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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
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PARCC Prep: More ELA Test Items Released
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
PARCC Prep: Suggested Writing Skills Tracker
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
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
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
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PARCC Prep: Research Simulation Task Writing Lesson Cycle
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. (PS: I have previously blogged about teaching the RST here … Continue reading
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PARCC Prep: Narrative Writing Task Revision Checklist
Several teachers using the Narrative Writing Task Lesson Cycle I posted previously have found that students need more work on revising their drafts. As we talked through how best to support revision efforts, we came up with a checklist of … Continue reading
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PARCC Prep: Narrative Writing Task Lesson Cycle
If you’ve taught the narrative writing process and now want to ensure that your students are also adequately prepared for the timed PARCC Narrative Writing Task, this post is for you. Following is a 2-3 week lesson cycle that covers … Continue reading
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PARCC Releases New Items: Good News, Bad News
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
Essential Literacy Work Before You Begin Test Prep
Here are some things to work on before you begin preparing students for the genre of standardized testing this year: Review/teach The Comprehension Process using the TLC Comprehension Process Staircase here. You will need an anchor chart of this process … Continue reading
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