Project Success: Level 2
correlated to
 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards
 Common Core Standards for ELA (Grades 9-10)
 GED Reasoning through Language Assessment (RLA) Targets
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Reading: Literature
Key Ideas and Details
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.1
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.2
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.1 Cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.2 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.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.3 Analyze how complex
characters (e.g., those with
multiple or conflicting
motivations) develop over the
course of a text, interact with
other characters, and advance
the plot or develop the theme.
Craft and Structure
R.3.2 Make inferences about
plot/sequence of events,
characters/people, settings, or ideas in
texts.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Reading (text, activities,
and skill): Make inferences, 125
Active Teach DVD: Use Audio Bank of
article about body language.
R.2.6 Identify a theme, or identify which
element(s) in a text support a theme.
R.5.1 Analyze how a particular sentence,
paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the
overall structure of a text and contributes
to the development of the ideas.
R.3.3 Analyze relationships within texts,
including how events are important in
relation to plot or conflict; how people,
ideas, or events are connected, developed,
or distinguished; how events contribute to
theme or relate to key ideas; or how a
setting or context shapes structure and
meaning.
R.3.5 Analyze the roles that details play in
complex literary or informational texts.
R.3.2 Make inferences about
plot/sequence of events,
characters/people, settings, or ideas in
texts.
Project Success 2: Students can use
the following skills to explore literary
selections: Reading (text, activities, and
skill): Predict the topic, 15, Find the
main idea, 30, Find details, 80, Retell,
97
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
R.3.3 Analyze relationships within texts,
including how events are important in
relation to plot or conflict; how people,
ideas, or events are connected, developed,
or distinguished; how events contribute to
theme or relate to key ideas; or how a
setting or context shapes structure and
meaning.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Vocabulary Learning
Strategy: Write a short story, 144;
Practical Skills: Describe people, 29;
Reading: How to Describe Yourself, 30–
31
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.4 Determine the meaning
of words and phrases as they
are used in the text, including
figurative and connotative
meanings; analyze the
cumulative impact of specific
word choices on meaning and
tone (e.g., how the language
evokes a sense of time and
place; how it sets a formal or
informal tone).
R.4.1/L4.1 Determine the meaning of
words and phrases as they are used in a
text, including determining connotative
and figurative meanings from context.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.5 Analyze how an author’s
choices concerning how to
structure a text, order events
within it (e.g., parallel plots),
and manipulate time (e.g.,
pacing, flashbacks) create
such effects as mystery,
tension, or surprise.
R.3.1 Order sequences of events in texts.
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.5
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.6
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
R.4.3/L4.3 Analyze the impact of specific
words, phrases, or figurative language in
text, with a focus on an author's intent to
convey information or construct an
argument.
R.3.2 Make inferences about
plot/sequence of events,
characters/people, settings, or ideas in
texts.
R.3.3 Analyze relationships within texts,
including how events are important in
relation to plot or conflict; how people,
ideas, or events are connected, developed,
or distinguished; how events contribute to
theme or relate to key ideas; or how a
setting or context shapes structure and
meaning.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.6 Analyze a particular point
of view or cultural experience
reflected in a work of literature
from outside the United
States, drawing on a wide
reading of world literature.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Vocabulary
Learning Strategy: Group by Meaning,
18, Group by Function, 32, Draw
Pictures, 46, Write Your First Language,
60, Write Personal Sentences, 74, Write
words that go together, 88, Make Word
webs, 102, Group words by number of
syllables, 116, Group words by part of
speech, 130, Write a short story, 144
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Reading: Find the main
idea, 30, Look at headings, 39; also
see: Practical Skills: Describe people,
29; Reading: How to Describe Yourself,
30–31
Project Success 2: For related
material see:
Vocabulary Learning Strategy: Write
Your First Language, 60
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills and writing skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.7 Analyze the
representation of a subject or
a key scene in two different
artistic mediums, including
what is emphasized or absent
in each treatment (e.g.,
Auden’s “Musée des Beaux
Arts” and Breughel’s
Landscape with the Fall of
Icarus).
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success is a digital and print
English program focusing on students’
future aspirations and on their current
realities. Audio accounts of each
literary selection are seamlessly
integrated in the multimedia platform.
Project Success 2: Reading, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
(RL.9-10.8 not applicable to literature)
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.9 Analyze how an author
draws on and transforms
source material in a specific
work (e.g., how Shakespeare
treats a theme or topic from
Ovid or the Bible or how a
later author draws on a play
by Shakespeare).
