Southside Elementary School October 1, 2012

1. Southside Elementary School October 1, 2012 Carole Mullins Eng/LA Regional Content Specialist 606-854-2329 carole.mullins@education.ky.gov

2. Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and LearningFive Components: • Learning Climate • Classroom Assessment and Reflection • Instructional Rigor and Student Engagement • Instructional Relevance • Knowledge of Content

3. Learning Targets • I can recognize some of the instructional shifts demanded in the ELA standards. • I can discuss the three modes of writing and begin to plan for their implementation at the grade level I teach. • I can identify instructional tips that align with the three modes of writing.

4. What is meant by College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards? …the acquisition of the knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a postsecondary institution (such as a two- or four-year college, trade school, or technical school) without the need for remediation. (ACT) The standards were built on this vision for every single student who graduates from high school.

5. A Shared Responsibility “The Standards insist that instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language be a shared responsibility within the school.” ELA CCSS, page 4 English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

6. Some of the “Big” Shifts Demanded in ELA/Literacy Standards • Increased reading of Informational Texts (in elementary balance the reading of info and literary texts and vary the topics, making sure they are developmental) • Work on Content Area Literacy—sharing it among ALL teachers • Attend to TEXT COMPLEXITY—discern ideas of more complex texts • Focus on TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTIONS – those that REQUIRE close reading of the text (vs ‘text-free’—which rely on prior knowledge instead of the actual text) • Focus on WRITING –Argumentation with Evidence and Narrative Writing(to inform) • Emphasize Domain-Specific Vocabulary • Emphasize Short and Sustained Research Projects • Mantra—we need students that “read like detectives and write like reporters” (Coleman) Karen Kidwell, Highly Effective Teaching, Learning and Assessment: 2011 KAAC Presentation English Language Arts Big Shifts Document - http://ideas.aetn.org/commoncore/strategic-plan

7. Distribution of Literary and Informational Passages by Grade in the 2009 NAEP Reading Framework The Standards aim to align instruction with this framework so that many more students than at present can meet the requirements of college and career readiness. ELA CCSS Page 5

8. Writing Standard #1 Anchor Standard #1: Reading (Literature and Informational) Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. K-12 Progressions

9. Distribution of Communicative Purposes by Grade in the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework It follows that writing assessments aligned with the Standards should adhere to the distribution of writing purposes across grades outlined by NAEP. ELA CCSS Page 5

10. Writing Standard #1 Anchor Standard #1: Writing Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. K-12 Progressions

11. Common Core You Tube Videos Videos Produced by James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy And the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Example: Writing to Inform and Make Arguments (3:36) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_2jI010WU&feature=related

12. ELA Appendices Appendix A: Supplementary Materials and Glossary Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks Appendix C: Annotated Writing Samples at Various Grade Levels

14. The 3 Modes of Writing “Introduction Section” CCR Anchor Writing Standard #10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes and audiences. “Students mastering Standard 10 are able to communicate clearly and will be prepared for Kentucky’s writing assessment.” Three Modes of Writing Guidelines: Page 2

15. “Your students need time to write their hearts out; to explore many different subjects; to write deeply about a single one…” Fletcher and Portalupi (2001)

16. Write Your Heart Out… • Using the provided index card, jot down a few responses to each of the prompts below: • What is something(s) you know you are good at doing? • Where is your favorite place to go to relax? • Is there something you find interesting that you would like to know more about? • Have you visited a place that was so interesting you want to share about it with others?

17. One big change in the writing standards is the shift from opinion/persuasion to argumentation…

18. Opinion, Persuasion and Argumentation: What’s the difference? Adapted from Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Read, Write, Think

19. Building Student’s Argumentative Skills from Elementary to Secondary From…To… What differentiates argument from opinion? The use of textual evidence!

20. Addressing 3 Modes of WritingKCAS in the 21st Century Tips for understanding standards, instruction & assessment Winter 2012 Office of Next Generation Learners

21. The guidebook: • includes information about the standards, instruction to support the teaching of the standards, and assessment. • focuses on the 3 modes of writing and serve as a starting point for planning writing instruction. • Emphasizes information about the formative assessment process. • embeds details that assist teachers to address how the new KCAS English/LA standards have impacted ODW.

