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Writing linked with Common Core

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Document Analysis Worksheets. Español Document analysis is the first step in working with primary sources. Teach your students to think through primary source documents for contextual understanding and to extract information to make informed judgments. UbD Curriculum Guide. Socratic Seminar. Literary Non-Fiction. Informational Text Resources. Articles of the Week (AoW) Please note that, as I explain in-depth in this blog post, I take no credit for coming up with the article of the week (AoW) assignment.

Articles of the Week (AoW)

Kelly Gallagher (or, as I sometimes call him, The Gallagher) is the man who first introduced me to the idea through his must-read book Readicide. Thus, anything I share about my classroom’s experiences with AoWs, any theories or experiments I try out with the assignment, and any success my students or I have with it thoroughly and ultimately traces back to Kelly’s work. CCSS Cite Evidence. Google Drive Viewer. Cause and Effect. Ela-teach-strat-read-text-6-12.pdf. Writing Editorials. Argument writing.

Argument theories