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
Ambria