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Project Success is a digital and print
English program focusing on students’
future aspirations and on their current
realities. Readings provide opportunities
for students to match readings to a
variety of sources, illustrations, and
types of information.
Project Success 2: Reading, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.1
0
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.910.10 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.
By the end of grade 10, read
and comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas, and
poems, at the high end of the
grades 9-10 text complexity
band independently and
proficiently.
Reading: Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Each lesson in Project Success includes
readings focusing on real-world
activities of students in our dynamic
world. Students can use the reading
skills developed in the program to
analyze fiction.
Project Success 2: Reading: Predict
the topic, 15, Find the main idea, 30,
Look at headings, 39, Understand
author’s purpose, 56, Skimming, 71,
Find details, 80, Retell, 97, Scanning,
112, Make inferences, 125, Ask
questions, 134
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.1 Cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
R.2.3 Make sentence level inferences
about details that support main ideas.
R.2.7 Make evidence based
generalizations or hypotheses based on
details in text, including clarifications,
extensions, or applications of main ideas
to new situations.
R.3.4 Infer relationships between ideas in
a text (e.g., an implicit cause and effect,
parallel, or contrasting relationship).
W.1 Determine the details of what is
explicitly stated and make logical
inferences or valid claim that square with
textual evidence.
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.2 Determine a central idea
of a text and analyze 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.
R2.1 Comprehend explicit details and
main ideas in text.
R.2.2 Summarize details and ideas in text.
R.2.4 Infer implied main ideas in
paragraphs or whole texts.
R.2.5 Determine which detail(s)
support(s) a main idea.
R.2.8 Draw conclusions or make
generalizations that require synthesis of
multiple main ideas in text.
R.3.5 Analyze the roles that details play in
complex literary or informational texts.
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Reading (text,
activities, and skill): Reading: Make
inferences, 125
Project Success 2: In the What do
you think? activity at the end of most
lessons, students analyze, evaluate,
and infer the content of the lesson to
other contexts and situations. For
examples, see pages: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15,
20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 41, 43,
44, 48, 50, 53, 56, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64,
66, 70, 71, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83, 86, 90,
93, 94, 99, 100, 104, 107, 108, 111,
114, 118, 121, 122, 125, 128, 132,
135, 136, 141, 142
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
Project Success 2: Reading (text,
activities, and skill): Reading: Find the
main idea, 30, Find details, 80, Retell,
97, Make inferences, 125
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.3 Analyze how the author
unfolds an analysis or series of
ideas or events, including the
order in which the points are
made, how they are introduced
and developed, and the
connections that are drawn
between them.
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
R.5.2 Analyze the structural relationship
between adjacent sections of text (e.g.,
how one paragraph develops or refines a
key concept or how one idea is
distinguished from another).
Project Success 2: Reading (text,
activities, and skill): Look at headings,
39; also see: Reading (text, activities,
and skill): Predict the topic, 15, Find
the main idea, 30, Skimming, 71,
Scanning, 112; Writing (with model):
Write instructions, 37
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
R.4.1/L4.1 Determine the meaning of
words and phrases as they are used in a
text, including determining connotative
and figurative meanings from context.
Project Success 2: Vocabulary
Learning Strategy: Group by Meaning,
18, Group by Function, 32, Draw
Pictures, 46, Write Your First Language,
60, Write Personal Sentences, 74, Write
words that go together, 88, Make Word
webs, 102, Group words by number of
syllables, 116, Group words by part of
speech, 130, Write a short story, 144
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.4 Determine the meaning
of words and phrases as they
are used in a text, including
figurative, connotative, and
technical meanings; analyze
the cumulative impact of
specific word choices on
meaning and tone (e.g., how
the language of a court opinion
differs from that of a
newspaper).
R.4.2/L4.2 Analyze how meaning or tone
is affected when one word is replaced with
another.
R.4.3/L4.3 Analyze the impact of specific
words, phrases, or figurative language in
text, with a focus on an author's intent to
convey information or construct an
argument.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.5
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.5 Analyze in detail how an
author’s ideas or claims are
developed and refined by
particular sentences,
paragraphs, or larger portions
of a text (e.g., a section or
chapter).
R.5.1 Analyze how a particular sentence,
paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the
overall structure of a text and contributes
to the development of the ideas.
