Successful Reader Framework
Successful Reader will be used in all 6-10 ELAR classrooms.
It will be used a minimum of 3 days a week the first 6 weeks and 2 days a
week for the remainder of the year; excluding the 5th 6 weeks for 9th and
10th grades.
CSCOPE IFD will be followed the remaining days of the week; teaching
genre through the CSCOPE lesson organizer and all TEKS through CSCOPE
and Successful Reader.
An IRL will be created on each campus to house the Successful Reader
novels, student books, and supplemental resources: Boldprint and Flipped
Perspective books.
Purposeful Planning - Each campus and department needs to complete a
purposeful planning YAG worksheet for each of the 6 weeks.
It will be left to the teacher to determine:
• Novel selection
• SR and CSCOPE schedule (alternating days or 2 day/3 day
schedule)
• Student Grouping and support needed per student/class using STAR
Renaissance, Grades, STAAR results, observations, etc.
Literature Groups
As the year progresses, we need to be seeing reading groups based on
each group’s reading levels. This will be better defined and trainings will
be available this summer and the 2013-2014 school term. We do not want
to see the class reading the same novel in the same manner at the same
time.
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Middle school students should not solely be doing independent reading.
They should be doing a variety of the following based upon their needs:
Read aloud, partner/group reading, independent reading, and reading
with audio.
All students should be using a variety of strategies like 5-2-5, Nonfiction
and Fiction reading strategies, critical conversation, writing, and
questioning.
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Weekly Schedule Samples
Daily Samples:
Successful Reader Block
• Mini-Lesson
• Literature
Circles/Groups
• Writing (ties into
reading)
• Meetings
• Closure
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Closure
(Note there maybe some changes in middle schools with block scheduling
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Distribution of Successful Reader Novels
Middle School
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
4.4
High School
Across America on a Emigrant
Train
Call It Courage
6.2
Amos Fortune, Free Man
6.5
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo
4.7
The Black Pearl
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed
5.4
The Double life of Pocahontas
Escape! The Story of the Great
level
5
America
level
7.8
7.6
Houdini
6.6
Breakout
Holes
4.6
Buddha Boy
5.6
Island of the Blue Dolphins
5.4
The Call of the Wild
4.3
My Side of the Mountain
5.2
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
4.6
Number the Stars
4.5
Defining Dulcie
On My Honor
Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis
4.7
The Giver
5.9
Braille
6.7
Hatchet
5.7
Queenie Peavy
5.6
The Red Badge of Courage
Rascal
4.3
Tears of a Tiger
4.3
Rules
3.9
The Time Machine
7.4
The Summer of the Swans
4.9
Whirligig
4.9
Wild Man Island
5.1
The Great Fire
7.6
The Tiger Rising
Woodsong
4
5.6
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New YAG’s: CSCOPE and Successful Reader Alignment
6th Grade
1st Six Weeks
Unit 1: Exploring Fiction and Drama (20 days)
2nd Six Weeks
Unit 2: Exploring Informational Text (20 days)
3rd Six Weeks
Unit 3: Exploring Literary Nonfiction and Poetry
(20 days)
4th Six Weeks
Unit 4A: Generating Connections: All Genres (10
days)
Unit 4B: Generating Connections: Informational
Text (10 days)
5th Six Weeks
Unit 5: Generating Connections: Literary Text (10
days)
6th Six Weeks
Unit 6A: Exploring Through Research (10 days)
Unit 6B: Exploring Persuasive Text and Media (10
days)
7th Grade
1st Six Weeks
4th Six Weeks
Unit 1: Understanding Fiction and Drama (20
days)
2nd Six Weeks
Unit 4: Formulating Connections Across All
Genres (20 days)
5th Six Weeks
Unit 2: Understanding Informational Text (20
days)
Unit 5A: Formulating Connections Across
Literary Texts (10 days)
Unit 5B: Formulating Connections Across
Informational Texts (10 days)
6th Six Weeks
3rd Six Weeks
Unit 3: Understanding Literary Nonfiction and
Poetry (20 days)
Unit 6A: Generating Research (10 days)
Unit 6B: Understanding Persuasive Text and
Media (10 days)
8th Grade
1st Six Weeks
4th Six Weeks
Unit 1: Analyzing Fiction and Drama (20 days)
Unit 4A: Producing Research (10 days
continued)
Unit 4B: Creating Connections Across
Informational Text (10 days)
5th Six Weeks
2nd Six Weeks
Unit 2A: Analyzing Literary Nonfiction and
Poetry (14 days)
Unit 2B: Analyzing Persuasive Text (10 days)
3rd Six Weeks
Unit 5A: Creating Connections Across Literary
Text (10 days)
Unit 5B: Creating Connections Across All Genres
(10 days)
6th Six Weeks
Unit 3A: Analyzing Informational Text (10 days)
Unit 3B: Producing Research (10 days)
Unit 6A: Media Literacy (10 days)
6(B) Spiraling Poetry and Drama
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Eng I
4th Six Weeks
1st Six Weeks
Unit 01: Beginning the Journey with Fiction and
Literary Nonfiction (24 days for the entire unit)
2nd Six Weeks
