Approaching Writing in the NY Curriculum Modules EngageNY.org
Slide 2 Purpose of this Session Participants will be able to
Identify the types of writing instruction in NY 9-12 ELA curriculum
modules. Use module materials to help students become better
writers. EngageNY.org Slide 3 The Foundation of Writing Instruction
in the NY Curriculum Modules CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.9: Draw
evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research. EQUIP Rubric CCSS Appendix A What do
these three resources tell you about writing instruction in CCSS
aligned curriculum? EngageNY.org Slide 4 Curriculum Implications
Writing of different types for different purposes On demand and
process writing Extensive use of evidence EngageNY.org Slide 5
Writing in Module 10.1 Read the final performance task for Module
10. As you read, notice: What type of writing are students doing
here? How is this writing being assessed? What writing standards
are being assessed? EngageNY.org Slide 6 How do the NY Curriculum
Modules teach writing? Form triads and assign each member one of
the unit overviews. As you read the overview, mark places you see
students learning and practicing to collect and use evidence from
text in their writing. Discuss How are students learning to apply
reading standards to their writing? How are students honing their
ability to collect and use evidence from text in their writing?
EngageNY.org Slide 7 Try This: Teaching Students to Collect
Evidence Read the excerpt from Friday Night Lights. Discuss the
excerpt with a partner. EngageNY.org Slide 8 What Would You Do?
RI.9-10.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its
development over the course of the text, including how it emerges
and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective
summary of the text. W.9-10.9: Draw evidence from literary or
informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
EngageNY.org Slide 9 Look at the Lesson Read the excerpt from
Module 10.1 Unit 3, Lesson 13. As you read, notice how this lesson
works with RI.9-10.2 and W.9-10.9 (a yearlong standard). Discuss:
What are students learning about this text? How did the decisions
you made compare to those in this lesson? What are some other ways
this same skill could be built using this text? EngageNY.org Slide
10 Tools to Support Evidence Collection Models of evidence
Connections between and among texts Scaffolds to key understandings
NOT a proxy for instruction! EngageNY.org Slide 11 Writing
Instruction in Different Curriculum Modules Module 10.1 Explanatory
writing Identifying and using evidence Module 9.3 Writing to
analyze sources Writing as a product of research EngageNY.org Slide
12 Module 9.3: Communicating Knowledge Read 9.3.3 Lesson 1. As you
read, notice: What writing standards are included in this lesson?
How are students learning to do the work of this unit? EngageNY.org
Slide 13 Teaching Writing Research Highly organized deliverables
and materials Claim arises from the investigation Leveraging peer
thinking EngageNY.org Slide 14 Reflection How can you use the
materials in the curriculum module to support your students to
become better finders and users of text evidence? What are the
first things youll teach your colleagues about CCSS aligned
research writing? EngageNY.org Slide 15 Online Parking Lot Please
go to www.engageny.org/resource/network-team-
institute-materials-february-4-7-2014 and select Online Parking Lot
for any NYSED related questions.
www.engageny.org/resource/network-team-
institute-materials-february-4-7-2014 Thank You! EngageNY.org
