Category Archives: Literary Analysis Writing

PARCC Prep: Literary Analysis Writing Lesson Cycle UPDATED, 1-28-2020

Posted on January 29, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

[The original version of this post can be found here.  I’ve added some new resources and updated explanations.] As many of you know, I have written numerous posts on how to teach literary analysis writing HERE. You will want to … Continue reading →

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PARCC Releases 2017 Items!

Posted on February 22, 2018 by theliteracycookbook

Apparently PARCC recently released 2017 ELA materials. To be honest, I’m not sure when they did this because I have not received their newsletter in months (in fact, I’m not sure they still send out newsletters). So I found out … Continue reading →

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ANNOUNCING: New TLC “Argument vs Evidence” page!

Posted on February 11, 2018 by theliteracycookbook

I’ve just launched a new page on the TLC Website: “Argument vs Evidence“! This page curates my online resources for teaching students how to use “Argument vs. Evidence, Steps 1-6” to write more clearly. The TLC Blog posts explain the … Continue reading →

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“Designing ELA PARCC Prep Materials That Fit in Your Curriculum”– SIGN UP NOW!

Posted on December 15, 2017 by theliteracycookbook

I’ll be presenting at NJPSA/FEA in Monroe Twp., NJ, all day on January 25! Here’s the blurb: Designing ELA PARCC Prep Materials That Fit in Your Curriculum Date: Jan 25, 2018 Time: 9am – 3pm Location: FEA Conference Center Presenter: … Continue reading →

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PARCC Prep: Literary Analysis Writing DEMO LESSON

Posted on February 22, 2017 by theliteracycookbook

As I’ve noted in posts about the PARCC Narrative Writing Task Lesson Cycle, the PARCC Literary Analysis Lesson Task Cycle, and Research Simulation Task Lesson Cycle, it’s really important to provide and explain models of the work we expect. That … Continue reading →

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PARCC Prep: More ELA Test Items Released

Posted on February 12, 2017 by theliteracycookbook

In case you don’t follow the PARCC newsletter, PARCC announced on Jan. 30, 2017 that they have released more high school test items. It appears that since their previous announcement on Dec. 2, (which I blogged about here), they also … Continue reading →

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PARCC Prep: Suggested Writing Skills Tracker

Posted on February 3, 2017 by theliteracycookbook

If you are working with students on any of the three writing tasks, this Writing Skills Tracker may be helpful. For an Excel spreadsheet version of the table below, here’s the free downloadable parcc-writing-skills-tracker.  For more tools like this, please check … Continue reading →

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PARCC Prep: Suggested Grading Conversion Charts for PARCC ELA Rubrics

Posted on February 1, 2017 by theliteracycookbook

As you probably know, the PARCC ELA Writing Rubrics have been revised a few times. I have previously blogged about the rubrics HERE. If you are trying to convert scores from PARCC ELA rubrics to grades for your grade book, … Continue reading →

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PARCC Prep: Literary Analysis Writing Lesson Cycle

Posted on January 18, 2017 by theliteracycookbook

As many of you know, I have written numerous posts on how to teach literary analysis writing HERE. You will want to review this post on Essential Literacy Work Before You Begin Test Prep. You can also find an array … Continue reading →

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PARCC Releases New Items: Good News, Bad News

Posted on December 4, 2016 by theliteracycookbook

In case you don’t follow the ever-exciting PARCC newsletter, PARCC announced on Dec. 2, 2016 that they have released more test items. The good news is that they DID release some. The bad news is that they didn’t release many. … Continue reading →

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