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Built for California’s ELA/ELD Framework, Summit! California and Soar! California guide 6–12 students on a personalized journey toward a deeper, more sophisticated understanding of literacy. Here, every page unlocks new possibilities and prepares students with the knowledge and skills to thrive beyond the classroom.

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Flexible, Text-Based Instruction

With McGraw Hill Literacy California, 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. 

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Summit! California and Soar! California take 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 6

Unit 1

Unit 2

Stories of Change

Unit 3

Unit 4

The Power of Change

Unit 5

Unit 6

Changing Perspectives     

Unit 7

Unit 8

A Change of Scene

Grade 7

Unit 1

Unit 2

The Choices We Make

Unit 3

Unit 4

What Influences My Choices?

Unit 5

Unit 6

Choices and Consequences        

Unit 7

Unit 8

How We Choose to Act

Grade 8

Unit 1

Unit 2

The Challenge of Heroism

Unit 3

Unit 4

The Challenge of Utopia

Unit 5

Unit 6

The Challenge to Make a Difference      

Unit 7

Unit 8

The Challenge of Comedy

Grade 9

Unit 1

It's All in the Details

Unit 2

Word Play

Unit 3

Prove It!

Unit 4

Setting the Scence

Grade 10

Unit 1

Making the Case

Unit 2

Persuasive Fiction

Unit 3

Join the Conversation

Unit 4

Universal Themes

Grade 11

Unit 1

The American Dream

Unit 2

The Power of Persuasion

Unit 3

American Forums 

Unit 4

An American Journey

Grade 12

Unit 1

Perception is Everything

Unit 2

The Collective Perspective

Unit 3

Evolving Perspectives

Unit 4

Creating Perspectives

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.

Applied Literacy Activities

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 McGraw Hill Literacy California Stand Out

Powerful Personalized Pathways

Summit! California and Soar! California provide 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.

Grade-Appropriate Foundational Skills Support

Identify and address lingering gaps from prior grades with targeted, research-based interventions at point-of-use. These supports meet students where they are to accelerate learning and lay the groundwork for lifelong literacy.

Authentic, Relevant Texts

Authentic texts reflect global voices and historical contexts and support students’ academic growth. As such, our text selections encompass a wide range of genres, time periods, cultures, and perspectives. 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

An English Language Development Student and Teacher’s Edition serve as a vital bridge between the learning taking place in the ELA classroom and students’ existing language skills and knowledge. Through an innovative instructional model, this two-volume set supports all stages of language acquisition while strategically accelerating growth through purposeful teacher choice informed by the core ELA curriculum.

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