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Prepares 10th grade and pre-AP® students for future success in AP® English classes.
Regardless of their preparation level, Advanced Language & Literature is designed to take your students to the next level. Students will find that the instruction in this book meets them where they are with differentiated texts, step-by-step instruction, and brief accessible activities, and then continues forward to challenge them to grow as readers, writers, and thinkers.
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A Careful Balance of Structure and Flexibility
As we worked to develop this resource for teachers of 10th grade ELA, we constantly asked ourselves how to balance providing a helpful guided structure that saves planning time, with allowing enough flexibility that teachers can make strategic choices to suit their interests and needs. Based on extensive customer feedback and with input from our Content Advisory Board, in this edition we’ve provided an even clearer structure and more guidance on how to create units, while still preserving a good deal of flexibility.
Fresh New Voices
This edition features dozens of new and engaging texts, including nonfiction by DeRay McKesson, Dolores Huerta, Yuval Noah Harari, Steven Hawking, and Toni Morrison, and literature by Lesley Nneka Arimah, Oliver De La Paz, Richard Blanco, Ha Jin, Li-Young Lee, N. K. Jemisin, Joy Harjo, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
Activity-Driven Opening Skill-Building Chapters
These introductory chapters introduce the basic building blocks of success by introducing fundamental skills, modeling those skills, and practicing with brief accessible texts.
Simplified Thematic Chapter Structure
In a thematic book, you have the benefit of being able to hop between nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and more without leaving the theme behind. That’s exciting, but at this level there is something to be said for clarity and simplicity. With that in mind, each thematic chapter now focuses strictly on either literature or nonfiction. This makes things simpler for students and teachers. For those looking to cross-pollinate, we have include one text that breaks the mold, in a section we call Exploring Other Genres.
Skill-Focus in Thematic Chapters
The simplified thematic chapter structure allowed us to emphasize a particular skill in each thematic chapter, helping to spiral instruction throughout the year. Every chapter has a skill it focuses on developing in the following ways:
Clear and Effective Differentiation
In-Depth Questions and Prompts
The Understanding and Interpreting; Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure; and Topics for Composing questions following each piece are the unsung hero of this book. Compare them to a "normal" 10th grade book, and see the difference that probing, thoughtful, text-based analysis questions make. These questions don’t just lead to better analysis, they inspire students to think critically and write better.
New to This Edition
New! Chapter 1 Making Meaning introduces students to the basic tools of reading for understanding, interpretation, and style.
New! Chapter 4 Understanding Inquiry and Evidence-Based Argument takes students step-by-step through the process of investigating an issue, informing an opinion, and summoning evidence to support a claim.
New! Simplified Thematic Chapter Structure
In a thematic book, you have the benefit of being able to hop between nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and more without leaving the theme behind. That’s exciting, but at this level there is something to be said for clarity and simplicity. With that in mind, each thematic chapter now focuses strictly on either literature or nonfiction. This makes things simpler for students and teachers. For those looking to cross-pollinate, we have include one text that breaks the mold, in a section we call Exploring Other Genres.
New! Fresh New Voices
This edition features dozens of new and engaging texts, including nonfiction by DeRay McKesson, Dolores Huerta, Yuval Noah Harari, Steven Hawking, and Toni Morrison, and literature by Lesley Nneka Arimah, Oliver De La Paz, Richard Blanco, Ha Jin, Li-Young Lee, N. K. Jemisin, Joy Harjo, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
New! Skill-Focus in Thematic Chapters
The simplified thematic chapter structure allowed us to emphasize a particular skill in each thematic chapter, helping to spiral instruction throughout the year. Every chapter has a skill it focuses on developing in the following ways:
Clear and Effective Differentiation
"Advanced Language and Literature provides an invaluable foundation for students heading into AP® English courses. This textbook succeeds in not only helping students scaffold and recognize the importance of the role of language and literature in their lives, but enables them to develop and practice skills that they will use throughout their lives."
Saba Bennet, University HS, AZ"For years, teachers have been gathering various texts that connect in theme, create conversation, target certain skills, and promote writing, and this textbook has done essentially that. It also offers appropriate texts for various levels, especially the honors students who tend to be left out when other textbooks are adopted. Not this time!"
