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Literacy In Action

Videos that share literacy practices in action

Lessons and Units
State Department Collections

• Louisiana Department of Education
  • ​Eleventh Grade (ELA)
  • Twelfth Grade (ELA)

• Mississippi Exemplar Unit: English II
• New York State ELA Units
• Kentucky Literacy Strategies and Organizers
• Vermont Writing Collaborative: Writing for Understanding Common Core Units for Teachers

​Independent Organization Collections

• Achieve: A not for profit, independent group dedicated to raising student achievement; assisted in development of the CCSS: Select EQuIP Exemplars Tab, Grade 11-12 (Seven units to select)
• Anthology Alignment Project: Free, teacher-developed Common Core-aligned lessons for anthology reading series. Each story has updated text-dependent questions, tier 2 vocabulary as well as culminating tasks including writing. ​
• Student Achievement Partners: Instructional Lesson Planning Guide
• CommonLit:  High quality, free, standards aligned instructional units that support literacy development in grades 5-12 
• Common Sense Media: Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum: These free materials are designed to empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world. The curriculum can be accessed in iBooks or in printable form. 

• Sample Curricula (Literacy Design Collaborative) is available however if educators sign up for a free LDC Core Tools  account, all modules are available for download.