Using ThinkCERCA's Differentiated Lessons and Instructional Activities with HMH Collections, Grade 12
ThinkCERCA provides a thematic alignment to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections for English Language Arts, one of the most commonly used ELA curricula in the United States. The ThinkCERCA aligned lessons (Direct Instruction, Writing Lessons, and Reading Practice) support the content that students will be focusing on in the HMH Collections anchor texts, standards, and performance tasks. Additional Direct Instruction resources are provided as an extra support for skills critical for success with the Collection topics and themes.
Collection 1: Chasing Success
Differentiated Writing Modules
- School Policy - How can we improve student learning?
Direct Instruction
Collection 2: Gender Roles
Differentiated Writing Modules
- Women in War - What are the opportunities and challenges of women fighting in combat?
Direct Instruction
Collection 3: Voices of Protest
Differentiated Writing Modules
- Thomas Paine and the Philosophy of Revolutions - How did the writings of Thomas Paine influence both the American and French Revolutions?
- Modern Protest - What is the most effective way to organize a protest?
Direct Instruction
Collection 4: Seeking Justice, Seeking Peace
Differentiated Writing Modules
- Character and Risk - When are tempting rewards worth the risk?
- Through Their Eyes - How do authors use point of view and perspective to affect their readers’ experience of a story?
Direct Instruction
- Central Ideas
- Point of View and Perspective
- Explicit and Inferred Information in Informational Texts
Collection 5: Taking Risks
Differentiated Writing Modules
- Comparing Traditional Tales - How do world cultures express their values through traditional tales?
Direct Instruction
Collection 6: Finding Ourselves in Nature
Differentiated Writing Modules
- Nature - How do poets see themselves and their humanity reflected in the natural world?
- Human and Animal Interactions - What positive and negative effects do human activities have on endangered animals?
Direct Instruction