Unit 04A: Moving Forward with Drama (11 days)
Unit 04B: Intentional Persuasion (20 days)
5th Six Weeks
Unit 02A: Using Informational Text (22 days)
Unit 02B: Inquiring Minds (20 days)
Unit 05A: Intentional Persuasion (20 days: Continued)
Unit 06B: Genre Connections (11 days)
3rd Six Weeks
6th Six Weeks
Unit 03A: Inquiring Minds (20 days: Continued)
Unit 05A: Intentional Persuasion (20 days: Continued)
Unit 03B: Continuing the Journey through Poetry (12
Unit 06B: Genre Connections (11 days)
days)
Eng II
1st Six Weeks
4th Six Weeks
Unit 01: Traveling Through World Literature (23 days)
Unit 04A: Deeper Analysis Through Drama (12 days)
Unit 04B: Purposeful Persuasion (21 days)
2nd Six Weeks
5th Six Weeks
Unit 02A: Analyzing Informational Text (20 days)
Unit 0B: Marshaling Evidence (20 days)
Unit 05A: Purposeful Persuasion (21 days: Continued)
Unit 05B: Connecting Genres (11 days)
3rd Six Weeks
6th Six Weeks
Unit 03A: Marshaling Evidence (20 days: Continued)
Unit 06: College and Career Connections (11 days)
Unit 03B: Analyzing Poetic Structure (12 days)
Eng III
1st Six Weeks
4th Six Weeks
Unit 01: Touring American Literature (25 days)
2nd Six Weeks
Unit 04A: Reliability, Validity, and Accuracy (19 days
continued)
Unit 04B: Powerful Persuasion (22 days)
5th Six Weeks
Unit 02A: Conventions in American Poetry (11 days)
Unit 02B: Themes in American Drama (14 days)
3rd Six Weeks
Unit 05A: Powerful Persuasion (22 days: continued)
Unit 05B: Analyzing Genre Connections (12 days)
6th Six Weeks
Unit 03A: Evaluating Informational Text (21 days)
Unit 03B: Reliability, Validity, and Accuracy (19 daysalongside informational text)
1st Six Weeks
Unit 06A: Analyzing Genre Connections (12 days
continued)
Unit 06B: Reading and Writing for College and
Career (11 days)
Eng IV
4th Six Weeks
Unit 01: Exploring British Literature (20 days for the
entire unit)
2nd Six Weeks
Unit 04: Synthesizing Informational Text (23 days for
the entire unit)
5th Six Weeks
Unit 02A: Evaluating Poetry Across Time (12 days for
the entire unit)
Unit 02B: Evaluating Drama Across Time (12 days for
the entire unit)
3rd Six Weeks
Unit 05: Inquiry and Synthesis Through Research (20
days for the entire unit)
Unit 03: Analyzing Techniques in Literary Nonfiction
(21 days for the entire unit)
Unit 06: Evaluating Merits of Argument (20 days for
the entire unit)
6th Six Weeks
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High School CSCOPE and Successful Reader Alignment
9th and 10th grades are adjusting the 2nd and 3rd 6 Weeks so that they can do
Research with Informational Text.
2nd Six Weeks
3rd Six Weeks
Informational and Research
Poetry and Drama
11th and 12th are doing their research the 3rd Six Weeks with Informational Text.
Reasoning
1. Not everyone is trying to do their research project at the same time (which
has been a problem in the past because of a lack of resources and
technology).
2. If a student does poorly on the research, they have a chance to make it up if
it is done in the 1st Semester instead of the 2nd Semester.
3. Research better aligns with the Informational Text Unit.
9th Grade Suggested Alignment
1st Six Weeks
Tears of the Tiger
Daniel X
2nd Six Weeks
Break Out
The Giver
3rd Six Weeks
The Great Fire
Wild Man Island
4th Six Weeks
Hatchet
Defining Dulcie
6th 6 Weeks
Student Choice
10th Grade Suggested Alignment
1st Six Weeks
Buddha Boy
The Call of the Wild
2nd Six Weeks
The Time Machine
Amos Fortune Free Man
3rd Six Weeks
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed
America
4th Six Weeks
Whirligig
The Black Pearl
6th 6 Weeks
Student Choice
11th Grade Remediation
Red Badge of Courage
No 5th 6 Weeks Successful Reader due to spring break, EOC testing, and reteaching of skills.
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Middle School CSCOPE and Successful Reader Alignment
6th-8th Suggested Alignment
Out of the Darkness
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini!
The Double Life of Pocahontas
Fiction and Drama
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
Call It Courage
My Side of the Mountain
Number the Stars
Poetry and Non-fiction
Woodsong
Text Structure
The Double Life of Pocahontas
Holes
Out of the Darkness
Rascal
Rules
The Summer of the Swans
The Tiger Rising
All Genres and Connections
Island of the Blue Dolphins
On My Honor
Queenie Peavy
Non-fiction
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
7th
7th
7th.
7th
7th
8th
8th
8th
8th
8th
The Boy Who Saved
Baseball
Call it Courage
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo
Island of Blue Dolphins
On My Honor
Summer of the Swans
Woodsong
Holes
Number the Stars
Out of the darkness – The
Story of Louis Braille
Queenie Peavy
Rascal
The Double Life of
Pocohontas
My Side of the Mountain
Rules
Escape! The Great
Houdini
The Tiger Rising
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4.4
HF
NF
Connections – NF
HF
RF all units
Poetry
F
HF
NF
6.2
4.7
5.4
4.7
4.9
5.6
4.6
4.5
6.7
F
Bio/Auto Bio
Bio/NF
5.6
4.3
5
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RF
NF ADV
5.2
3.9
6.6
F
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