Common Core PathwaysDeep ReadingDeep Writing
Deep Discussion
Close reading (annotation)InferencingSummarizingQuestioningSynthesizingEvaluating arguments and points of viewCiting evidence of thinkingReading for meaningReading for learning
WHAT IS DEEP READING?
Writing to learnLearning to writeWriting to convey and clarify thoughtProcess writingReal world writing (audience, purpose, task)Writing from Sources
WHAT IS DEEP WRITING?
Talking about the meaning of textEvaluating the text with evidenceUnderstanding what others are saying before
responding in discussionQuestioning the text
Using evidence from text...
WHAT IS DEEP DISCUSSION?
Common Core is also the "how"
It is about instruction...
By teaching standards, we are teaching students the reading, writing, and thinking processes to meet those standards...not the standards themselves.....
What the standards contain:Do• Close attentive
Reading• Cite specific
evidence• Critical reading• Reading
independently and closely
Do Not• Text to Self
Connections• Prior Knowledge• Relate to one's own
life• Explore personal
responses• Subjectivity without
evidence
Anchor Standards ReadingLadder ( abbreviated)
Determine central ideas and development (summarize)
Analyze how individuals,events develop and interact
Interpret words and phrases that shape meaning and tone
Analyze structure of texts and how it relates to whole
Assess Point of View and Purpose
Integrate and evaluate content presented in multiple forms
Delineate and evaluate and arguments in texts, validity of reasoning
Analyze two or more texts that address similar topics or themes
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What is Close Reading?
Access to high quality complex text (requires multiple readings)
Individual and collaborative reading
Text Based questions and discussions
Writing about the text
Standard 1 and 10 serve as pillars to readingStandards 2 and 3 serve as foundationStandards 4, 5, 6, 7,8 and 9 spiral throughout text
LANGUAGE AND SPEAKING AND LISTENING
Embedded within the Reading and Writing Domains
• Grammar• Vocabulary• Collaboration• Communication• Presentation
Pathways
The standards are clearer, the pathways are not....
We determine the pathways of the standards through high quality instruction of
• Deep Reading• Deep Writing• Deep Discussion
Let's Try it with a piece of Informational Text
Shoot out by Guy MartinStandard One: Cite evidence of what the
text is saying...Read Paragraph One: Stay focused on what
the text actually says.1. Stay focused on text not opinion2. Identify areas of what the text is saying.3. Write these down in your triads....
Standard 2: Determine Key Ideas and ThemesRead the next three paragraphs:
What is the article starting to be about?
What evidence in the text emerges and develops as you read. (use information from the text)
Again, stay within the text and avoid personal opinion
Step 3: Analyze how Individuals, Events, and Ideas Develop and InteractRead Paragraph 5 and 6
How are individuals being developed?
Try to restate and locate ideas and support them with related details in the text.
What details begin to lead you to conclusions about the students and the impact of the game on them.
What do the details in the article lead you to conclude about the kids and about the impact of the game on the kids?
Step Four: Interpret the technical, connotative, and figurative meanings of words
• Looking back, do some words seem more important or suggestive than others? Do some words see surprising
or symbolic?
• What words that are used to describe the game in the language of war?
• What connotations do the words suggest?
Ways of continuing the study of the article... Craft and Structure
Analyzing the Structure of the Text
Do the paragraphs suggest some sort of structure?
What type of work is the author unveiling through his structure.
Can you see a structure or pattern developing?
Anchor Standard six: Point of View
Think back to the language choices and the structure of the text:
How do the choices the author makes illuminate his point of view?
What examples does the author include to make his point?
Deep "close" reading
Teacher should have deep understanding of text:
1. Short chunks of rich text 2. Annotation with purpose 3. Multiple readings4. Modeling of reading strategies5. Gradual release of responsibility (ME WE TWO YOU).6. Writing about understanding of text
Creating Text Based QuestionsUse Standards as a guide
Start with Key Ideas of the Text going from smaller to larger
Begin to target Text Structures and specific vocabulary
Tackle Tough sections head on.
Sequence them logically
Ways of balancing "close" reading
1. Short Chunk, Large Chunk, Short Chunk approach
2. Allow reading for enjoyment time with tools to monitor reading.
3. Give purpose for reading texts
4. Scaffold towards independence
5. Be mindful how much you focus on...
TEXT BASED: questioning, writing, discussions
HIGH LEVEL AND GROUNDED IN TEXT
• Simple questioning to more complex
• Complete understanding of text before opinion.
Speaking and Listening standards as a guide
Organizer to help with Big Picturet Purpose for reading text:
Annotations/notes Text to be read Text Dependent questions for writing and discusssion
Text Dependent Writing prompt:
Anchor Standards Writing
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Argumentative Writing
Informative Writing
Narrative Writing
Develop Writing Process(planning revising editing, rewriting, trying new approach
Use technology to produce, publish, interact, and collaborate
Conduct short and more sustained research projects based on focused questions
Gather relevant information from multiple sources, assess credibility and integrate into writing
Draw evidence from texts to support analysis, reflection and research
Writing from Sources
Focus on Argumentative and Informational
Process Based
Writing Routinely for real audiences and purposes
Text Based
Standard 4 and 10 serve as pillars to standardsStandards 1-3 are the products students produceStandards 5, 6,7, 8, and 9 spiral througout
ARGUMENT OVER PERSUASION
Difference:
Genre Definition Common Features
Persuasion Appeals to emotion of the audience
Propaganda features such as, bandwagon, plain folks, glittering generalities
Argument Appeals to logic and reason Consists of a thesis/claim, evidence, concession, refutation, and a more formal style
Process over Content
The process of learning content is as important as learning the content itself if not more.
Examples:• Vocabulary acquired through reading• Research done through Writing• Discovering themes during reading• Interpreting figurative language • Writing process
Real Audience...Real Purpose
Reading and Writing for a variety of audiences...routinely over extended time frames...for a range of tasks and purposes...
• Authentic Goals • Connection to current society• Connection to community• Real Audience and purpose
Students reading complex text
"Pedagogy focused only on "higher-order" or "critical" thinking was insufficient to ensure that students were ready for college and careers: what students could read, in terms of its complexity was at least as important...
Reading Between the Lines...ACT 2006
1. Quantitative (lexile)2. Qualitative (multiple layers)3. Task and Purpose (instruction)
Embrace confusion:
I beg you...to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without noticing it, live your way into the answer...
Rainer Maria Wilke
SIX INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS
The process of learning the standards and meeting the standards....
PLANNING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS
SHIFT ONE: BALANCE
Balance between Informational and Literary Texts
Augmenting literature with current periodicalsLiterary Non-Fiction
SHIFT TWO: CONTENT AREA LITERACY
Literary Experiences Across the Curriculum...not just in ELA....
Process within Content• Social Studies• Science• Math• Electives
SHIFT THREE: COMPLEXITY
Standards Complexity:Staircase of Complexity... (Learning
progressions of standards
Text Complexity• Quantitative• Qualitative• Task and Purpose
SHIFT FOUR: TEXT BASED
Text-Based Answers grounded in:
Reading
Writing
Discussion
SHIFT FIVE: WRITING FROM SOURCES
• Emphasize use of evidence to inform and make an argument
• Writing that responds to ideas, events, facts, and arguments presented in texts.
Blending writing types
SHIFT SIX: ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Focus on pivotal and commonly found words students encounter in text....
Constantly build ability to access more complex texts.