Introduction for CTE Teachers on Supporting Common Core State Standards : Part Three

Writing in CTE to Meet Literacy Expectations

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 3

Takeaways

Deepen understanding about how to support students to write an evidence-based argument and explanatory/informational essay/report.

Deepen understanding on how to situate and prompt the writing of an argument versus an explanatory/informational text.

Reflect on your learning.

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 4

Task SheetUnderstanding Text Types

Part I—Writing to Inform and Make Arguments

1. As you watch the Writing to Inform and Make Arguments video clip, think about these two questions:

a. What are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) expectations for student writing?

b. How can we support student writing in our CTE classrooms?

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 5

Task SheetUnderstanding Text Types

Part II—Understanding the Writing Standards

Turn to pages 7 through 10 of your participant packet. Please take about 5 minutes to:1. Review the writing standards2. Read Writing: Definition of the Standards’ Three Text Types

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 6

Task SheetUnderstanding Text Types

Part III—Reflection

What is distinctive about these three different types of writing?

Why are they both important to being literate?

Why are they both important to CTE?

Planning for Engaging Your Students in Writing

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 8

Task SheetUnderstanding Text Types

Part IV—Writing to Inform and Make Arguments (Revisited)

1. Think back to our responses to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) video clip. We are going to watch the clip again, be thinking about:a. What are the CCSS expectations for student writing?b. How can we support student writing in our CTE

classrooms?

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 9

Task SheetUnderstanding Text Types

Part II—Understanding the Writing Standards (continued)

Now think about the differences between argument and explanatory writing turn to pages 41 and 42 of your participant packet.a. What are the differences between argument and

explanatory writing according to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?

b. What does CCSS see as differences in argument among the content areas ELA, history/social studies, science, and technical subjects?

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 10

Where might we use this within our standards?

Health ScienceAnatomy and PhysiologyStandard 1.0 The student will explore methods of scientific inquiry as they relate to

the study of the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Sample Performance Task Use HOSA Biomedical Debate guidelines to argue the accuracy of a

scientific theory.

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 11

Where might we use this within our standards?

Architecture & ConstructionConstruction CoreStandard 1.0 Students will demonstrate leadership, citizenship, and teamwork skills

required for success in the school, community, and workplaceSample Performance Task Evaluate a civic project within the school, community, and/or

workplace and evaluate the expected long-term effects of the project.

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 12

Task SheetPlanning for Short Writing/Research Projects

Part I—What might a short writing/research project look like in your classroom?

1. Consider the article on page 32 of your participant packet. How might you structure a short writing/research task that requires students to write an argument based on data and evidence1?

2. How about opportunities to write an informational/explanatory text?

1Evidence includes facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples as appropriate to the task and the stimuli (sources).

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 13

Practice Planning for Short Writing/Research Projects:Individually, use the following prompts to create both one informational prompt and

one argumentative prompt for the welding reading.

Informational or Explanatory After reading ________ (informational text), write a/an ________ (essay or report) that defines ________ (term or concept) and explains ________ (content). Support your discussion with evidence from the text(s). What conclusions or implications can you draw?

ArgumentativeWrite a/an _______(essay or report) in which you compare and contrast the _________________and the ____________. Based on the information provided in the text, determine if one is preferred and if so, why. Support your claim with an analysis of the material presented, using valid reasoning and sufficient evidence for support.

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 14

Check Your Work

Informational or Explanatory After reading Igniting Advances in Weld Quality and Consistency, write an essay that defines TIG Welding and explains how TIG welding process works. What conclusions or implications can you draw?

ArgumentativeWrite a report in which you compare and contrast the Gas Tungsten Arc Weld (GTAW) and the Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) weld. Based on the information provided in the text, determine if one is preferred and if so, why. Support your claim with an analysis of the material presented, using valid reasoning and sufficient evidence for support.

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 15

Resources You Can Use Now

General Common Core resources are available at TNCore Website and the CTE Professional Development Website

Achieve the Core: Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects• curricular materials, and sample lessons based on close

readings of science and technical texts. Specific resources for teachers to assist in the aligned

materials are listed in the activities• Scoring Rubrics for essays• Guide to text dependent questions

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 16

Materials are available on the TNCore website www.tncore.org • Under Literacy in Science and Technology

–Curricular Resources»CTE 6-12

oSample TasksoCTSO Events Aligned with CCSS

Resources You Can Use Now

Realizing Postsecondary and Career Readiness Through CTE 17

Takeaways

Deepen understanding about how to support students to write an evidence-based argument and explanatory/informational essay/report.

Deepen understanding on how to situate and prompt the writing of an argument versus an explanatory/informational text.

Reflect on your learning.

18