Grades 9–12

Soar Toward Infinite Possibilities

Empowering Students to Shape Their Stories

With a world of opportunities in view, it’s time for students to take flight and find their place in and beyond the classroom. Soar! prepares students to reach their full potential as thinkers, communicators, and collaborators, further strengthening their literacy skills and expanding the well of knowledge they need to thrive in the outside world. As they explore relevant, real-world content and practice creating their own, the more they understand the power of literacy to shape the past and present—and the power within themselves to shape their futures.

Sample Program

Flexible, Text-Based Instruction

Cultivate Language and Literacy

With Soar!, the student and text are at the heart of instruction. Each lesson cultivates the interrelated skills of reading, writing, and knowledge building with explicit instruction centered around a common theme. When taught in concert with speaking and listening, these critical skills allow students to develop self-efficacy and a deep, holistic understanding of text and topic.

Reading

First Read
Returning to the Text
Working from the Text
Multimedia

Writing

Respond to Reading
Sentence Construction
Direct Writing Instruction
Writing Process
Research

Speaking & Listening

Shared Reading
Collaborative Work
Presentations
Performance

Connect Ideas and Disciplines

Soar! takes a theme-based approach to learning, prompting students to read, write, and think about a central unit topic. These themes help organize learning, spark inquiry, and connect ideas across all areas of literacy.

Grade 9

Grade 9 Unit Themes for Soar
Unit	Theme
Unit 1	It’s All in the Details
Unit 2	Word Play
Unit 3	Prove It!
Unit 4	Setting the Scene

Grade 10

Grade 10 Unit Themes for Soar
Unit	Theme
Unit 1	Making the Case
Unit 2	Persuasive Fiction
Unit 3	Join the Conversation
Unit 4	Universal Themes

Grade 11

Grade 11 Unit Themes for Soar
Unit	Theme
Unit 1	The American Dream
Unit 2	The Power of Persuasion
Unit 3	American Forums
Unit 4	An American Journey

Grade 12

Grade 12 Unit Themes for Soar
Unit	Theme
Unit 1	Perception Is Everything
Unit 2	The Collective Perspective
Unit 3	Evolving Perspectives
Unit 4	Creating Perspectives

Customize the Learning Journey

Teach your way with the option to customize everything from short activities to whole novels. Our flexible pathways encourage you to personalize the learning journey at both the unit and lesson level.

Robust Novel Study

Designed to significantly elevate students’ reading comprehension and sharpen their critical thinking skills at every grade level.
Disciplinary Literacy Lesson Collections

Can be taught at each grade level as a stand-alone unit or paired with existing units to build in connections to science and humanities.
Flexible Novel Units

Empowers teachers to select alternative texts fully aligned with the prescribed Novel Study, thereby enhancing curricular adaptability while advancing rigor.
Choice Activities

Allows teachers to incorporate contemporary, culturally relevant texts by diverse authors, promoting student belonging and broadening perspectives at the lesson level.

**What Makes Soar! Stand Out**

Powerful Personalized Pathways

Soar! provides a personalized learning journey for every student, drawing on powerful assessment data to create a unique profile that highlights strengths, interests, and areas for growth. This approach enables you to deliver targeted instructional recommendations with confidence.

Preview the Digital

Grade-Appropriate Foundational Skills Support

Foundational literacy gaps can impact students of any age. For high school students, Soar! offers targeted, research-based interventions at point-of-use, ensuring that your students can practice and master the essential literacy skills needed for future success.

Authentic, Relevant Texts

Our authentic text selections encompass a wide range of genres, time periods, cultures, and perspectives to reflect global voices and historical contexts and support students’ academic growth. Through this diverse literary exposure, every student can find something that resonates with their personal experience while broadening their view of the wider world.

Multilingual Learner (MLL) Support

Empower your multilingual learners to access the same rigorous, grade-level content as their peers with targeted scaffolds and point-of-use supports in every lesson. Aligned to English Language Development (ELD) standards, our MLL resources help students develop linguistically while building academic skills.