Shifting to the Common Core English/Language Arts (Grades 9-12)
Price: $29.95
Shifting to the Common Core provides teachers with classroom strategies and activities to help students achieve greater depths of knowledge, including how to . . .
- analyze what they read, see, and hear;
- evaluate information and test it for reliability;
- synthesize arguments by drawing evidence from texts and using it in new forms.
Rubrics, standards correlations, and model responses help teachers assess students’ comprehension of these important deeper-thinking skills.
Students in grades 9–12 will learn to . . .
- use close-reading strategies to capture the meaning of complex texts;
- quickly outline complex texts, summarizing main points;
- cite textual evidence in a variety of forms;
- use STRAP analysis to fully understand writing prompts;
- evaluate and critique logical arguments within texts;
- weigh the effectiveness of support;
- evaluate the use of literary devices;
- evaluate arguments and sources of information;
- construct logical arguments, drawing evidence from texts;
- synthesize information from multiple sources to build meaning;
- create effective informational and persuasive writing;
- write effective responses to on-demand prompts.
By developing these deeper-thinking skills, students improve their comprehension across the curriculum, raise their grades, and increase their success on Common Core assessments.