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Introducing ... The Common Core: ELA

Presented by Kevin Hodgson

Speaking/Listening Strands

Writing Strands

  • More expository/information writing
  • More writing in all content areas
  • Less personal narrative (and very little poetry)
  • Focus on Argumentative/Persuasive writing
  • Use of "evidence" and sources to support ideas
  • Use of voice to project "stance"
  • Oral presentations to "synthesize" information
  • More focused, guided classroom discussions and debates
  • Challenge assumptions with research
  • Collaboration with others for solving problem
  • Publishing for authentic audiences

English Language Conventions

  • Taught within contexts of reading and writing
  • Content-area vocabulary

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Reading Strands

Literacy Across Content Areas

  • "Close reading" skills
  • Increased text complexity
  • Combination of longer/ shorter texts
  • Information/non-fiction texts
  • Focus on comprehension/critical thinking
  • Synthesis skills
  • Reading/Writing taught in ALL content areas
  • Writing to learn activities
  • Studies of genres (ie, historical documents, lab reports, etc.)
  • Explicit instruction
  • Content-area vocabulary
  • Research-based analysis
  • Authentic writing assignments

A Visual Overview

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What's Coming?

PARCC Assessment: in 2014/15

The Shifts

  • Increased non-fiction reading texts
  • Focus on "text complexity"
  • Increased use of "evidence" to inform writing
  • Emphasis on argumentative writing
  • Reading comprehension skills over decoding skills
  • Explicit teaching of academic vocabulary/ texts
  • Literacy taught in ALL content areas
  • Technology and Media literacy

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