Common Core State Standards Edition Coming Spring 2011!

In response to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English and Language Arts, a new edition of Mirrors & Windows will be available this spring for implementation in the fall of 2011. The Mirrors & Windows Common Core Standards Edition will cover 100% of the English Language Arts learning standards for grades 6-12!

In addition, new literature selections are being added to each grade level to fully meet the range of text types required for grades 6-12 at every grade. This includes a graphic novel selection at every grade!

Mirrors & Windows will also offer the following support for the new CCSS standards throughout the program:
• The Teacher’s Edition will include the full correlation to the CCSS in the front of each book and the standards covered in each selection will be listed at the bottom of the pages throughout the book.
• The E-Lesson Planner will be correlated to CCSS.
• ExamView test banks will be correlatetd to CCSS.
• Formative Assessments based on questions from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) will be correlated to CCSS and aligned with remediation activities.
• Meeting the Standards Study Guide Practice Tests will be correlated to CCSS.

Contact your sales representative for more information about the Mirrors & Windows Common Core State Standards Edition and support materials! Help your students meet the Common Core State Standards with Mirrors & Windows!

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley

For the holidays, make sure to check out the dramatic audio recording of Israel Horowitz's A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley in the EMC Audio Program, Mirrors & Windows Level II, Unit 7. Horowitz's play, based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, has been recorded in its entirety for you and your students' listening enjoyment. The Audio Program for all seven levels of Mirrors & Windows grades 6-12 can be accessed at www.mirrorsandwindows.com. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!

Double Date with Dickens--EMC Access Editions!

Just for fun: Oprah has chosen two classic novels by Charles Dickens as her winter book club selection, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. The good news is that both of these titles are available as EMC Access Editions. These comprehensive study editions include information about the French Revolution and life in Victorian England, historical time lines, questions, writing ideas, projects, a biography of Dickens, and everything you need to explore two great novels by one of England's finest and most relevant novelists.

Preview EMC's complete Access Editions for both novels at
http://www.emcp.com/previews/AccessEditions/. A complete listing of EMC Access Editions titles is available at http://www.emcp.com/product_catalog/index.php?GroupID=74.

For more information about Oprah's book club selections and a reading calendar visit
http://www.oprah.com/book_club.html.