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138 original mini-lessons with video choices23 courses9 subject areas
Suggested pathways · Selected standards contributions · No calculus A starter map, with no accreditation or graduation credit.
Connect the ideas.Explain the reasoning.
Each course has six lessons in three suggested units. Grade ranges guide placement; they are not universal requirements.
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What will you work on? English 11
Suggested grade 11 · Unit 3: Advanced Composition
Alternate two viewpoints while preserving their different knowledge.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Braid Two Narrative Perspectives Preview lesson: Braid Two Narrative Perspectives Goal: Write a coherent short scene with two narrative lines, a meaningful transition and a final reflection.
Before this: Sustain a limited point of view; use dialogue and transitions intentionally.
Try together: Together identify a sentence that would violate Leo’s limited knowledge before 3:15: “He knew Inez’s new map was under the folder.” Explain the problem.
Subject-content contribution W.11-12.3.b Grades 11–12
Open lesson →: Braid Two Narrative Perspectives English 11
Suggested grade 11 · Unit 3: Advanced Composition
Compare sentence forms as meaning choices rather than decoration.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Vary Syntax to Control Emphasis Preview lesson: Vary Syntax to Control Emphasis Goal: Revise a passage into two syntactic versions and explain how clause placement changes emphasis.
Before this: Recognize independent and dependent clauses; preserve meaning during revision.
Try together: Compare although with because in the model. Explain why replacing one with the other changes the claimed relationship.
Subject-content contribution L.11-12.3.a Grades 11–12
Open lesson →: Vary Syntax to Control Emphasis A course map. A practical starting point. These 138 original mini-lessons sample 23 courses for grades 9–12. They do not provide a full year of daily lessons, complete standards coverage, accredited courses or graduation credit. Suggested grade ranges, prerequisites and unit order are planning guidance; school pathways and elective availability vary. Calculus is excluded.
Subject-content contribution identifies a selected math, English, science or world-language skill. Common Core high school math uses conceptual categories, not universally assigned courses or grades. Mapping a skill to a course is an instructional choice. (+) Additional preparation identifies standards the official source marks for advanced study.
English uses the 9–10 and 11–12 bands; there are no separate Common Core English 9, 10, 11 or 12 codes. NGSS references identify the high school band and partial performance-expectation contributions.
Supporting Common Core literacy connection applies only to an actual reading, writing or communication activity. It does not establish science, social studies or elective subject-content alignment. Unverified subject-content mappings are labeled explicitly.
Spanish uses World-Readiness language standards, identified by their official names in the current summary. Common Core does not measure Spanish proficiency. Supported lesson practice is distinct from an independently assessed proficiency rating and from the course title.
Use North Carolina’s Standard Course of Study ↗ for local planning. No NC alignment is claimed without a verified crosswalk. Each mapping links to official wording, records its verification date and explains the part practiced.
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