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Common Core State Standards Rivera Staff Meeting March 27, 2013 Common Core Writing
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Key Advances Greater clarity and coherency across grade spans Reading – Attention to text complexity – Balance of literature and informational texts Writing – Emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory writing Speaking and Listening – Inclusion of formal and informal communication – Integrates media sources across the standards 2
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The Three Text Types in The Common Core State Standards Are: Opinion/ Argument Informative/ Explanatory Narrative Provide relevant facts Provide argument focused on changing a reader’s point of view Urging action Increasing reader’s knowledge of subject Enhancing to enable understanding Building to enhance comprehension Convey experience, either real or imaginary Lives of individuals (history) Step by step procedures in science investigations video
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Alignment in Writing Three mutually reinforcing writing capacities: To persuade To explain To convey real or imagined experience GradePersuadeExplainConvey Experience 430%35% 8 30% 1240% 20% 2011 © CA County Superintendents Educational Services Association 4
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5 Structure of the Writing Strand Organized by grade level A comprehensive K-5 section – 10 Writing Standards in English Language Arts Two content-area specific sections for grades 6-12 – 10 Writing Standards in English Language Arts – 10 Writing Standards in Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies and Science and Technical Subjects
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Writing Applications CCSS 1.Write Opinions (K-5); Write Arguments (6-12) 2.Write Informative/Explanatory Texts 3.Write Narratives Previous Standards 1.Narratives 2.Expository Descriptions 3.Friendly Letters 4.Personal or Formal Letters 5.Response to Literature 6.Information Reports 7.Summaries 8.Persuasive Letters/Compositions 9.Research Reports 10.Fictional Narratives 11.Biographical/Autobiographical Narratives 12.Career Development Documents 13.Technical Documents 14.Reflective Compositions 15.Historical Investigation Reports 16.Job Application/Resume 6
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Writing Standard 7: Research Notice the progression of rigor in the standards: Grades K-2: Participate in shared research and writing projects… Grades 3-4: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge… Grades 5: Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge… Grades 6-7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources… Grade 8: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources… Grades 9-12: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self- generated question) or solve a problem… 7
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Literacy T.A. http://www.literacyta.comhttp://www.literacyta.com SBSD Writing Prompts, Rubrics & Anchor Papers http://www.sbusd.org/Page/4420 http://www.sbusd.org/Page/4420 Engage New York http://engageny.orghttp://engageny.org
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