Writing Your First ModuleSt. Bernard Parish Public Schools

Nicole Bower8th Grade EnglishJustin Burkhardt

8th Grade Social Studies

Challenges of the Common Core State Standards

The transition to the Common Core State Standards will create changes and challenges in all classrooms.

Some of these new challenges include: Reading and analyzing complex textsRigorMultiple genresUsing evidenceSpeaking and listening skillsOverall higher level writing

How do we tackle these challenges and prepare our students for College and Career Readiness?

Literacy Design Collaborative

LDC – First Impressions and Initial Challenges

Initial Challenges for Social Studies

• Integration with GLE’s

• Overwhelming

Initial Challenges for English

• LDC Rubrics• Writing Styles

The Planning Process

Developing inquiry among students Selecting an appropriate and engaging task Using Module Creator as a tool Locating a variety of complex nonfiction and

fiction texts

DETERMINE ESSENTIAL QUESTION

What We Learned

Shorter, richer passages in the content areas to account for time

Goal setting and organization—students need to know where they’re going next

The importance of student engagement in task

The importance of scaffolding a task and modeling analysis of a text

Helpful Resources

Resources Module Creator R-Groupspace Teacher collaboration across content areas Instructional Strategies Writers Checklist and Writers Notebook LDC Rubrics Annotations and close reading AEC or any other writing strategy Socratic seminars, debates, discussions

Benefits of LDC

Growth on standardized assessments along with a deeper understanding of material

Increase in rigor of writing based on close analysis of complex mentor texts

Increase in speaking and listening abilities› Student testimonials – Danton and

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