Cinthia Sierra, Rivera HS, TX"It is an excellent Honors/Pre-AP® text that nicely balances literature and nonfiction texts. It will prepare students for both AP® Lit and AP® Lang, because it covers the foundational information for both courses and sets students up for success regardless of whether they choose further literary study or further language/expository study."
Kristin Thompson, El Camino Fundamental HS, CA"The main selling point for me is the way it articulates, explains, and conveys the parts that I care about most - the actual skills and concepts. That is the strength of this text, and it is also not watered down as I have seen in other Pre-AP® Lang. and Lit. textbooks."
Michael Park, Westerville Central HS, OH"It really helps students build up to a better understanding of higher order thinking and it allows for some healthy conversations about global issues."
Stephanie Salazar, London HS, TX"I love the organization of the book from focus on specific skills[...]into units curated by topic with essential questions. This text helps pull worthwhile, timely readings together that are useful for all types of analytical purposes."
Amy Rousseau, Bishop Gorman Catholic School, NV"I like that for my Pre-AP® class, it prepares students for both literature analysis and rhetorical analysis as those two areas are the next possible focus for the AP classes they can choose from (Literature and Lang. and Comp). It focuses on a variety of text types and introduces students to different genres, authors, and topics."
Stephanie Smith, Trinity HS, CA"The book offers a collection of timely and engaging texts and prompts that challenge students to view texts as fluid, dynamic pieces [...]. It’s one of the few texts I’ve encountered that encourage a range of responses to texts, without guiding students to a single, editor-proscribed outcome."
John Peruggia, The Benjamin School, CA
Advanced Language & Literature
Second Edition| ©2021
Renee H. Shea; John Golden; Carlos Escobar; Lance Balla
Achieve is a comprehensive set of interconnected teaching and assessment tools that incorporate the most effective elements from Macmillan Learning's market leading solutions in a single, easy-to-use platform.
Advanced Language & Literature
Second Edition| 2021
Renee H. Shea; John Golden; Carlos Escobar; Lance Balla
Guided Tour of Advanced Language & Literature
1 Making Meaning
Knowing Yourself
Knowing Others
Making Connections, Asking Questions, and Annotating Texts
A Model Annotation: Making Connections, Asking Questions
Reading for Understanding, Interpretation, and Style
Reading for Understanding
Reading for Interpretation
Reading for Style
A Model Analysis: Making Meaning
Considering Context
Culminating Activity
2 Understanding Literature
Thinking Abstractly about Literature
Theme in Literature
Interpreting Theme
Elements of Fiction
Point of View
Characterization
Plot and Conflict
Setting
Symbolism
A Model Analysis: Connecting Elements of Fiction to Theme
Speaking & Listening Focus--Discussing Interpretations of Literature
Elements of Drama
Plot
Character
Setting
Symbolism
Elements of Poetry
Making Meaning – Looking for Shifts
Speaker
Structure
Sound
A Model Analysis: Connecting Elements of Poetry to Theme
Language and Style
Diction
Syntax
Figurative Language
Imagery
Analyzing Style and Tone
A Model Analysis: Connecting Style to Tone
Analyzing Style and Theme
A Model Analysis: Connecting Style to Theme
Culminating Activity
3 Understanding Rhetoric and Argument
Changing Minds, Changing the World
Arguable Claims
The Rhetorical Situation of an Argument
Using Evidence
Personal Experience and Anecdotes
Facts and Data/Statistics
Scholarly Research and Expert Opinion
Detecting Bias
Rhetorical Appeals
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Counterarguments
Speaking & Listening Focus — Differences of Opinion
Logical Fallacies
Interpreting an Argument
Interpreting Visual Arguments
Images as Rhetoric
Language and Style in an Argument
Connotative Language
Figurative Language
Parallel Structure
Rhetorical Questions
A Model Analysis: Connecting Content and Style
Culminating Activity
4 Understanding Inquiry and Evidence-Based Argument
The Process of Inquiry
Identify and Focus
Investigate and Analyze
Approaching a Source
Examining Sources
Draw Connections
Considering Sources in Conversation
Speaking and Listening Focus - Considering Sources in Conversation
Researching Additional Sources
Integrate and Present
Using Commentary
Using Visuals as Evidence
Integrating Counterarguments
Citing Sources and Using Quotations
Reflecting on the Inquiry Process
Culminating Activity
5 Changing the World (nonfiction)
Skill Workshop – Understanding Personal Experience in Argument
Malala Yousafzai, Speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly
Section 1
Bill Bystricky, When 16-Year-Olds Vote, We All Benefit
David Hogg, The Road to Change
Amber Tamblyn, Im Not Ready for the Redemption of Men
Section 2
Denise Cummins, How to Get People to Change Their Minds
Michelle Alexander, What if Were All Coming Back?
