Updated June 2014
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StudySync: Texts -- Grades 9-10

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The place to go for scaffolded support with canonical texts

Subjects & skills
Subjects
  • English Language Arts
Skills
  • Critical Thinking
Grades This grade range is a recommendation by Common Sense Education and not the developer/publisher.
9–11
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Price:  Free to Try A one-year subscription is $16.47 per student. The student reading and writing companion bundles cost $111.24 and are available per grade level as a 6-year subscription.
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From the homepage, click on the Library tab.
Here's a sample text aimed at 9th and 10th graders.
Lesson plans accompany each text within this module.
Use the Blasts feature to engage students in thematic thinking.

How Can I Teach with This Tool?

With StudySync's 9th and 10th grade offering, there's a notable shift from the leveled young adult selections of the earlier grades to a focus on classic, canonical literature. Thankfully, all of the texts here come with a lesson plan; whatever your students' reading level, you'll have built-in support.

To make texts like Song of Myself, Crime and Punishment, and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee even more accessible, consider using a theme-related Blast as an introduction, or use it midway through your literature study. High school students will eagerly embrace the opportunity to connect virtually, and you'll enjoy all the ways Blast supports them in engaging with text.

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Standards:

Key Standards Supported

Reading Informational Text

  • RI.9-10.1

    Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

  • RI.9-10.10

    By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Reading Literature

  • RL.9-10.2

    Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

  • RL.9-10.10

    By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Writing

  • W.9-10.1

    Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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Featured review by
Michelle N. , Classroom teacher
Classroom teacher
Lebanon Senior High School
Lebanon, PA
Extensive literary offerings and thoughtful prompts create opportunities for student discussion
StudySync combines a number of elements in order to deliver students with opportunities to close-read text and discuss major ideas. Some of the more helpful elements of StudySync are found in the types of assignments -- quick "blast" assignments (quick-read articles with editable lexile levels) and close-read assignments. Many of the close-read assignments have video clips or video discussion guides that can help students frame their own discussions. This can be great for students who are either learning to create arguments or who just need a reminder on what using textual evidence looks and sounds like. Other features like vocabulary and built-in writing prompts also make this platform attractive to educators looking to digitally enhance their lesson plans.
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