22. Section 1: Opinion/ArgumentCCR Anchor Writing Standard #1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. • Highlight/Review the standard at your grade level • Beginning in kindergarten, students are asked to communicate their opinions – a building block to writing effective argument • Shift occurs in 6th grade from opinion to argumentation • Discuss what that looks like at your grade level with an elbow partner • Suggested Mentor Text: Articles, Expository Text, Digital Text

23. Section 1: Opinion/Argument Opinion Writing Second Grade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icz4BrycFpo

24. Writer’s Reference Sheet: ArgumentativeGrades 5 and 6 If I am writing my opinion or creating an argument, did I • establish and maintain focus? • anticipate audience’s knowledge and concerns? • provide relevant background and contextual information from the reading passage (if a passage is provided)? • use facts, details and examples to support my opinion/argument? • use words and phrases to clarify the relationship among opinions/claims, reasons, and evidence?

25. Section 2: Informational/ExplanatoryCCR Anchor Writing Standard #2: Write informational/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization and analysis of content. • Highlight/Review the standard at your grade level • Students must write to demonstrate understanding of the subjects they are studying • It’s purpose is to increase readers’ knowledge of a subject • Students draw not only from background knowledge, but from multiple print & non-print text • Discuss what that looks like at your grade level with an elbow partner • Suggested Mentor Text: articles, digital text, magazines, expository text, pictures

26. Steps to READING a Visual Image • Step 1: Prepare an image in advance. • Step 2: Have students form pairs • Step 3: Help students set up note-taking forms • Step 4: Project the full image • Step 5: View by quadrants • Step 6: Monitor note-taking • Step 7: Display the full image a second time • Step 8: Pairs discuss • Step 9: Whole class discussion

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34. Second Viewing: Drawing Conclusions about the Visual Image • What are the three most important details you and your partner noticed? • What conclusions about the images can you draw from these details? • If you were to give the image a title, what would it be?

36. Multiple Text Types for Reading and Writing PROMPT/TASK to guide instruction for informational/explanatory writing As part of our study of various cultures from around the world. Examine 2 photographs from the series “What the World Eats” and read 2 entries of text about 2 families. Write to inform our class blog readers about what you learn as you compare and contrast what the 2 families eat.

37. Writer’s Reference Sheet: Informational/ExplanatoryGrades 5 and 6 If I am writing to provide information or explain, did I • establish a focused purpose? • anticipate the needs of my audience? • incorporate relevant background and contextual information from the reading passage (if a passage is provided)? • use general and specific details and examples to support my thesis? • use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary?

38. Arguments and Explanations: Each Has a Different Aim • “Argumentsseek to make people believe that something is true or to persuade people to change their beliefs or behavior. • Explanations…start with the assumption of truthfulness and answer questions about why or how. Their aim is to make the reader understand rather than persuade him or her to accept a certain point of view.” (CCSS Appendix A)

39. Section 3: Narrative WritingCCR Anchor Writing Standard #3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences. • Proficient writers recognize the importance of communicating clearly with an audience • Narrative writing conveys experience, either real or imaginary, and uses time as its deep structure • Personal narrative is only one form of narrative • Narratives can also take the form of creative fictional stories, memoirs, anecdotes and autobiographies • Narrative can be used for many purposes including: 1. Inform 2. Instruct 3. Persuade 4. Entertain • Suggested Mentor Text: poems, stories, plays, digital text, autobiographies

40. Section 3: Narrative Writing Writing Through A Mask • I could design a mask that focuses on one of the things I am reading about in the book Up North at the Cabin • Design a mask that focuses on one of the things you are reading about (a smart angler, a loon, a great, gray dolphin, an acrobat, a fearless voyageur, a river, a bull moose, an armored beetle, a daredevil, an angry northern pike) • Write“through your mask” to tell the story the way your “character” might tell it using the same story setting. • Think about how writing through a mask might help your students write more “narratively” than a personal narrative or memoir • Create a unique way to celebrate this writing

41. Writer’s Reference Sheet: NarrativeGrades 5 and 6 If I am writing a narrative, • did I establish a clear purpose? • use a variety of techniques (e.g., dialogue, description, anecdote, rhetorical question, surprising fact) to engage my audience? • convey a sense of significance of the experience? • use a sequence of events that would unfold naturally for the reader? • use concrete words and sensory details?

42. Next Steps • Come up with an Action Plan on how you will address the Three Modes of Writing in your classroom/grade level • Decide how you will bridge reading and writing • Plan how you will formatively assess your students • Discuss, and then plan how technology will be incorporated into your Action Plan • Create a way you will celebrate student writing

43. Time to Reflect3-2-1 • List three best practices you learned today that will impact writing instruction in your classroom. 1. 2. 3. • Name 2 things you will try within the few weeks. 1. 2. • Ask 1 question you still have about today’s session around the standards and the three modes of writing. 1.

44. HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!