R.5.4 Analyze how the structure of a
paragraph, section, or passage shapes
meaning, emphasizes key ideas, or
supports an author's purpose.
Project Success 2: Reading (text,
activities, and skill): Look at headings,
39; also see: Reading (text, activities,
and skill): Predict the topic, 15, Find
the main idea, 30, Skimming, 71,
Scanning, 112; Writing (with model):
Write instructions, 37
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.6 Determine an author’s
point of view or purpose in a
text and analyze how an
author uses rhetoric to
advance that point of view or
purpose.
R.6.1 Determine an author's point of view
or purpose of a text.
R.6.2 Analyze how the author
distinguishes his or her position from that
of others or how an author acknowledges
and responds to conflicting evidence or
viewpoints
R.6.3 Infer an author's implicit as well as
explicit purposes based on details in text.
R.6.4 Analyze how an author uses
rhetorical techniques to advance his or her
point of view or achieve a specific purpose
(e.g., analogies, enumerations, repetition
and parallelism, juxtaposition of opposites,
qualifying statements).
R.5.4 Analyze how the structure of a
paragraph, section, or passage shapes
meaning, emphasizes key ideas, or
supports an author's purpose.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Project Success 2: Reading:
Understand author’s purpose, 56;
Writing (with model): Write a
restaurant review, 26, Write a letter of
recommendation, 69, Express thanks
and congratulations, 142
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.7 Analyze various accounts
of a subject told in different
mediums (e.g., a person’s life
story in both print and
multimedia), determining
which details are emphasized
in each account.
R.9.1/R.7.1 Draw specific comparisons
between two texts that address similar
themes or topics or between information
presented in different formats (e.g.,
between information presented in text and
information or data summarized in a table
or timeline).
Project Success is a digital and print
English program focusing on students’
future aspirations and on their current
realities. Audio accounts of each
literary selection are seamlessly
integrated in the multimedia platform.
R.7.2 Analyze how data or quantitative
and/or visual information extends,
clarifies, or contradicts information in text,
or determine how data supports an
author's argument.
Project Success 2: Reading, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134;
Practical Skills: Read a train schedule
online, 137, Read a map online, 139;
Job-Seeking Skills: Look at job ads
online, 45
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
R.7.3 Compare two passages that present
related ideas or themes in different genre
or formats (e.g., a feature article and an
online FAQ or fact sheet) in order to
evaluate differences in scope, purpose,
emphasis, intended audience, or overall
impact when comparing.
R.7.4 Compare two passages that present
related ideas or themes in different genre
or formats in order to synthesize details,
draw conclusions, or apply information to
new situations.
R.9.2 Compare two passages in similar or
closely related genre that share ideas or
themes, focusing on similarities and/or
differences in perspective, tone, style,
structure, purpose, or overall impact.
Project Success, Level 2
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.8 Delineate and evaluate
the argument and specific
claims in a text, assessing
whether the reasoning is valid
and the evidence is relevant
and sufficient; identify false
statements and fallacious
reasoning.
R.6.4 Analyze how an author uses
rhetorical techniques to advance his or her
point of view or achieve a specific purpose
(e.g., analogies, enumerations, repetition
and parallelism, juxtaposition of opposites,
qualifying statements).
R.8.1 Delineate the specific steps of an
argument the author puts forward,
including how the argument's claims build
on one another.
R.8.2 Identify specific pieces of evidence
an author uses in support of claims or
conclusions.
R.8.3 Evaluate the relevance and
sufficiency of evidence offered in support
of a claim.
R.8.5 Assess whether the reasoning is
valid; identify fallacious reasoning in an
argument and evaluate its impact.
R.8.6 Identify an underlying premise or
assumption in an argument and evaluate
the logical support and evidence provided.
R.9.3 Compare two argumentative
passages on the same topic that present
opposing claims (either main or supporting
claims( and analyze how each text
emphasizes different evidence or advances
a different interpretation of facts.
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Reading:
Understand author’s purpose, 56;
Writing (with model): Write a
restaurant review, 26, Write a letter of
recommendation, 69, Express thanks
and congratulations, 142
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.9 Analyze seminal U.S.
documents of historical and
literary significance (e.g.,
Washington’s Farewell
Address, the Gettysburg
Address, Roosevelt’s Four
Freedoms speech, King’s
“Letter from Birmingham Jail”),
including how they address
related themes and concepts.
