// In secondary classrooms

McGraw Hill

StudySync: Connecting with Literature through Technology – digital emphasis © 2021 (2021)

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Print Edition ISBNs:

  • Student (Grade 9): 978-1-95-053347-3
  • Student (Grade 10): 978-1-95-053348-0
  • Student (Grade 11: American Literature, Vol. 1): 978-1-95-053349-7
  • Student (Grade 11: American Literature, Vol. 2): 978-1-95-053350-3
  • Student (Grade 12: British Literature, Vol. 1): 978-1-95-053351-0
  • Student (Grade 12: British Literature, Vol. 2): 978-1-95-053352-7
  • Teacher (Grade 9, Vol. 1): 978-1-94-973926-8
  • Teacher (Grade 9, Vol. 2): 978-1-94-973933-6
  • Teacher (Grade 10, Vol. 1): 978-1-94-973927-5
  • Teacher (Grade 10, Vol. 2): 978-1-94-973934-3
  • Teacher (Grade 11: American Literature, Vol. 1): 978-1-94-973928-2
  • Teacher (Grade 11: American Literature, Vol. 2): 978-1-94-973935-0
  • Teacher (Grade 12: British Literature, Vol. 1): 978-1-95-053351-0
  • Teacher (Grade 12: British Literature, Vol. 2): 978-1-94-973936-7

Contact the company representative for ISBN numbers for online/eText editions.

  • Available as interactive, digital online edition; hardback; and write-in, consumable, soft cover textbook with much supplemental material.
  • Understanding that Seventh-day Adventists do not produce their own secondary ELA resources and that not every work in this collection is endorsed by the NAD, this resource has been vetted. This textbook resource offers digital online customizable curriculum selections. Teachers are encouraged to review each selection before introducing it to their students. Teachers should use their good judgement as to whether or not the material aligns with the Adventist worldview and the expectations of their constituent community.
  • User-friendly interface
  • Close reading focus
  • Provides purposeful interactive technology
  • Strong instructional support including digital media and assessment tools
  • Audio available with authentic voices and at variable speeds for all texts
  • Professional development webinar training available
  • Includes lesson plans that are ready to use and customizable with available standards-based instruction
  • Daily updated current events with corresponding writing assignments (Studysync Blasts)
  • iPad, student app, tablet, Apple, PC, and chrome book compatible
  • Offline accessibility
  • Access to all 6-12 ELA materials allowing for the integration of differing grade levels, themes, and content
  • Dual screen capability allows for students to reference annotated source material during the writing process
  • Strong writing focus
  • All learning platforms, including Google Docs, integration
  • Internal plagiarism check system
  • Continuous updating of online resources thus no online copyright
  • Generates up-to-date student data reports
  • Can be used to augment Canadian provincial curriculum
  • Built in differentiated instruction (DI) support and scaffolding throughout (ELL support with worksheets and tests) specifically for standards-based emphasis
  • Supplemental grammar and vocabulary
  • Includes student collaborative learning and peer reviewing
  • Company solicits teacher feedback for improving program
  • Editable tests
  • All resources available in print form
  • Units are customizable by theme, standards, chronological order, by American (11th grade) and British (12th grade) works; or teachers may create their own.
  • Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels intentionally incorporated
  • Changes structural support – not reading level
  • Teacher-set student proficiency levels (6 codes); each student can have their own scaffolding
  • Standard-based personalization of curriculum may be personalized to meet standard-based needs via online gradebook.
  • Embedded assessments with standards-based rubrics designed for every writing prompt
  • Over 2000 customizable literary pieces
  • Plethora of diverse perspectives
  • 1-6 year purchase packages
  • Notes
  • Limited to internal plagiarism check
  • Thematic, not chronological, units in grades 11 and 12
  • 12th grade text has no emphasis (about 50%) on British Literature – online edition offers more British selections
  • While content is aligned with state standards, customized NAD Marzano standards are not included
  • Reading content not fully NAD endorsed. Teach with discernment.