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Love this! True, I agree with her, but this is just an awesome example of opinion writing with supported arguments (claims backed by evidence) by a 7 year old. -- Love that she is writing for a real purpose and audience! What real purpose could we have our students write for? And actually mail the letters (and publish on our blogs).

The Common Core strands of Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening are captured in the standards for learning  languages' goal area of Communication, by emphasizing the purpose behind the communication:  Interpersonal (speaking + listening or writing + reading)  Interpretive (reading, listening, viewing)  Presentational (writing, speaking, visually representing) ------------------------- The Common Core strand of Language is described for language learners through proficiency levels that outline three key  benchmarks achieved in world language programs given sufficient instruction over time:  Novice (the beginning level, regardless of age or grade)     Intermediate  Advanced

Pin by Ann Phillips on picture writing prompts | Pinterest "STORY STARTER: Although __________had never seen this house before, something about it seemed oddly familiar. **Common Core State Standards: L1, W3, W10, SL4 (uses clauses/transitions/commas, writes routinely within time frames, uses adequate volume) Lesson link: pinterest.com/... (Photo source link provided below)"

lots of examples & ideas of tech-rich writing

how to use a basic rubric for daily writing in your class.

Part 1 -- lesson planning argumentative writing writing for an authentic audience through blog

Part 2 -- the lesson *Day 1 -- close read, discussion, -- differentiated , and 1 side presentation back to group to sum up discussion *Day 2 -- Socratic Seminar & Blogging Lesson Objective: Identify the main idea and make arguments about a text Length 12 min Questions to Consider: Notice the distinct parts to this lesson. How does Mr. Hanify scaffold and differentiate this lesson? How does the fishbowl strategy promote rich discussions? Why does Mr. Hanify choose to have students write a blog? Common Core Standards ELA.RI.9-10.2, ELA.W.9-10.6, ELA.SL.9-10.1a Close read with annotation = "Thinking Notes" Differentiation during close read and their small group tasks based on their strengths Socratic Seminar Blogging to write to authentic audience

How to use NY Times in classrooms for debate and argument writing

Parcc's rubric to assess writing.

"Lesson Objective Identify, discuss, and apply textual evidence Length 6 min Questions to Consider: How does each part of the lesson prepare students for writing? What skills do students develop in the lesson? How could the scaffolds Ms. Norris puts into place be taken away as students gain fluency? Common Core Standards ELA.RI.6.1, ELA.SL.6.1a, ELA.W.6.2a"

The Common Core State Standards expect students to use evidence from texts to present careful analyses, well-defended claims, and clear information. A central tool to help students develop these skills is text-dependent questions: questions that can only be answered by referring back to the text. On this page teachers can find tools to help write and evaluate text-dependent questions, as well as a link to lesson materials with examples of text-dependent questions included.

"Common Core Close Reading Sample Lessons These exemplars contain full materials for two to five lessons each, including: Readings with teacher and student instructions Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax tasks for challenging words and phrases Writing-based formative assesments Fiction and non-fiction lessons, searchable by grade levels. "

"Dear Arizona Educator,   In an effort to foster the successful transition to Arizona's Common Core Standards and the PARCC assessment, the Arizona Department of Education is providing the following information regarding the Spring 2013 and 2014 AIMS assessments and the changes that are necessary to effectively transition to the PARCC assessment.   Changes to the Spring 2013 and 2014 AIMS Assessments Although the AIMS assessment will remain the same concerning the blueprints and format, the passages and items will have several changes as outlined below.  The focus of the AIMS test will be to move closer to the expectations of the PARCC assessment. --------------------- Passages In order to prepare for the expected rigor of the PARCC passages, the AIMS passages will contain an increase in text complexity as well as higher Lexile levels.  The language used will have sophisticated text, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Items Many of the AIMS items are written at the Concept level, allowing for multiple Performance Objectives within a Concept to be addressed in a single item.  The item's complexity will be raised through selecting items at the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels of 2 and 3. Please note the attachment - Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels (Table 1) and Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Table 2). To further support the transition from the AIMS assessment to the PARCC assessment, the test items have been aligned to the 2003 (Reading), 2004 (Writing), and 2008 (Mathematics) Standards as well as to Arizona's Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Language Arts. -----------------------   Transitioning to Arizona's Common Core Standards and the PARCC Assessment Since Arizona's Common Core Standards are the building blocks of the PARCC assessment, the following documents are provided to help make the transition a little smoother from the old standards/AIMS assessment to the new Common Core Standards/PARCC assessment.  The English Languag

So often we forget the "Write" at the end! Writing MUST be part of the reading process. It's not a separate subject or time of day.