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Students can use
the following skills to analyze significant
documents from U.S. history. Reading:
Predict the topic, 15, Find the main
idea, 30, Look at headings, 39,
Understand author’s purpose, 56,
Skimming, 71, Find details, 80, Retell,
97, Scanning, 112, Make inferences,
125, Ask questions, 134
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.R.1
0
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.910.10 By the end of grade 9,
read and comprehend literacy
nonfiction in the grades 9-10
text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding as
needed at the high end of the
range.
By the end of grade 10, read
and comprehend literary
nonfiction at the high end of
the grades 9-10 text
complexity band independently
and proficiently.
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
Project Success 2: Reading, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134;
Practical Skills, 7, 15, 16, 23, 27, 29,
40, 43, 44, 51, 55, 58, 63, 68, 72, 82,
84, 86, 92, 93, 94, 106, 109, 113, 122,
123, 124, 137, 139, 141
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
1
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.1 Write arguments to
support claims in an analysis
of substantive topics or texts,
using valid reasoning and
relevant and sufficient
evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.1a Introduce precise
claim(s), distinguish the
claim(s) from alternate or
opposing claims, and create an
organization that establishes
clear relationships among
claim(s), counterclaims,
reasons, and evidence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.1b Develop claim(s) and
counterclaims fairly, supplying
evidence for each while
pointing out the strengths and
limitations of both in a manner
that anticipates the audience’s
knowledge level and concerns.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.1c Use words, phrases,
and clauses to link the major
sections of the text, create
cohesion, and clarify the
relationships between claim(s)
and reasons, between reasons
and evidence, and between
claim(s) and counterclaims.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.1d Establish and maintain
a formal style and objective
tone while attending to the
norms and conventions of the
discipline in which they are
writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.1e Provide a concluding
statement or section that
follows from and supports the
argument presented.
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
W.2 Produce an extended analytic
response in which the writer introduces
the idea(s) or claim(s) clearly; creates an
organization that logically sequences
information; develops the idea(s) or
claim(s) thoroughly with well-chosen
examples, facts, or details from the text;
and maintains a coherent focus.
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Writing (with
model): Write a restaurant review, 26,
Write a letter of recommendation, 69,
Express thanks and congratulations,
142
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
2
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.2 Write
informative/explanatory texts
to examine and convey
complex ideas, concepts, and
information clearly and
accurately through the
effective selection,
organization, and analysis of
content.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.2a Introduce a topic;
organize complex ideas,
concepts, and information to
make important connections
and distinctions; include
formatting (e.g., headings),
graphics (e.g., figures, tables),
and multimedia when useful to
aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.2b Develop the topic with
well-chosen, relevant, and
sufficient facts, extended
definitions, concrete details,
quotations, or other
information and examples
appropriate to the audience’s
knowledge of the topic.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.2c Use appropriate and
varied transitions to link the
major sections of the text,
create cohesion, and clarify the
relationships among complex
ideas and concepts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.2d Use precise language
and domain-specific
vocabulary to manage the
complexity of the topic.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.2e Establish and maintain
a formal style and objective
tone while attending to the
norms and conventions of the
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
W.2 Produce an extended analytic
response in which the writer introduces
the idea(s) or claim(s) clearly; creates an
organization that logically sequences
information; develops the idea(s) or
claim(s) thoroughly with well-chosen
examples, facts, or details from the text;
and maintains a coherent focus.
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Writing: Write
instructions, 37, Write a formal letter,
111
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.3 Write narratives to
develop real or imagined
experiences or events using
effective technique, wellchosen details, and wellstructured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.3a Engage and orient the
reader by setting out a
problem, situation, or
observation, establishing one
or multiple point(s) of view,
and introducing a narrator
and/or characters; create a
smooth progression of
experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.3b Use narrative
techniques, such as dialogue,
pacing, description, reflection,
and multiple plot lines, to
develop experiences, events,
and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.3c Use a variety of
techniques to sequence events
so that they build on one
another to create a coherent
whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.3d Use precise words and
phrases, telling details, and
sensory language to convey a
vivid picture of the
experiences, events, setting,
and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.3e Provide a conclusion
that follows from and reflects
on what is experienced,
observed, or resolved over the
course of the narrative.
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Vocabulary
Learning Strategy: Write a short story,
144; also see: Writing: Write a journal
entry, 128
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Production and Distribution of Writing
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.4 Produce clear and
coherent writing in which the
development, organization,
and style are appropriate to
task, purpose, and audience.