Dolores Huerta, from Speech at UCLA
Central Text DeRay Mckesson, Bully and the Pulpit
Section 3
Nelson Mandela, from An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared to Die
Martin Luther King Jr., I Have Been to the Mountaintop
Virginia Woolf, Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid
Exploring Other Genres
Luisa Valenzuela, The Censors (fiction)
Writing Workshop – Using Personal Experience in an Argument
Continuing the Conversation – Changing the World
6 Self-Discovery (literature)
Skill Workshop – Understanding Character and Theme in Prose
Judith Cofer, Abuela Invents the Zero
Gathering Textual Evidence
Activity – Gathering Textual Evidence
Organizing and Analyzing Textual Evidence
Activity – Organizing and Analyzing Textual Evidence
Analyzing Characterization
Activity – Writing a Character Analysis
Connecting Characterization and Theme
Culminating Activity
Section 1
Faith Erin Hicks, from Friends with Boys
Chen Chen, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
Kristen Iskandrian, Good with Boys
Section 2
Billy Collins, On Turning Ten
Amy Silverberg, Suburbia!
William Shakespeare, The Seven Ages of Man
Central Text Amy Tan, Rules of the Game
Section 3
Oliver De La Paz, In Defense of Small Towns
Lesley Nneka Arimah, Glory
James Joyce, Eveline
Exploring Other Genres
Trevor Noah, from Born a Crime (nonfiction)
Writing Workshop – Writing an Analysis of Character and Theme
Continuing the Conversation – Self-Discovery
7 The Individual in School (nonfiction)
Skill Workshop – Understanding Rhetorical Situation
Adam Grant, What Straight-A Students Get Wrong
Section 1
Peter Gray, from Children Educate Themselves: Lessons from Sudbury Valley
Dyan Watson, A Message from a Black Mom to Her Son
Mindy Kaling, Dont Peak in High School
Section 2
Maya Angelou, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Alexandra Robbins, from The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
Zitkala-Ša, from School Days of an Indian Girl
Central Text John Taylor Gatto, Against School
Section 3
Rebecca Solnit, Abolish High School
Yuval Noah Harari, Education: Change Is the Only Constant
Albert Einstein, from On Education
Exploring Other Genres
Lisa Parker, Snapping Beans (poetry)
Writing Workshop – Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Continuing the Conversation – The Individual in School
8 Cultures, Conflicts, and Connections (literature)
Skill Workshop – Understanding a Poem’s Speaker and Meaning
Claude McKay, The Tropics in New York
Section 1
Sandra Cisneros, No Speak English
Amit Majmudar, Dothead
Margarita Engle, Unnatural
Section 2
Tahira Naqvi, Paths Upon Water
Franny Choi, Choi Jeong Min
Richard Blanco, My Father in English
Central Text Eavan Boland, An Irish Childhood in England: 1951
Section 3
Ha Jin, Children as Enemies
Natasha Trethewey, Enlightenment
Li-Young Lee, For a New Citizen of These United States
Exploring Other Genres
Viet Thanh Nguyen, America, Say My Name (nonfiction)
Writing Workshop – Writing an Analysis of a Poem’s Speaker
Continuing the Conversation – Cultures, Conflicts, and Connections
9 Our Robotic Future (nonfiction)
Skill Workshop – Understanding Evidence in Argument
Lela London, This Is What The Future Of Robots Might Do To Humanity
Section 1
Evan Selinger and Woodrow Hartzog, The Dangers of Trusting Robots
Arthur House, The Real Cyborgs
Alex Williams, Will Robots Take our Childrens Jobs?
