Nov+6+Workshop

November 6th Workshop: Digging into CCSS

ISBE http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pls/default.htm

Ag Literacy and Common Core State Standards-Making the Connection

Breaking down the standards:

=Introduction Activity =

Workshop Wishes []

Close Reading Explained:
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== Activity #1: Primary Sources and CCSS- Calendar Photos ==

Thinking Triangle Activity: http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/04/connecting-common-core-primary-source-thinking-triangle-activity/



Questions: http://primarysourcenexus.org/2011/09/engaging-learning-purposeful-questions-close-observation/

Library of Congress-Primary Sources at the Heart of CCSS http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/journal/common_core/pdf/common_core.pdf

Primary Source lesson activities http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/03/analyzing-primary-source-images-common-core-state-standards-alignment/

QAR http://primarysourcenexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Image_Questions_Responses_Chart.pdf <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Photo to analyze:

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Reading Anchor Standards-College & Career Readiness <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Activity #2 = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Poem: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/181826 Add Calendar photos (primary sources) to each line or each stanza

Walt Whitman's Poem A Farm Picture by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

//<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, // //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A sunlit pasture field with cattle and horses feeding, // //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And haze and vista, and the far horizon fading away. //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Activity #3: Model Close Reading- excerpt form //The Beef Princess of Practical County//


<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Primer on Close Reading <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.aspendrl.org/portal/browse/DocumentDetail?documentId=1396&download <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Five Close Reading Strategies <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html

Close Reading Question Template

F& P Struggling Readers- []

Compare & Contrast


Paired Text: []

Paired Text- Whole or Small Group discussion

Venn Diagram tool: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/venn-diagram-30973.html

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Writing resource: Writing Next- EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE WRITING OF ADOLESCENTS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Standard:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">Writing prompt ideas- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Unwritten rules of farming <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I witnessed on a farm... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">What made that- using just Ag equipment or tools <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Explain a photo (using farm photos) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Compare 3 items- 3 Ag related items or 3 farming related areas (beef, pork, crops) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Six things you should know about farming (or any other Ag related topic)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Writing: Focus/Support/Wrap up http://www.phylsquill.com/downloads.htm

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">Stapleless Book Tool: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/stapleless-book-30010.html

KWL http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/creator-30846.html

Persuasion Interactive Get your argument organized: []

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