(Grade-specific expectations
for writing types are defined in
standards 1–3 above.)
Project Success 2: Writing, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
5
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.5 Develop and strengthen
writing as needed by planning,
revising, editing, rewriting, or
trying a new approach,
focusing on addressing what is
most significant for a specific
purpose and audience. (Editing
for conventions should
demonstrate command of
Language standards 1–3 up to
and including grades 9–10
here.)
Project Success 2: Writing: Write an
email of request, 13, Write a restaurant
review, 26, Write instructions, 37, Write
an email for permission, 52, Write a
letter of recommendation, 69, Write a
note, 85, Write an absence letter, 95,
Write a formal letter, 111, Write a
journal entry, 128, Express thanks and
congratulations, 142
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
6
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.6 Use technology, including
the Internet, to produce,
publish, and update individual
or shared writing products,
taking advantage of
technology’s capacity to link to
other information and to
display information flexibly and
dynamically.
Project Success, Level 2
Students are encouraged to use the
ActiveTeach DVD and online materials
to complete each writing activity.
Project Success 2: Writing, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.7 Conduct short as well as
more sustained research
projects to answer a question
(including a self-generated
question) or solve a problem;
narrow or broaden the inquiry
when appropriate; synthesize
multiple sources on the
subject, demonstrating
understanding of the subject
under investigation.
Project Success 2: Job-Seeking Skills:
Look at job ads online, 45, Look at job
ads in a newspaper, 59; Practical Skills:
Read a train schedule online, 137, Read
a map online, 139
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
8
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.8 Gather relevant
information from multiple
authoritative print and digital
sources, using advanced
searches effectively; assess
the usefulness of each source
in answering the research
question; integrate information
into the text selectively to
maintain the flow of ideas,
avoiding plagiarism and
following a standard format for
citation.
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Job-Seeking Skills:
Look at job ads online, 45, Look at job
ads in a newspaper, 59; Practical Skills:
Read a train schedule online, 137, Read
a map online, 139
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
9
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.9 Draw evidence from
literary or informational texts
to support analysis, reflection,
and research.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.9a Apply grades 9–10
Reading standards to literature
(e.g., “Analyze how an author
draws on and transforms
source material in a specific
work [e.g., how Shakespeare
treats a theme or topic from
Ovid or the Bible or how a
later author draws on a play
by Shakespeare]”).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.9b Apply grades 9–10
Reading standards to literary
nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and
evaluate the argument and
specific claims in a text,
assessing whether the
reasoning is valid and the
evidence is relevant and
sufficient; identify false
statements and fallacious
reasoning”).
Range of Writing
Project Success 2: Reading: Predict
the topic, 15, Find the main idea, 30,
Look at headings, 39, Understand
author’s purpose, 56, Skimming, 71,
Find details, 80, Retell, 97, Scanning,
112, Make inferences, 125, Ask
questions, 134
Active Teach DVD: Includes
recordings of all reading selections.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of reading
skills.
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.W.
10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.910.10 Write routinely over
extended time frames (time
for research, reflection, and
revision) and shorter time
frames (a single sitting or a
day or two) for a range of
tasks, purposes, and
audiences.
Project Success 2: Writing: Write an
email of request, 13, Write a restaurant
review, 26, Write instructions, 37, Write
an email for permission, 52, Write a
letter of recommendation, 69, Write a
note, 85, Write an absence letter, 95,
Write a formal letter, 111, Write a
journal entry, 128, Express thanks and
congratulations, 142
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Speaking & Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.SL.
1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.1 Initiate and participate
effectively in a range of
collaborative discussions (oneon-one, in groups, and
teacher-led) with diverse
partners on grades 9–10
topics, texts, and issues,
building on others’ ideas and
expressing their own clearly
and persuasively.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.1a Come to discussions
prepared, having read and
researched material under
study; explicitly draw on that
preparation by referring to
evidence from texts and other
research on the topic or issue
to stimulate a thoughtful, wellreasoned exchange of ideas.
Project Success 2: Listening and
Speaking, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24, 28,
34, 36, 38, 41, 48, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64,
66, 70, 76, 78, 81, 83, 90, 96, 98, 100,
104, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120, 126,
127, 132, 135, 138, 141
The Get Ready to Watch section of all
Listening and Speaking activities
ensures that students are ready to
examine the lesson video. The What
Do You Think Activity? provides
opportunities for students to respond to
the videos.
