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MEETING THE TEXT COMPLEXITY DEMANDS OF THE COMMON CORE

Christina Steinbacher-Reed

Collins Type 1 Writing

In five lines or more, write the things you know, think you know, and questions you have about the Common Core Writing Standards.

Where are you with Common Core Writing?

What questions are on your agenda?

Introduce yourself and your role

Share your Type 1 response

Generate questions on post-its to add to Question Chart

What? So What? Now What?As the presentation unfolds, list at least five new understandings that resonate

with you.

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What/So What?

Gr. 6-12 ELA Common Core

Gr. K-12 ELA Common Core

Reading

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Literature

Informational

Foundational Skills(K-5 only)

Gr. 6-12 Content Standards

Gr. 6-12 History, Science, Tech

Subjects

Reading

WritingState Content

Standards

Content Standards

Additional CC Documents

ELA Writing Standards

Appendix A – Types of Writing Defined

Appendix C – Examples of Writing

Revised Publishers’ Criteria

Common Core vs. PA Common Core

Common Core PA Common Core

All inclusive, nationally accepted literacy standards

Includes CC that are included in eligible content and state assessments

Key Design Features College and Career

Anchor Standards (pg. 18,41,60)

Vertical Progression

Technology integrated

Literacy is shared responsibility in all content areas

What are the ‘big shifts’?

1. Balance of literary and informational texts

2. Knowledge in the disciplines

3. Staircase of text complexity

4. Text-based Answers

5. Writing from Sources

6. Academic Vocabulary

How do we meet the CC demands for writing?

What are the Common Core’s expectations for writing?

What are specific writing strategies for writing across the curriculum?

Seasonal Partners

What are the expectations for CC writing?

Grade To Persuade To Explain To Convey Experience

4 30% 25% 35%

8 35% 35% 30%

12 40% 40% 20%

What are the CC’s expectation for writing?

Collins Type 1 - List your top three expectations for your students’ writing. Share with a partner.

Read “Note on Range and Content of Student Writing” and mark the text

How do your lists compare to the Common Core?

Shift 5: Writing From Sources

• More time on informational writing, less on personal narratives

• Opportunities to write from multiple sources on a single topic

• Opportunities to analyze, synthesize ideas across many texts to draw an opinion or conclusion

• Teach voice as drawing from powerful, meaningful evidence

• Give permission to students to have their own reaction and draw their own connections

A Special Place for Argument

Read Appendix A regarding Argument

How is writing an argument different than writing persuasive writing?

From the CC perspective, why do we need to teach argument writing? In what ways do you agree or disagree with their perspective?

What is the difference between Persuasive Writing and Writing

argument?

Persuasive Argument

Can select the most favorable evidence, appeal to emotions, and use style to persuade your readers

Propaganda and advertising

Mainly about logical appeals and involves claims, evidence, warrants, backing, and rebuttals

The heart of critical thinking and academic discourse

A Closer Look

K-5 – pg. 18 Gr. 6-12 ELA - 41 Gr. 6-12 Literacy Content - Page 60

Learning Progressions- CCR.W.1

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence

Revised Publisher’s Criteria

Give one, get one What is CC’s stance towards:

Materials

Quality

Research

What? So What? Now What?As the presentation unfolds, list at least five new understandings that resonate

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What/So What?

How are these similar to what you are already teaching?

How are these different?

How will this impact your future planning and teaching?

Appendix C - Student Writing

Select a Grade Level Range and Regroup

Read the sample and annotation

Share reactionsHow does this compare to the

current expectations? What shifts need to happen to

meet these expectations?

RAFT Note Pass

Role – You are you

Audience – A fellow participant

Format – A note

Topic – Identify which CC writing expectations stand out to you and describe the impact this has on your thinking and practice.

What? So What? Now What?As the presentation unfolds, list at least five new understandings that resonate

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What/So What?

Let’s Take a Break!

Part 2 – A Shift in Instruction The Common Core was designed as the

“WHAT”, not the “HOW”

Common Core is NOT:

What are some strategies for meeting the writing demands of

the Common Core?

Citing Textual Evidence

What did you notice? Write around

What are specific writing strategies for writing across the

curriculum?

John Collins Writing

RAFT Writing

Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)

Writing an Argument

What is Collins Writing?

Frequent and consistent structures for writing across the content-area

Opportunities to write in a variety of formats

Focused, consistent feedback

Contextual teaching of writing skills

Five Types of Writing

Type One: Capture Ideas

Type Two: Writing to Learn

Type Three: Focused Practice

Type Four: Finished Product

Type Five: Published Work

Type One

Gets ideas on paper-brainstorming Timed and requires a minimum number

of items or lines Questions and/or guesses are permitted Evaluate with a

check (✓) or (-) One draft

Examples of Type One

For activating prior knowledge: For reflecting: For brainstorming: For predicting: For making connections: For creative thinking:

Purpose of Type 1 Writing

It is informalHelps develop writing fluency Increases academic engagementOpportunity to engage all studentsWriting is a way to focus attentionEncourages them to express what they

might be hesitant to raise their hand and say in front of the class.

“no opt out” classroom culture

Your Turn!

Create a Type 1 writing prompt for your unit.

Share with an elbow partner

Type Two

Writer knows something about a topic

A correct answer to a specific question

May be graded One draft

TYPE TWO

Can be used before, during, after Check for understanding and accountability for

learning Formative assessment at its best Format can mimic open response like questions Graded as a quiz for content only Don’t ask for “lines”….ask for “things”

Type 2 Writing

Explain two important differences between a Type 1 and a Type 2 writing.

