http://www.sunlink.ucf.e
du/finds
Web Quests –
http://oncampus.richmon
d.edu/academics/educati
on/projects/
Sunshine
State
Standard
Benchmarks
Assessed
LA.A.2.4.6
LA.A.2.4.7
LA.A.2.4.8*
Clear & Compelling
Standards
Assessment
Teacher Created Tests
Research Project – which
may include oral
presentations, technology
presentation, brochure,
video, art media
Long/Short Responses
REQUIRED:
SRI/DAR (600 Lexile
and below)
District Benchmark
Assessment
Students must experience
text with a minimum of
800 words 9th grade and
900 words 10th grade