Project Success 2: Listening and
Speaking: Get Ready to Watch & What
Do You Think? 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24,
28, 34, 36, 38, 41, 48, 50, 53, 57, 62,
64, 66, 70, 76, 78, 81, 83, 90, 96, 98,
100, 104, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120,
126, 127, 132, 135, 138, 141
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.1b Work with peers to set
rules for collegial discussions
and decision-making (e.g.,
informal consensus, taking
votes on key issues,
presentation of alternate
views), clear goals and
deadlines, and individual roles
as needed.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.1c Propel conversations by
posing and responding to
questions that relate the
current discussion to broader
themes or larger ideas;
actively incorporate others into
the discussion; and clarify,
verify, or challenge ideas and
conclusions.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.1d Respond thoughtfully to
diverse perspectives,
summarize points of
agreement and disagreement,
and, when warranted, qualify
or justify their own views and
understanding and make new
connections in light of the
evidence and reasoning
presented.
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Listening and
Speaking, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24, 28,
34, 36, 38, 41, 48, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64,
66, 70, 76, 78, 81, 83, 90, 96, 98, 100,
104, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120, 126,
127, 132, 135, 138, 141
Project Success 2: Listening and
Speaking, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24, 28,
34, 36, 38, 41, 48, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64,
66, 70, 76, 78, 81, 83, 90, 96, 98, 100,
104, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120, 126,
127, 132, 135, 138, 141
Project Success 2: What Do You
Think? 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 22, 24, 28,
30, 34, 36, 38, 41, 43, 44, 48, 50, 53,
56, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 66, 70, 71, 76,
78, 80, 81, 83, 86, 90, 93, 94, 99, 100,
104, 107, 108, 111, 114, 118, 121,
122, 125, 128, 132, 135, 136, 141,
142,
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.SL.
2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.2 Integrate multiple
sources of information
presented in diverse media or
formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively, orally)
evaluating the credibility and
accuracy of each source.
All Project Success materials are
technologically integrated for seamless
independent and classroom learning.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.3 Evaluate a speaker’s
point of view, reasoning, and
use of evidence and rhetoric,
identifying any fallacious
reasoning or exaggerated or
distorted evidence.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Project Success 2: For opportunities
to address this standard, students can
listen to each article through the links
on the Active Teach DVD: Reading:
Reading: Understand author’s purpose,
56, Ask questions, 134
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.SL.
3
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: See Video and
audio icons associated with the
following activities: Listening and
Speaking, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24, 28,
34, 36, 38, 41, 48, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64,
66, 70, 76, 78, 81, 83, 90, 96, 98, 100,
104, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120, 126,
127, 132, 135, 138, 141; Writing, 15,
30, 39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: In class, the
teacher uses the ActiveTeach DVD-Rom
to project the lessons on the board.
Video, audio, flashcards, conversation
frameworks, and other learning
material are available.
eText: Students review the videos,
audio, and eFlashcards from class.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing further practice online with
new listenings and readings, additional
practice exercises, and video-based
exercises.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.SL.
4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.4 Present information,
findings, and supporting
evidence clearly, concisely,
and logically such that
listeners can follow the line of
reasoning and the
organization, development,
substance, and style are
appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.5 Make strategic use of
digital media (e.g., textual,
graphical, audio, visual, and
interactive elements) in
presentations to enhance
understanding of findings,
reasoning, and evidence and
to add interest.
Project Success 2: What Do You
Think? 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 22, 24, 28,
30, 34, 36, 38, 41, 43, 44, 48, 50, 53,
56, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 66, 70, 71, 76,
78, 80, 81, 83, 86, 90, 93, 94, 99, 100,
104, 107, 108, 111, 114, 118, 121,
122, 125, 128, 132, 135, 136, 141, 142
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.910.6 Adapt speech to a variety
of contexts and tasks,
demonstrating command of
formal English when indicated
or appropriate. (See grades 9–
10 Language standards 1 and
3 here for specific
expectations.)
Language
Project Success 2: Listening and
Speaking, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24, 28,
34, 36, 38, 41, 48, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64,
66, 70, 76, 78, 81, 83, 90, 96, 98, 100,
104, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120, 126,
127, 132, 135, 138, 141
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.SL.
5
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.SL.
