1. Common Core

2.  Find your group assignment.  As a group, read over the descriptors for mastery of this standard. (The writing standards apply to more than one type of writing. Thus “narrative writing” will use some of the same standards that “argument writing” will use.) Take note of the specific language that these descriptors use.  Discuss what you think this “looks like” in a real classroom experience for real Granger network students.  Read through the grade bands for these standards.  What skills need scaffolding?  What differentiates each grade level?  Referring to the in-and-out goals we wrote last year, discuss the foundation that Granger network teachers have already created. What skills will need to be added? What do we need to reinforce?  Referring to the graduation goals we wrote last year, discuss the desired outcomes for student learning across the network.  Outline the network plan for this standard.  What do teachers in this network need to know about teaching this standard?  What activities/assessments can we use for our students to demonstrate mastery of these standards?  Are there rubrics? standardized tests? formative or summative assessments we can use in class?  Prepare a slide presentation that will teach others in the network and will help them guide their own curriculum and instructional design.  Save the slide show with your group’s name.  Choose a presenter to teach us all about this standard. Instructions

3. 1.Increases the number of text analyzed and cited. 2.Determine multiple central ideas in a text. 3.In place of analyzing the development of ideas, events and individuals in a text, you analyze the interactions between them. 4.Analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. 5.Analyze the structure an author uses, including how major sections contribute to the whole. 6.Distinguishes author position from that of others. 7.Compare and contrast a text to audio, video/multimedia version, analyze each mediums portrayal of the subject. 8.Assess whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims. 9.Analyze how two or more authors writing about same topic. 10.na 7th

4. 1.Choose among multiple citations for the evidence that most strongly supports the analysis of the text 2.Analyze the central idea of the text and its development over the course of the text. 3.Compare and contrast the connections among individuals, ideas, or events of a text. 4.Determine the meaning of words, including analogies or allusions to other texts. 5.Analyze in detail the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept. 6.Determine how an author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints. 7.Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums to present information. 8.Recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced into an argument. 9.Analyze two + texts with conflicting information to identify where the texts disagree. 10.Independently read & comprehend literary nonfiction. 8th

5. 1.More thorough textual evidence 2.Determine why these specific details were used as opposed to others. 3.Analyze the author’s purpose in a series of events and how they were introduced and developed. 4.Comparing differences in content, based on discipline specific language. 5.Analyze how the chapters & section structure and how author is using that to develop ideas. 6.The author’s use of rhetoric to enhance their point. 7.Analyze various accounts told in different mediums. 8.Identify false statements & fallacious reasoning. 9.Analyze the historical & literary significant document for related themes & concepts. 10.9 th grade read & comprehend literary nonfiction in 9-10 text complexity band with scaffolding where needed; 10 th proficient with no scaffolding. 9 th & 10 th

6. 1.Determining stated facts. Determining what questions were left unanswered 2.Two or more central ideas and determine how they build on each other; and analyze the text. 3.Relationship between cause and effect in understanding the events. 4.Understanding author specific language and how they build and develop it. 5.Analyze the author’s text structure to support their claim or idea. 6.Analyzing what make a text powerful, persuasive, and beautiful. 7.Integrating & evaluating multiple sources of info. Presented in diff. media and formats. 8.Use legal reasoning to understand premise, purpose, and argument in regards to past, current, and future events. 9.Analyze 17 th, 18 th, & 19 th century historical & literary specific document for purpose & rhetorical features. 10.11 th grade read & comprehend literary nonfiction in 11-CCR text complexity band with scaffolding where needed; 12 th proficient with no scaffolding. 11 th & 12th