Section 2
Federico Guerrini, By Giving Robots Personhood Status, Humanity Risks to Be Demoted to the Rank of a Machine
Kevin Kelly, from Better Than Human
Rosa Brooks, In Defense of Killer Robots
Central Text Sherry Turkle, Why These Friendly Robots Can’t Be Good Friends to Our Kids
Section 3
Francis Fukuyama, Transhumanism
Stephen Hawking, Will AI Outsmart Us?
Kate Darling, Extending Legal Protections to Social Robots
Exploring Other Genres
Ken Liu, The Perfect Match (fiction)
Writing Workshop – Writing an Evidence-Based Argument
Continuing the Conversation – Our Robotic Future
10 Utopia/Dystopia (literature)
Skill Workshop – Understanding Style and Meaning in Prose
Cory Doctorow, Printcrime
Section 1
Ray Bradbury and Tim Hamilton, from Fahrenheit 451
N.K. Jemisin, Valedictorian
Naomi Shihab Nye, World of the Future, We Thirsted
Section 2
Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
Nnedi Okorafor, Spider the Artist
Joy Harjo, Once the World Was Perfect
Central Text Kurt Vonnegut, Harrison Bergeron
Section 3
Ursula Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, The Era
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, from Herland
Exploring Other Genres
Rutger Bregman, from Utopia for Realists (nonfiction)
Writing Workshop – Writing a Close Analysis of Prose
Continuing the Conversation – Utopia/Dystopia
11 Do the Right Thing (nonfiction)
Skill Workshop – Understanding Style and Tone in Argument
Jose Antonio Vargas, What America Looks Like from a Jail in South Texas
Section 1
Toni Morrison, The Work You Do, the Person You Are
Laura Hercher, Designer babies aren’t futuristic. They’re already here.
Marie Colvin, Truth at All Costs
Section 2
Monica Hesse, The Case of the Photoshopped CEOs
Michael J. Sandel, Are We All in This Together?
Chuck Klosterman, Why We Look the Other Way
Central Text Jamaica Kincaid, from A Small Place
Section 3
David Callahan, from The Cheating Culture
Sam Harris, from Lying
George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
Exploring Other Genres
William Stafford, Traveling through the Dark (poetry)
Writing Workshop – Writing an Analysis of Tone
Continuing the Conversation – Do the Right Thing
12 Power (literature)
Skill Workshop – Understanding Figurative Language and Meaning in Poetry
William Shakespeare, Sonnet 94 and Sonnet 29
Section 1
W. Haden Blackman and Richard Pace, Ghost
Hernando Tellez, Lather and Nothing Else
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias
Section 2
Central Text William Shakespeare, Macbeth
Section 3
Emma Donoghue, The Tale of the Kiss
Warsan Shire, Backwards
Zora Neale Hurston, Sweat
Exploring Other Genres
Elena Ferrante, A Power of Our Own (nonfiction)
Writing Workshop – Writing an Analysis of Figurative Language in a Poem
Continuing the Conversation – Power
Revision Workshops
Grammar Workshops
A Guide to Grammar Terms
Vocabulary and Word Roots
Guide to MLA Documentation Style
Glossary/Glosario
Credits
Index
Advanced Language & Literature
Second Edition| 2021
Renee H. Shea; John Golden; Carlos Escobar; Lance Balla
Carlos Escobar teaches tenth-grade English and AP® English Literature and Composition at Felix Varela Senior High School in Miami, Florida, where he is also the AP® Program Director. Carlos has been a College Board Advisor for AP® English Literature, an AP® Reader, and a member of the AP® English Literature Test Development Committee. He has mentored new AP® English teachers and presented at various local and national AP® workshops and conferences. As part of the College Board’s Instructional Design Team, Carlos contributed to the development, review, and dissemination of the 2019 AP® English Literature and Composition Course and Exam Description. He designed and delivered daily live YouTube lessons streamed globally by the College Board and was the Lead Instructor for AP® Daily, the College Board’s skill-based, on-demand video series. A co-author of Advanced Language & Literature and Literature & Composition, Carlos has also co-authored the Teacher’s Editions for Literature & Composition, Second Edition; Advanced Language & Literature; and Foundations of Language & Literature.
Advanced Language & Literature
Second Edition| 2021
Renee H. Shea; John Golden; Carlos Escobar; Lance Balla
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Renee H. Shea; John Golden; Carlos Escobar; Lance Balla
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Renee H. Shea; John Golden; Carlos Escobar; Lance Balla
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