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• Setting a Purpose for Reading 
• Developing Critical Thinking Skills
• Writing Skills and Application

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• Teaching Supports
• Developing Critical Thinking Skills
• Writing Skills and Application
• Assess Learning

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Table of Contents

On Style

Unit Opener

Before You Read

Setting a Purpose for Reading

pp. iv-x

The Table of Contents provides a comprehensive overview of the themes and chronological organization of the program along with the authors and skills focus for each selection.

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pp. xiii–xvii

An overview of Elements of Style is provided for the student. Students will explore these elements through the texts they read in the program.

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pp. 120–123

The Unit Opener provides the student with the historical events for the unit as well as the literary movements. This helps to provide context for the texts students will read.

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pp. 124

Before students read the text, the Before You Read introduction includes a brief overview of the author in About the Author. A summary of the Author’s Style is introduced and helps put the author’s style into perspective with the movements of the time.

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pp. 125–134

The passage is used to teach a literary element. The Literary Lens highlights the literary element students will be applying with what they read. Passage Vocabulary is provided in context to help students with challenging vocabulary they may encounter as they read.

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Read and Think Critically

Developing Critical Thinking Skills

pp. 135

Students react to the selection by responding to questions and completing activities focused on Critical Reading and the Literary Lens. Students are challenged to analyze the passage from the perspective of the

Literary Lens skill introduced at the beginning of the passage. This section includes a graphic organizer that students can reproduce in their

Writer’s Notebook and fill in to analyze the text. Students analyze the Authors’ Style and find text evidence to support elements of the style of the Literary Movement.

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Responding to the Unit

Writing Skills and Application

pp. 262–265

At the end of the unit, students respond to questions that explore Craft and Structure. They will compare and contrast elements across the various texts within the unit.

Integrating Ideas asks students to explore the literary movements further as an exploration of literature as primary sources reflective of the time period.

Writing Extension is a literary analysis activity students produce to reflect on the unit of reading selections with guidance on the final written product. Students have a choice of Writing with Style activities for their literary analysis.

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Guide to Teacher Support for American Voices
Teaching American Voices
Differentiation with American Voices
Critical Reading Strategies & Critical Reading Models (Fiction & Nonfiction)
Unit Opener
Teaching Notes

Teaching Supports

pp. 4–11

The Table of Contents provides a comprehensive overview of the selection titles, genres, and Author’s Style focus covered in the program. Quizzes, skills, writing, and assessments are detailed here with page references.​

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pp. 12–15

Teaching American Voices offers teachers a quick overview of the program, how to teach the lessons, and key features to note during the lessons. The special focus of this text is the study and analysis of Author’s Style in literature.

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pp. 16–17

Differentiation with American Voices provides suggestions for modifying and differentiating the instruction for English Language Learners, striving learners, and thriving learners. The table provides a list of effective strategies to use with different learning populations in mixed learning environments and for various skills.

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pp. 18–23

A main focus of studying the literature and texts in American Voices is developing critical reading strategies. The Critical Reading section includes suggestions for the teacher as well as reproducible activities for fiction and nonfiction to introduce and practice the critical reading process.

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pp. 72–76

The first pages of the Unit Opener are an overview of the suggested differentiation, by text, for ELL, striving, and thriving learners.

An Overview of the historical periods of the unit and student-facing Reproducibles are provided to help introduce the unit focus.

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pp. 77–78

Teaching support for every text presented in American Voices includes:

• A Summary of the selection
• Domain-Specific Vocabulary with definitions
• Passage Vocabulary with definitions
• Critical Reading Questions to foster discussion with proposed responses
• A Literary Lens Activity to reinforce the literary element along with possible student responses
• Author’s Style, which provides an activity for a deep dive into the author’s writing style
• Literary Movement, which offers additional study into the literary movements of American literature

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Student Reproducibles

Developing Critical Thinking Skills

pp. 79–81

Every passage includes student-facing Reproducibles which may include:

• A Comprehension Quiz to check for understanding. Also includes short answer prompts.

• A Literary Lens activity that provides more practice of the literary element using excerpts from the text

• A Vocabulary Quiz to measure understanding of the passage vocabulary

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Responding to the Unit
Unit Writing Prompts & Projects

Writing Skills and Application

pp. 127–131

Teaching support for the end of unit activities of Craft and Structure, Integrating Ideas, Writing Extension, and Writing with Style are provided with possible responses. Student Reproducibles and a Writing Rubric are provided for additional practice and capturing thoughts.

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pp. 140–141

Teaching supports for the end-of-unit thematic writing activities are intended to extend students’ understanding and appreciation of the literature they read in the unit.

• Writing About Literature
• Writing About Nonfiction
• Creative Writing
• Writing Research Papers
• Presentations and Projects​

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Unit Assessments

Assess Learning

pp. 132–139

Reproducible assessments include objective, short answer, and extended response questions covering:

• Vocabulary
• Critical Reading
• Essay
• Style

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