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Lets Revisit 1. Text complexity is essential for ALL the work we do with the Common Core Standards. It is at the very heart of the Standards. 2. The Six Common Core Standards for ELA/Literacy must always be at the forefront of our work. Do you remember the shifts?

Instructional Shifts for Common Core ELA Take a few minutes to talk at your table about the shifts. What do the Standards say about each of these shifts? Balancing Informational and Literary Text Building Knowledge in the Disciplines Staircase of Complexity Text-Based Answers Writing From Sources Academic Vocabulary

To become experts in the CCSS, we must also recognize that pre-packaged programs promising the answers will not help us get there. pour over the texts we teach like literary scholars and generate our OWN questions to present to students. ensure that the texts we teach and the questions we ask align with grade-level standards. provide opportunities for students to navigate lengthier texts that build stamina and confidence in reading. create classrooms in which all students are active participants in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

Todays Agenda 1. Participation in a Multiple Text Lesson with Emphasis on Inquiry, Discussion, Argument, and Writing 2. Discussion of Lesson Plan Correlation with Standards and Texts 3. Practice with Creating Questions that Align with Standards

Demonstration of Common Core Lesson Charles Dickens Hard Times

FIRST READING OF TEXT: Read the excerpt from Hard Times (1854) by Charles Dickens silently. As you read, try to visualize some of the specific details he describes.

SECOND READING OF TEXT: This time, your teacher will read the text out loud as you follow along. Pay particular attend to the underlined words in the passage and how the words are used.

Working with your partner, use the clues from the sentence and word parts to determine the meaning of the underlined words in the selection. In the second column write specific clues to the words meaning, followed by what you think the word means in the third column. Highlight any other words you do not know that you can ask about later. A Closer Look at Key Vocabulary

From Hard Times by Charles Dickens It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it…it was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves forever and ever. What does it mean to terminate something? What does the prefix in mean? How does the suffix able affect the meaning of the word? How do the words forever and ever help you understand the meaning?

From Hard Times by Charles Dickens …the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness. Can you think of other words with the prefix mono in them? (monologue, monogamy) What does the prefix mono mean? Do you see parts of any other words in the word? What does tone mean? What does monotone mean? If you add –ly, what does it do to the word?

From Hard Times by Charles Dickens ….every day was the same as yesterday and tomorrow, and every year the counterpart of the last and the next. What clues in this sentence helps us understand the meaning of the word counterpart?

From Hard Times by Charles Dickens These attributes of Coketown were in the main inseparable from the work by which it was sustained; against them were to be set off, comforts of life which found their way all over the world, and elegancies of life which made, we will not ask how much of the fine lady, who could scarcely bear to hear the place mentioned. What word forms the basis of elegancies? Do you know what elegant means? What clues in the sentence help the reader determine the meaning of the word?

From Hard Times by Charles Dickens The solitary exception was the New Church; a stuccoed edifice with a square steeple over the door, terminating in four short pinnacles like florid wooden legs. How does the structure of the sentence and the use of the semi colon help you determine the meaning of edifice? With other clues exist in the sentence?

What is the Text Structure? Narrative Descriptive Problem-Solution Comparative Cause-Effect Sequence Question-Answer Cyclical Identify clues to the text structure in the text.

What is the Text Structure? Narrative Descriptive Problem-Solution Comparative Cause-Effect Sequence Question-Answer Cyclical Identify clues to the text structure in the text.

Text Marking Write the letter T over any words in the text describing the town in the passage. Write the letter P over any words describing the people in the passage.

Challenging Text-based Questions Work with a partner in creating challenging text- based-questions based on the passage and text markings.

Lets Take a Look at Your Questions.

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How does the authors description of Coketown serve as an editorial on industrial England? In your analysis, address the techniques Dickens uses to create his descriptions and what the descriptions indicate about his views of industrialization. Culminating Writing

Lets take a few minutes to think about the appropriate placement for this lesson. Lets begin with the most basic aspect of Common Core State Standards….text complexity. Evaluation of Lesson

Lets Look at Text Complexity First Readability: Flesch-Kincaid 11.9 Qualitative: Are there multiple levels of meaning? Is the text structure simple or complex What are the knowledge demands? What are the language demands, i.e. vocabulary, connotation, figurative language, etc.? Now lets consider the reader and the task.

