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Idaho SDE: BACK-TO-SCHOOL TEACHER TOOLKIT

When delivering professional development, encourage teachers to include an infographic in addition to the writing assignments. They each accomplish different CCSS objectives. The writing assignment covers writing standards 1–5 and 7–10. The Infographic will use writing standard six to wrap it up in a nice impressive package–20th-century style.

esearch ProjectEach module includes the opportunity for students to produce one extended project that uses research to address a significant topic, problem, or issue. This should entail integrating knowledge from several additional literary or informational texts in various media or formats on a particular topic or question drawn from one or more texts from the module. Students are expected at this stage to assess the usefulness of each source, refocus their research when appropriate during the process and integrate the information gathered in a manner that maintains the flow of ideas. Students can present their findings in a variety of modes in informal and more formal argumentative or explanatory contexts, either in writing or orally. (Research aligned with the standards could take one to two weeks of instruction.) Ongoing incorporation of research for shorter tasks should also be a regular component of instruction.