Making the Standards Explicit: North Carolina Standard Course of Study English II Guided Notes, Graphic Organizers

When students are able to clearly articulate what they are learning and what they are expected to do, they will be more successful. I have been teaching for 22 years, and I have found that it is helpful to begin each new unit of learning by emphasizing a focus standard. We know that the ELA standards are artfully intertwined, but picking a standard or two to really emphasize helps me to be intentional about instruction and for students to know the purpose of their learning.

I am currently teaching English II in North Carolina, and I am helping students prepare for the North Carolina Final Exam. I have been developing slideshows, guided notes, and graphic organizers to help students understand the academic vocabulary of the tested standards as well as to help them analyze informational and literary texts in the 9-10 grade band.

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Add a free copy of RL.9.10.1 Literary Inferences Textual Evidence Graphic Organizer to your Google Drive by clicking the link.

Standards Covered:

Reading for Literature RL.1 RL.2 RL.3 RL.4 RL.5 RL.6
Language L.4 L.5.a Figurative Language Guided Notes

Reading for Informational Text RI.1 RI.2 RI.3 RI.4 RI.5 RI.6 RI.8

These notes are ready to be posted on your LMS. These are in Google slides and Google docs format.

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