Common Core Standards Take a few minutes to review your standards. First, determine grade level of this lesson. Once you have determined the grade level, make a list of the CCSS that are the primary focus of this lesson.

LUNCH TIME!

Observations on the Effect of the Manufacturing System by Robert Owen Reading #1: As I read the text aloud, follow along with the purpose of determining the authors opinion of industrialization.

Determining Meaning Through Context …the character of the lower orders in Britain is formed chiefly by circumstances arising from trade, manufactures, and commerce. All are sedulously trained to buy cheap and to sell dear… Based on the sentence before, who is the all the author is referring to? If the factory owners character is formed chiefly by trade, then how are they being trained? Factory Owners Intensely, Earnestly

Reading #2 Work with a partner to read the excerpt again and develop text-based questions that could be used in a discussion. Ex: Please read the first 2 sentences. The manufacturing system has already so far extended its influence over the British Empire, as to effect an essential change in the general character of the mass of the people. This alteration is still in rapid progress; and ere long, the comparatively happy simplicity of the agricultural peasant will be wholly lost amongst us. What is the author implying when he refers to the comparatively happy simplicity of the agricultural peasant? What is the fallacy, or error, in this reasoning?

The Basic Elements of Argument A claim is a statement or assertion that conveys the writers interpretations or beliefs. In an argument, there is usually a governing claim and supporting sub- claims. Evidence is facts, figures, details, quotations, examples, or other sources of data and information that provide support for claims or analysis that can be evaluated by others. A warrant is the logical connection between a claim and the evidence.

The Case of the Dead Musician The musician didnt kill himself. Look at where his feet are. If he hanged himself, his feet wouldve been below the top of the stool. Claim Evidence Warrant

Reading #3 – Text Marking Read through the article again and mark the text using the following code: C – Claim E – Evidence W – Warrant Lets find the governing claim(s) together.

Text Marking The manufacturing system has already so far extended its influence over the British Empire, as to effect an essential change in the general character of the mass of the people. This alteration is still in rapid progress; and ere long, the comparatively happy simplicity of the agricultural peasant will be wholly lost amongst us. It is even now scarcely anywhere to be found without a mixture of those habits which are the offspring of trade, manufactures, and commerce. C C

Text Marking Now, read through the article independently and mark the text using the following code: C – Claim E – Evidence W – Warrant

Talk with your table about your text marking. Pay special attention to areas in which you disagree or marked differently. Text Marking

Writing Prompt Consider the argument Robert Owens presents on the negative influences of industrialization. Write a response that analyzes the strengths and/or weaknesses of the argument. Remember to use textual evidence to support your ideas.

Writing Check To ensure that your response contains all of the elements of an analysis, re-read your response and mark it with the following text code: C – Claim E – Evidence W - Warrant

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Expanding the Text Set Refer to page 38 in the Reading Standards for Literature Look at Standard 7 for Grades 9 and 10. Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.

Poetry and Art in the CCSS Refer in your packet to the poem London by William Blake and the painting entitled Manchester from Kersal Moor by William Wylde. Your tables task is to study both documents and the Standards for grades 9-10 and create the BIG question for each document and corresponding activities for instruction. Remember the Standards must guide the development of questions.

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Sharing

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Review the documents we have studied today. In your group, develop a question that addresses multiple documents and Standards for Grades Be prepared to share.

Sharing

Homework For next time, review the CCSS for your content and grade. Select one document to teach that aligns with the CCSS. Be sure the text is rich enough to support a discussion of complex ideas and themes. Pour over the document to identify the questions that stimulate close reading. Bring your text and questions to our next meeting on Monday, February 18 th.

Exit Slip Please complete the exit slip before leaving.