Rather than focusing exclusively on literacy skills, the Common Core State Standards …
Rather than focusing exclusively on literacy skills, the Common Core State Standards set expectations for the complexity of texts students need to be able to read to be ready for college and careers.
This resource outlines three steps that will help teachers choose texts that are on grade level for the CCSS.
In this lesson students use a structured format (an adaptation of Think-Pair-Share) …
In this lesson students use a structured format (an adaptation of Think-Pair-Share) to discuss and deconstruct complex text. The new core standards emphasize the importance of developing students' speaking and listening skills as well as helping them access complex text through reading, re-reading, re-thinking, and re-examining.The purpose of this lesson is to get the students to focus and stay on topic while they talk. As a result, students are required to think more extensively about a topic by repeatedly reading and discussing with others.
This paper addresses the implications, for ELLs, of the new standard's requirement …
This paper addresses the implications, for ELLs, of the new standard's requirement that students be able to read and understand complex, informationally dense texts. The authors discuss the types of supports that learners need in order to work with complex texts. They also provide a sample of what academic discourse involves, using an excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. They demonstrate how English learners can be provided with strategies for accessing complex texts, such as closely examining one sentence at a time. The authors argue that instruction must go beyond vocabulary and should begin with an examination of our beliefs about language, literacy and learning.
This lesson is designed for learners in adult basic education (low and …
This lesson is designed for learners in adult basic education (low and high level adult secondary education). The purpose of this lesson is to teach a step-wise method that involves increased complexity reading material that assists learners with building a staircase type strategy for reading scientific and technology text proficiently. The lesson topic will include guiding students in how to ask themselves questions before during and after a passage. The questions will be used to build a staircase of information that can be compared to what they already know and personal experiences. This strategy will not only assist with appropriately answer reading passage questions but can be applied to reading and understanding complex texts for higher education and documents in the workplace.
This plan was created by Jean Harper as part of the 2020 …
This plan was created by Jean Harper as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create plans.The attached plan is designed for Grade 6 English Language Arts students. Students will read and comprehend texts that are complex.. This plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 6.1, LA 6.1.6.f, LA 6.1.6.oIt is expected that this plan will take students 60 minutes to complete.
In this lesson students use the Informational Text Analysis Tool to deconstruct …
In this lesson students use the Informational Text Analysis Tool to deconstruct the essential elements of informational text. Informational text is more important to teachers than ever before, especially with the rise of the new Core standards. The Library of Congress is an excellent resource for finding and using texts to build students' reading skills.Through a diverse array of classic and contemporary literature as well as challenging informational and primary source texts, students build knowledge, gain insights, explore possibilities, and broaden their perspective.
This lesson can work with any content standards. It is a lesson …
This lesson can work with any content standards. It is a lesson for students to learn a text marking procedure. Teachers and students can apply it to any non-fiction text on any non-fiction topic. Extensions include academic speaking and writing prompts.
In this lessons students identify information from text using titles, subtitles, diagrams, …
In this lessons students identify information from text using titles, subtitles, diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, illustrations, and captions by using a preview checklist.
This lesson focuses on the vocabulary and skills students need to define, identify, discuss …
This lesson focuses on the vocabulary and skills students need to define, identify, discuss and apply a variety of informative writing techniques. The texts in this lesson are infographics related to marginalized people. Students are asked to apply the techniques they learn to an informative text of their own.
This 18 day unit explicitly teaches text structures, summary, text features, reading …
This 18 day unit explicitly teaches text structures, summary, text features, reading informational text about Mesopotamia, and writing a book about Mesopotamia. Instruction moves from high scaffolding to moderate scaffolding to independent practice as students become familiar with the various text structures, how to identify them, what graphic organizer will work with each text structure, how to use notes recorded in graphic organizers to write summaries, and how to compile an informational book. Mesopotamia is the content used as an anchor.
This exemplar text is designed to give students the opportunity to use …
This exemplar text is designed to give students the opportunity to use the reading and writing habits they’ve been practicing on a regular basis to absorb deep lessons from Kate DiCamillo’s story. By reading and rereading the passage closely and focusing their reading through a series of questions and discussion about the text, students will identify how and why the three main characters became friends.
* This text is extracted from a close reading exemplar produced and published by Student Achievement Partners
Students will read the provided complex text about erosion and use the …
Students will read the provided complex text about erosion and use the outdoor space to verify or deny the content of the text in the real-world setting.
In this unit students will define, identify, and explain 5 types of …
In this unit students will define, identify, and explain 5 types of text structure. Students will explain how text and graphic features enhance a text. They will determine the type of figurative language used in a text. Students will summarize a given text.
Students will read the provided complex text about habitat in the outdoor …
Students will read the provided complex text about habitat in the outdoor classroom and explore the area to make connections to the content in the text and draw inferences from the text.
Students will read the provided complex text about habitat in the outdoor …
Students will read the provided complex text about habitat in the outdoor classroom and explore the area to make connections to the content in the text and draw inferences from the text.
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