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Essential Steps for an Effective Interactive Lecture
bySome brief pointers on giving a successful lecture, from Chapter 6 of Mike Schmoker's "Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning."
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A lesson template for "Authentic Literacy"
byThis lesson outline is drawn from Chapter 4 of Mike Schmoker's "Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning." -
Common Core Curriculum Mapping Project Grade 9 Mini-Map
byAbraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” Second Inaugural Address, and Letter to Albert G. Hodges
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ELA - CCSS and the Arts
byBecause Common Core promotes the importance of all students studying the arts, we have highlighted places where ELA instruction could be enhanced by connecting a genre or particular text, or a theme of a unit, to works of art, music, or film. We suggest, for example, that students study self-portraiture when they are encountering memoirs. Students might compare a novel, story, or play to its film or musical rendition. Where a particular period of literature or the literature of a particular region or country is addressed, works of art from that period or country may also be examined. In each case, connections are made to the standards in the CCSS themselves.
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Elementary School Common Core Exemplar for ELA: Feynman’s “The Making of a Scientist”
byBy reading and re-reading the passage closely combined with classroom discussion about it, students will identify why and how Feynman started to look at the world through the eyes of a scientist. When combined with writing about the passage and teacher feedback, students will both learn how memoirs can be as deeply revealing as fiction and how to unpack the meaning of a first person narrative.
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ELL Considerations for Common Core-Aligned Tasks in English Language Arts
byA substantial body of research clearly indicates that utilizing specific instructional modifications as well as targeted pedagogical strategies can accelerate ELLs’ academic achievement and English language acquisition. As a result, ELLs’ academic performance can be comparable to their English proficient (EP) counterparts.
This document is intended to inform educators on insights and practical suggestions for accelerating the academic achievement of ELLs in literacy classrooms, specifically in the following areas:
I. Vocabulary
II. Scaffolding
III. Native Language
IV. Writing
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General Guidelines for Students with Disabilities
bySuccess with the Common Core Learning Standards for students with disabilities.
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High School ELA Common Core Exemplar: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
byThis exemplar has been developed to guide high school students and instructors in a close reading of Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.” The activities and actions described below follow a carefully developed set of steps that assist students in increasing their familiarity and understanding of Lincoln’s speech through a series of text dependent tasks and questions that ultimately develop college and career ready skills identified in the Common Core State Standards.
This unit can be broken down into three sections of instruction and reflection on the part of students and their teachers, which is followed by additional activities, some designed for history/social studies and some for ELA classrooms.
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Middle School Common Core Exemplar for ELA: Monk’s “Words We Live By”
byBy reading and re-reading the passage closely combined with classroom discussion about it, students will explore the questions Monk raises and perhaps even pursue additional avenues of inquiry. When combined with writing about the passage and teacher feedback, students will form a deeper appreciation not only of Monk’s argument and the value of struggling with complex text, but of the Preamble of the Constitution itself. -
Reading Foundations - A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction (Grade One, Units 1 - 3)
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Reading Foundations - A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction (Grade One, Units 4 – 6)
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Reading Foundations - A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction (Kindergarten, Units 1 – 3)
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Reading Foundations - A Pacing Guide for Reading Instruction (Kindergarten, Units 4 – 6)
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