6
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
Students are encouraged to use the
ActiveTeach DVD and online materials
to complete each writing activity.
Project Success 2: Writing, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
Conventions of Standard English
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.L.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.1a Use parallel structure.*
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.L.2
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
L.1.6 Edit to ensure parallelism and
proper subordination and coordination.
Project Success, Level 2
Project Success 2: Writing, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9Project Success 2: Grammar Lessons,
10.1b Use various types of
9, 11, 21,25, 35, 42, 49, 54, 65, 77,
phrases (noun, verb,
79, 91, 99, 105, 108, 119, 121, 133,
adjectival, adverbial,
136
participial, prepositional,
Active Teach DVD: See grammar
absolute) and clauses
videos that accompany this lesson.
(independent, dependent;
MyEnglishLab: An online component
noun, relative, adverbial) to
providing additional practice of
convey specific meanings and
grammar skills.
add variety and interest to
writing or presentations.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.2a Use a semicolon (and
perhaps a conjunctive adverb)
to link two or more closely
related independent clauses.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.2b Use a colon to introduce
a list or quotation.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Writing, 15, 30, 39, 56,
71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Project Success 2: Business Letter
Format (colon), 111
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.2c Spell correctly.
Project Success, Level 2
Teachers select ten words to create a
Unit Spelling Test.
Project Success 2: Vocabulary
Learning Strategy: Group words by
number of syllables, 116, Group words
by part of speech, 130
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
Knowledge of Language
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.L.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different
contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.3a Write and edit work so
that it conforms to the
guidelines in a style manual
(e.g., MLA Handbook,
Turabian’s Manual for Writers)
appropriate for the discipline
and writing type.
W.3 Write clearly and demonstrate
sufficient command of standard English
conventions.
Project Success 2: Before You Write &
Write, 13, 26, 37, 52, 69, 85, 95, 111,
128, 142
Active Teach DVD: Additional support
material exists for all writing activities.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.L.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.4a Use context (e.g., the
overall meaning of a sentence,
paragraph, or text; a word’s
position or function in a
sentence) as a clue to the
meaning of a word or phrase.
Project Success 2: Vocabulary
Learning Strategy: Group by Meaning,
18, Group by Function, 32, Write words
that go together, 88, Group words by
part of speech, 130
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.4b Identify and correctly
use patterns of word changes
that indicate different
meanings or parts of speech
(e.g., analyze, analysis,
analytical; advocate,
advocacy).
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Vocabulary Learning
Strategy: Group by Meaning, 18, Group
by Function, 32, Write words that go
together, 88, Group words by part of
speech, 130
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
Please note that students use context
clues to complete the conversation
exercises in the Listening and Speaking
activities. See pages: Listening and
Speaking, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24, 28,
34, 36, 38, 41, 48, 50, 53, 57, 62, 64,
66, 70, 76, 78, 81, 83, 90, 96, 98, 100,
104, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120, 126,
127, 132, 135, 138, 141
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.L.5
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.4c Consult general and
specialized reference materials
(e.g., dictionaries, glossaries,
thesauruses), both print and
digital, to find the
pronunciation of a word or
determine or clarify its precise
meaning, its part of speech, or
its etymology.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Vocabulary Learning
Strategy: Group by Meaning, 18, Group
by Function, 32, Write words that go
together, 88, Make Word webs, 102,
Group words by number of syllables,
116, Group words by part of speech,
130
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.4d Verify the preliminary
determination of the meaning
of a word or phrase (e.g., by
checking the inferred meaning
in context or in a dictionary).
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Vocabulary Learning
Strategy: Group by Meaning, 18, Group
by Function, 32, Write words that go
together, 88, Make Word webs, 102,
Group words by number of syllables,
116, Group words by part of speech,
130
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in
word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.5a Interpret figures of
speech (e.g., euphemism,
oxymoron) in context and
analyze their role in the text.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Writing Tip: Description,
128
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
CCSS.ELALiteracy.CCRA.L.6
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.910.5b Analyze nuances in the
meaning of words with similar
denotations.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Vocabulary Learning
Strategy: Write words that go together,
88
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.6
Acquire and use accurately
general academic and domainspecific words and phrases,
sufficient for reading, writing,
speaking, and listening at the
college and career readiness
level; demonstrate
independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge when
considering a word or phrase
important to comprehension or
expression.
