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If you are looking for materials to support new ELA standards, here is a series from NY. this particular video addresses Shift 4: text based answers. 

3 tiers of vocabulary from CCS for ELA

o provide states with additional Common Core State Standards implementation support, the Council of Chief State School Officers hosted a one-hour webinar on Thursday, January 26th at 2 p.m. EST to share tools and resources to support teachers and districts on text complexity, which is the linchpin of the ELA standards. The webinar featured Sue Pimentel, a member of the Common Core State Standards English language arts writing committee, as well as representatives from the Kansas and Louisiana Departments of Education.

I like the idea of this post. Find four or five sources of information, invite students to read, and reflect critically on what they read. I like the idea that it promotes the use of individual writers, allows the teacher to select the sources, gives the students some choice, and includes a very strong use of technology.

I think a great way of getting students involved in a discussion about a topic. I like the premise of this idea. I wonder about using this with SS or ELA or Humanities content areas.

Thought it was an interesting site on English composition that might be useful to someone in ELA. I liked the first activity on the post bookmarked, so I chose to send that particular post.