W RITING Teachers will understand similarities between CCSS and AP write CFAs for specific standards and grades Open-Ended C OMMON F ORMATIVE A SSESSMENTS Ayn Grubb

What do students need to learn? 4 PLC Q UESTIONS : How will we know when they’ve learned it? What will we do if they don’t learn it? What will we do if they already know it?

PASS/C 3  Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.  RL.8.2 CCSS  Determine the main (or major) idea and how those ideas are supported with specific details.  Paraphrase and summarize text to recall, inform, or organize ideas.  3.3 (8 th grade)

Sample Test Question: AP  Q3  What skills will help students perform well on this free- response question?

Sample Test Question: AP  Q2  What new skills can you add to your list?

CCSS AP/Pre-AP

Using the Standards  Read the two 8 th grade excerpts with the standards in mind.  Consider and discuss: Which standards can you cover with these two short excerpts? Also, HOW will you teach it? How will you know if students learned it?

Teaching Ideas: 2Q2T 1. What is this piece about? Answer = topic 2. What is _______ trying to tell us about ___________? author topic How will you know if students learned it?

Teaching Ideas: Concept Circles Common Core PASS/C 3 AP Pre-AP How will you know if students learned it?

Teaching Ideas: Standard Questions 1: How do you know? Prove it. Show me. Where’s your evidence? 2: 2Q2T 3: How does X impact Y? 4: Concept circles and other vocab activities

Teaching Ideas: Standard Questions 5: How does structure impact meaning? 6: How does POV impact meaning? 7: What is the effect of presentation in a different medium? 8: Outline the argument. 9: How does this fit into a larger context?

Exemplar Text Samples: media/25common_2b.pdf

How will you know if they learned it? Read the text with the standards in mind. Write one question or develop one task that will check student understanding of one standard. Repeat for as many other standards as possible.

Refining Your Questions… connected directly to one standard? written to the appropriate level of complexity? Is each question/task…

Bloom’s Taxonomy Check your verbs to make sure your tasks are written to the appropriate level of complexity.

Your Mission should you choose to accept it  Write your own formative assessments.  Connected to a standard  Appropriately complex  Attend the other two sessions...and bring colleagues with you.  Structure of the Standards  The Truth about Text Complexity  Spread the word.  C & I is here to serve and support.

Feedback  Why do the CCSS seem so similar to Pre-AP and AP kinds of teaching?  What was helpful about this workshop?  What further instruction do you need? Ayn Grubb