Tag Archives: Assessment(s)

PARCC ELA Prep Checklist

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

As a former high school English teacher who loves literature and loves to write, I do not believe in doing test prep 24/7. I believe tests are a genre, the same way that drama is a genre and poetry is … Continue reading →

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PARCC Releases 2017 Items!

Posted on February 22, 2018 by

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

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posted on January 13, 2017 by

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

Posted on December 16, 2016 by

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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