Project Success 2: Vocabulary
Learning Strategy: Group by Meaning,
18, Group by Function, 32, Draw
Pictures, 46, Write Your First Language,
60, Write Personal Sentences, 74, Write
words that go together, 88, Make Word
webs, 102, Group words by number of
syllables, 116, Group words by part of
speech, 130
Active Teach DVD: Flashcards include
correct pronunciation of unit word lists.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
vocabulary skills.
R.5.3 Analyze transitional language or
signal words (words that indicate
structural relationships, such as
consequently, nevertheless, otherwise)
and determine how they refine meaning,
emphasize certain ideas, or reinforce an
author's purpose.
L1.1 Edit to correct errors involving
frequently confused words and homonyms,
including contractions (passed, past; two,
too, to; there, their, they're; knew, new;
it's its).
Project Success 2: Grammar:
Comparative adjectives, 105,
And/too/either, 133
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Grammar: Too and very,
54, Want to/need to/have to, 99, How
much/how many, 121, And/too/either,
133
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
L1.2 Edit to correct errors in
straightforward subject-verb agreement.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Grammar: Have/has, 11,
Simple present: Want/need/like, 25,
There is/there are: Statements and
questions, 42, Was/were: Statements
and questions, 49, Future with will, 65,
Simple past: Statements, 77, Simple
past: Questions, 79
Active Teach DVD: See grammar
videos that accompany this lesson.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
grammar skills.
L.1.3 Edit to correct errors in pronoun
usage, including pronoun-antecedent
agreement, unclear pronoun references,
and pronoun case.
Project Success 2: Grammar: Object
pronouns, 91
Active Teach DVD: See grammar
videos that accompany this lesson.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
grammar skills.
L1.4 Edit to eliminate non-standard or
informal usage (e.g., correctly use try to
win the game instead of try and win the
game)
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Use contractions for
speaking and informal writing, 65;
Polite and formal tone, 85; Business
letter format, 111
L1.5 Edit to eliminate dangling or
misplaced modifiers or illogical word order
(e.g., correctly use to meet almost all
requirements instead of to almost meet all
requirements.)
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Grammar: Adverbs of
frequency, 35, Comparative adjectives,
105, Superlatives, 119; Writing, 15, 30,
39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
L1.7 Edit to correct errors in subject-verb
or pronoun antecedent agreement in more
complicated situations (e.g., with
compound subjects, interceding phrases,
or collective nouns).
L1.8 Edit to eliminate wordiness or
awkward sentence construction.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Grammar: Object
pronouns, 91
L1.9 Edit to ensure effective use of
transitional words, conjunctive adverbs,
and other words and phrases that support
logic and clarity.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Grammar: Comparative
adjectives, 105, And/too/either, 133
Active Teach DVD: See grammar
videos that accompany this lesson.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of
grammar skills.
L2.1 Edit to ensure correct use of
capitalization (e.g., proper nouns, titles,
and beginnings of sentences).
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Be: Statements and
questions, 9, There is/there are:
Statements and questions, 42,
Was/were: Statements and questions,
49; Writing, 15, 30, 39, 56, 71, 80, 97,
112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Writing, 15, 30, 39, 56,
71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
College and Career
Readiness Anchor
Standards
Common Core Standards for
English Language Arts, Grade
9-10
GED Testing Service’s Reasoning Through
Language Arts Assessment Targets (RLAs)
Project Success, Level 2
L2.2 Edit to eliminate run-on sentences,
fused sentences, or sentence fragments.
L2.3 Edit to ensure correct use of
apostrophes with possessive nouns.
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Grammar: Be:
Statements and questions, 9, There
is/there are: Statements and questions,
42, Was/were: Statements and
questions, 49, Comparative adjectives,
105, And/too/either, 133; Writing, 15,
30, 39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125, 134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.
L2.4 Edit to ensure correct use of
punctuation (e.g., commas in a series or in
appositives and other non-essential
elements, end marks, and appropriate
punctuation for clause separation).
Project Success 2: For related
material see: Be: Statements and
questions, 9, There is/there are:
Statements and questions, 42,
Was/were: Statements and questions,
49, Simple past: Statements, 77,
Simple past: Questions, 79; Writing,
15, 30, 39, 56, 71, 80, 97, 112, 125,
134
Active Teach DVD: Each writing
activity includes a Check Your Writing
checklist to enhance revising, editing,
and proofreading.
MyEnglishLab: An online component
providing additional practice of writing
skills.