Underline the key words or phrases that identify these two differences.

BLOOMS TAXONOMY

Math: What are three distinguishing attributes of a three-dimensional figure? (Remembering)

ELA: Describe two text features of a nonfiction introduction. (Understanding)

Science: Explain two differences between volume and mass. (Analyzing)

Social Studies: Describe two geographical facts about our town/city that have influenced its development. (Evaluating)

Any: Give two reasons why this cannot be a correct answer for this problem (or question). (Analyzing)

Your Turn!

Create a Type 2 writing prompt for your unit.

Share with an elbow partner

Type 3 Writing

Has content Meets three specific standards called

Focus Correction Areas (FCAs) Revision and editing are done on the

original One draft Read out-loud by the writer to see if

writing meets the FCA’s

Type 3 Writing

Compare and contrast the first three types of Collins Writing and give an example of each.

FCAs: Begins with an introductory sentence that

introduces the topicUses a clear compare/contrast text structureProvides a strong conclusion statement

FCAs and Grammar!

Your Turn!

Create a Type 3 writing prompt for your unit

Share with an elbow partner

Share your writing prompts with your fall partner.

What are the benefits and challenges of using Collins Writing?

What? So What? Now What?As the presentation unfolds, list at least five new understandings that resonate

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RAFT Writing

Role – Who am I? What is your viewpoint?

Audience – Who is reading this? What is your purpose of the writing?

Format – What is the format? Letter to the editor, news article, diary, contract, obituary

Topic – What is the my focus?

RAFT Writing - History

Role Audience Format

Abigail Adams John Adams Dinner table conversation

Ben Franklin French Delegation Letter or Speech

Tradesman Other indentured servants

Pub argument

Recent Immigrant

Relative back in England

Letter to relative

Samuel Adams Boston Tea Party protesters

Motivational Speech

Topic: The reasons patriots felt that severing ties with England with England was necessary

RAFT Writing – Newton’s Laws of Motion

Role Audience Format Topic

A cherry A heavy rock

A condolence note The Big Upset – How I was able to fall from the Tower of Pisa as fast as you did

Pool Ball Galileo Note sent back in time

Why I slowly come to a stop on the pool table

Chair Lazy human

Fireside chat Why are you able to stay seated on me and not float up or crash on the floor

Your Turn!

Create a RAFT writing prompt for your unit.

iu17commoncore.wikispaces for ideas

Literacy Design Collaborative

Assignments aligned to CC that integrate content and literacy

All LDC tasks require students to Read, analyze, and comprehendWriteApply literacy standards to content

Examples of LDCs

After researching fundamental elements of the Constitution, landmark Supreme Court cases, and a modern constitutional issue, write a letter to a member of Congress arguing your position on a constitutional issue of your choosing. Support your position with evidence from your research, by giving examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate, clarify, and support.

Additional Resources to Support LDCs

pdesas.org

educore.ascd.org

Writing an Argument

Arguments of Fact

Arguments of Judgment

Argument of Policy

Argument of Fact – Slip or Trip?

At 5’6’’ and 110 pounds, Queenie Volupides was a sight to behold and to clasp. When she tore out of the house after a tiff with her husband, Arthur, she went to the country club where there was a party going on. She left the club shortly before one in the morning and invited a few friends to follow her home and have one more drink. They got to the Volupides house about ten minutes after Queenie, who met them at the door and said, “Something terrible has happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink – he still had the glass in his hand – and I think he’s dead. Oh, my God – what shall I do? The autopsy conducted later concluded that Arthur had died from a wound on the head and confirmed he’d been drunk.

Argument of Fact

Evidence Rule Conclusion

Argument of Judgments

A Voluptuary under the horrors of Digestion

What details in the picture indicate the prince is a voluptuary?

What details does Gillray use to portray the prince as voluptuary?

Using Criteria to Make Judgments

The Giraffe Project

What is the criteria?

Apply criteria to award candidates

“Students who have learned to

think through criteria for making

judgments are less likely to jump to

conclusions; they consider their

ideas more carefully” – George

Hillocks, Jr.

Arguments of Policy

1. Identify and clarify the problem

2. Plan an investigation and/or research

3. Conduct the investigation and/or research

4. Use findings to create an argument of policy

Your Turn!

How could you incorporate argument writing into your unit?

What? So What? Now What?As the presentation unfolds, list at least five new understandings that resonate

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Chalk Talk

1. Common Core expectations for writing

2. John Collins

3. RAFT

4. Literacy Design Collaborative

5. Writing an Argument

6. Idea Exchange

Identify all of the writing strategies shared today. Which strategies do you feel will have the most impact on your students’ learning?

Next Steps

Balance the types of writing

Individual and collective shifts in instruction

Curriculum shifts

iu17commoncore.wikispaces.com

What? So What? Now What?As the presentation unfolds, list at least five new understandings that resonate

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Remember, it’s a process . . .

What are the Common Core’s expectations for writing?

What are specific writing strategies for writing across the curriculum

Upcoming ELA Common Core Learning Opportunities Feb 6 (C) and 13 (W) – Meeting Common

Core’s Demand for Text Complexity

March 13 (C) and March 18 (W) – Meeting Common Core’s Demand for Rigorous Writing Across the Gr. 4-12 Curriculum – Canton

April 30 (C) and May 1 (W) – Meeting the Common Core Demands for Writing at the Elementary Level

Contact

Christina Steinbacher-Reed creed@iu17.org

Twitter - @christina_coach

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