Secondary English Language Arts Workbooks

The Recognizing Acts of Heroism Workbook supports adolescent learners as they delve deeply into the concept of heroism. Through multiple readings and activities guiding analysis and interpretation, students examine a layered definition of heroism, identify the heroic acts of everyday people, and question the decisions of a tragic hero. 

This highly interactive workbook includes:

• Four nonfiction articles, chunked to facilitate close reading and analysis 
• Two-column notetaker for each article
• “Our Heroes” graphic organizer 
• Word form chart
• Summative writing prompt 
• Drafting template

These tools ensure students gain rich content and language learning so they are well equipped to combine their ideas and craft a well-designed essay.

CM400-50, $2.00

English Language Arts Unit: Recognizing Acts of Heroism

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The Exploring Rites of Passage Workbook guides adolescent learners in examining rites of passage and coming of age. Through readings, discussions, and short writing tasks, students explore the personal, cultural, and social meanings of significant life events. Students compare and contrast two coming-of-age traditions.  

This highly interactive workbook includes:

• Four nonfiction articles, chunked to facilitate close reading and analysis
• “Rites of Passage” concept maps 
• Charts to sketch out what a text says, what it means, and why it matters 
• Word form chart
• Summative writing prompt 
• Drafting templates (short response, essay)

These tools are designed to help students organize their thinking, process their learning, and write an essay expressing their ideas about coming of age.

CM410-50, $2.00

English Language Arts Unit: Exploring Rites of Passage

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The Pursuing the American Dream Workbook guides students as they trace the evolution of the concept “American Dream,” compare and contrast multiple interpretations of the term, and analyze factors that make the dream either accessible – or beyond reach. 

This highly interactive workbook includes:

• Multiple readings (American Dream historical cards, articles)
• Idea webs 
• Text-to-text matrix
• Word form charts
• Writing prompts
• Drafting templates (short response, essay)

These tools provide students with rich, content-driven vocabulary and language structures for synthesizing ideas, expressing opinions, and citing evidence. Students complete the unit by writing a persuasive essay.

CM420-50, $2.00

English Language Arts Unit: Pursuing the American Dream

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What are the forces that shape who we are, and why? The Determining an Identity Workbook guides adolescent learners in taking a close look at three factors that determine our identity: our sense of self as a student, as a friend, and as a member of a group. The lessons ask students to interpret statistical data, evaluate current research, and reflect on expert opinions. 

This highly interactive workbook includes:

• Multiple articles, chunked to facilitate close reading and analysis
• Annotation markers
• Socratic seminar sentence frames and note taker   
• Word form and synonym charts
• Writing prompts
• Drafting templates 

Students are equipped with rich, content-driven vocabulary and the language structures of cause and effect, compare and contrast, and text citation. They apply their learning by writing a reflective essay on the concept of identity.

CM430-50, $2.00

English Language Arts Unit: Determining an Identity

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