Common Core Support Tools Below you will find unpacking standards documents to support teachers in their understanding of the common core and essential standards. The unpacking documents demonstrate at a granular level the knowledge and skills students are expected to master at a particular grade. Important Note: The current Standard Course of Study will continue to be taught and tested during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years. New standards and assessments are to be implemented for the first time beginning with the 2012-13 school year. Please send any thoughts, feedback, questions and ideas about additional resources that would help you start preparing to teach the new standards to feedback@dpi.nc.gov. English Language Arts Unpacking Standards Kindergarten (pdf, 608kb) 1st Grade (pdf, 646kb) 2nd Grade (pdf, 761kb) 3rd Grade (pdf, 849kb) 4th Grade (pdf, 833kb) 5th Grade (pdf, 1.6mb) 6th Grade (pdf, 1.3mb) 7th Grade (pdf, 1016kb) 8th Grade (pdf, 1.0mb) English I & II (pdf, 1.1mb) English III & IV (pdf, 1.2mb)
In Search of Shakespeare . Language Arts: Shakespeare's Sonnets Introduction One of the difficulties teachers face when they teach Shakespeare is language accessibility. Twenty-first century students simply have difficulty understanding the words, and so they miss the meaning of his plays and sonnets. However, the lesson can be easily tailored to a teacher's specific students. Learning objectives Students will:Identify a Shakespearean sonnet Identify and label the rhyme scheme Identify and label iambic pentameter Identify and label a Shakespearean sonnet's divisions Write a definition for a Shakespearean sonnet Write a definition for paraphrase and its purpose Paraphrase a Shakespearean sonnet Estimated Time of Completion Two 45-minute class periods Materials Handout with sonnets 18, 29, 130 Overhead Projector A copy of "In Search of Shakespeare" (To order, visit Shop PBS) A TV and DVD player or TV Introductory Activity The writings in this lesson come from Shakespeare's early years and were probably composed between 1592 and 1597. Procedure Sonnet #18 McRel
Secrets of Teaching Writing Revealed Webb's Depth of Knowledge Rigor. Text Complexity. Difficulty. I learned about Webb’s Depth of Knowledge just last year when I was at a Larry Ainsworth Professional Development workshop about unwrapping Common Core State Standards and aligning our instructional sequences to those standards. So, what is Webb’s Depth of Knowledge and what’s the big deal? Branching off of a “flipped classroom approach” and because I don’t pretend to be an expert on Webb’s Depth of Knowledge, click here to review (or learn about) the four levels of Webb’s Depth of Knowledge continuum: DoK1. DoK3. DoK4. I believe that each unit needs a mixture, or a balance, of all of the levels above. How do we apply Webb's Depth of Knowledge into our classrooms? If we are asking students to research, for example, here are some ways that we might be able to integrate DoK into a research unit sequentially: DoK1. DoK2. DoK3. DoK4. How does that look in Writing Workshop? DoK1. DoK2. DoK3. DoK4.
The Slave Narrative Purposes Attempted to arouse the sympathy of readers in order to promote humanitarianism. Emphasized traditional Christian religious ideas. Showed acceptance of the ideals of the dominant white society Emphasized the cruelty of individual slave owners.Influences King James Bible New England sermonizing traditions Rhetoric and aims of abolitionist orators Devotional books like Pilgrim's Progress. Reasons for Popularity Lurid scenes of horror and violence that served as an acceptable gratification of the popular appetite for sensationalism. Frequent Pattern: From Frances Smith Foster, Witnessing Slavery: The Development of Ante-bellum Slave Narratives, [2d. ed., 1994]: "The plot of the nineteenth-century slave narrative is informed by the Judeo-Christian mythological structure on both the material and the spiritual levels. "In the slave narrative the mythological pattern is realized in four chronological phases.
HistoryFix: Writing Across the Curriculum...Social Studies and History Resources Writing Across the Curriculum: HistoryFix Northern Nevada's Denise Boswell shares 26 W.A.C. lessons for social studies class Welcome to the HistoryFix Project! Welcome to WritingFix's very first "sister site." HistoryFix became a part of the WritingFix family in 2007 and has been growing ever since. This webpage is used in the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) workshops for teachers, and it is designed to inspire writing about social studies in the classroom. You can check out the NNWP's Fall and Spring inservice schedules on-line. Our W.A.C. workshops' driving essential question: How can we deepen student thinking in all content areas through meaningful and authentic writing assignments? Taking our W.A.C. workshop? Meet our NNWP Consultant who inspired this page. I have found the importance of bringing history alive in my classroom by engaging my students through investigation, research, literature, and writing. Join our HistoryFix Family!
The Romantic Period in American Literature and Art - Free American Literature Video Last revised: March, 2014 Acceptance of Terms Please read this Terms of Service Agreement ("Terms of Service", "Terms of Use") carefully. These terms apply to Education Portal and its related websites owned and operated by Remilon, LLC ("Education Portal,", "Site", "Sites", "our", "us"). Education Portal provides the Services, which are defined below, to you subject to the following Terms of Service, which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. BY ACCESSING, BROWSING OR USING THE SITE AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH EDUCATION PORTAL, YOU SIGNIFY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND AGREE THAT THE TERMS OF SERVICE CONSTITUTES A BINDING LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND EDUCATION PORTAL, AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY AND COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SERVICE. Privacy Policy Education Portal respects your privacy and permits you to control the treatment of your personal information. Terms Applicable to All Services a. i. b.
30 Ideas for Teaching Writing Summary: Few sources available today offer writing teachers such succinct, practice-based help—which is one reason why 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing was the winner of the Association of Education Publishers 2005 Distinguished Achievement Award for Instructional Materials. The National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced Writing Project teachers. Since NWP does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a variety of eclectic, classroom-tested techniques. These ideas originated as full-length articles in NWP publications (a link to the full article accompanies each idea below). Table of Contents: 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing 1. Debbie Rotkow, a co-director of the Coastal Georgia Writing Project, makes use of the real-life circumstances of her first grade students to help them compose writing that, in Frank Smith's words, is "natural and purposeful." ROTKOW, DEBBIE. 2003. Back to top 2. 3. 4.
Using Writing In Mathematic Using Writing In Mathematics This strand provides a developmental model for incorporating writing into a math class. The strand includes specific suggestions for managing journals, developing prompts for writing, and providing students with feedback on their writing. In addition, the site includes two sample lessons for introducing students to important ideas related to writing about their mathematical thinking. Teaching Strategies For Incorporating Writing Into Math Class: Moving From Open-Ended Questions To Math Concepts Starting Out Gently with Affective, Open-Ended Prompts Writing about thinking is challenging. Begin with affective, open-ended questions about students' feelings. Have students write a "mathography"-a paragraph or so in which they describe their feelings about and experiences in math, both in and out of school. Encourage students to keep their pencils moving. Try requiring 20 words per answer, even if they have to copy the same words again to reach 20. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 1.
Writing in Mathematics Featured Topic: Writing in Math Class Teachers incorporate writing in math class to help students reflect on their learning, deepen their understanding of important concepts by explaining and providing examples of those concepts, and make important connections to real-life applications of the math they are learning. Teachers use the writing assignments to assess student understanding of important concepts, student proficiency in explaining and using those concepts and each student's attitude toward learning mathematics. Writing in mathematics is a win-win for both teacher and student. Although it may be difficult to introduce this practice, it is well worth the effort. Look for simple ways to incorporate short writings throughout daily lessons and longer writings over the course of weeks or math units. Getting Started with Math Writing Often students who have difficulty writing in math class have less difficulty telling the teacher what they think. The basic steps of Think-Pair-Share are: