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PARCC Prep: Research Simulation Task Writing Lesson Cycle UPDATED 2-2-2020
[The original version of this post can be found here.] In New Jersey, where I live and work, the state’s most recent test specs for NJSLA (formerly known as PARCC and quite honestly the same test with a different name) … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment(s), Close Reading, Compare and Contrast, DBQ Approach, Nonfiction, PARCC, Punchy Insights, Research Writing, Resources, Rubrics, Test Prep, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing
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PARCC Prep: Literary Analysis Writing Lesson Cycle UPDATED, 1-28-2020
[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
Posted in Assessment(s), Close Reading, Compare and Contrast, Demo Lesson, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, Note-taking, Organizing an Essay, PARCC, Rubrics, Test Prep, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing, Writing Feedback
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PARCC Prep: Literary Analysis Writing DEMO LESSON
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
Posted in Assessment(s), Close Reading, Compare and Contrast, Demo Lesson, Literary Analysis Writing, PARCC, Research Writing, Resources, Test Prep, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources
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PARCC Prep: Literary Analysis Writing Lesson Cycle
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
Posted in Assessment(s), Close Reading, Compare and Contrast, Evidence, Explanation, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, PARCC, Reading Literature, Resources, Rubrics, Test Prep, Themes, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing
Tagged Assessment(s), Close Reading, Evidence, Explanation, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, PARCC, Reading Literature, Resources, Rubrics, Test Prep, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing
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PARCC Prep: Research Simulation Task Writing Lesson Cycle
NOTE: PLEASE SEE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS POST HERE. I’ve been working with colleagues in the field on an UPDATED lesson cycle for history/social studies/science teachers who are trying to prepare their students for the PARCC Research Simulation Task. … Continue reading
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PARCC Prep: Learning from Failure
One of the schools I work with had a HUGE breakthrough yesterday, and as odd as it might sound, it came as a result of what might have looked like a colossal failure. We’d designed some practice PARCC literary analysis … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment(s), Compare and Contrast, ELA Common Core Standards, Literary Analysis Writing, PARCC, Professional Development, Resources, Test Prep, Themes, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing
Tagged Assessment(s), ELA Common Core Standards, Literary Analysis Writing, PARCC, Professional Development, Resources, Test Prep, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing
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Literary Analysis Task: How to Infer Themes from a Text (CCS #2)
While working with teachers on how to prepare students for the PARCC Literary Analysis Writing Task (see my previous blog here), we realized that students were struggling with Common Core Reading Anchor Standard #2: “Determine central ideas or themes of … Continue reading
Posted in Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Assessment(s), Character Analysis, Comprehension, ELA Common Core Standards, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, PARCC, Questioning, Reading, Reading Literature, Themes, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing
Tagged Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Assessment(s), Comprehension, ELA Common Core Standards, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literary Analysis Writing, PARCC, Questioning, Reading, Reading Literature, Test Prep, Themes, Thesis Statements, TLC Website Resources, Writing
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PARCC Preparation: Tackling the Research Writing Task
In many schools where I work, they have opted to divide the responsibilities for mastering the PARCC writing tasks: the ELA teachers own the narrative and literary analysis tasks; the Social Studies/Science teachers own the research writing tasks. This post … Continue reading
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Tagged Annotation, Argument, Assessment(s), ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Explanation, Lesson-planning, Main Idea, Media Literacy, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Research Writing, Resources, Rubrics, Test Prep, Topic Sentences, Writing
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THESIS BRAINSTORMING AND ORGANIZING
[This post is adapted from my book, The Literacy Cookbook (Jossey-Bass, 2012). My forthcoming book, Literacy and the Common Core: Recipes for Action (Jossey-Bass), is scheduled for release in August, 2014. This post appeared in slightly different form as a … Continue reading
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