Day+1+PD+8-28-12

=**CWP PD, Day 1 - Focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)**=
 * August 28, 2012**

Welcome, Introductions & Expectations

 * **Agenda:** [[file:CCSS & College Level Writing Agenda Day 1 8-28-12.doc|CCSS & College Level Writing Agenda Day 1 8-28-12.doc]]
 * **Background for this grant collaboration:** Background on CWP Grant with EHHS.doc

Overview on the CCSS

 * **Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Overview:** [[file:CCSS Overview Workshop PowerPoint for 8-28-12.ppt|CCSS Overview Workshop PowerPoint for 8-28-12.ppt]]

**Writing Standards**

 * **Standards for Writing**-How Do They Change from K-12?
 * CCSS Individual Standards: @http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards
 * **Unpacking the Writing Standards:**
 * **Unpacking Standard #1:**[[file:cwpsummerinstitute2012/Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1.doc]]
 * **Guided Practice:**Unpack Standard 1, Grade 3 together
 * **Example from Guided Practice:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 K-3 EXAMPLE.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 K-3 EXAMPLE.doc]]
 * **Independent Practice:**Divide into groups to unpack the writing standards at the secondary level
 * **English/LA Writing Standards** || **Literacy in the Content Areas Writing Standards** ||
 * 1. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 1. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 2. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 2 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 2 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 2. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 2 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 2 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 3. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 3 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 3 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 3. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 3 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 3 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 4. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 4 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 4 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 4. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 4 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 4 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 5. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 5 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 5 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 5. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 5 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 5 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 6. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 6 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 6 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 6. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 6 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 6 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 7. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 7 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 7 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 7. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 7 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 7 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 8. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 8 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 8 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 8. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 8 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 8 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 9. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 9 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 9 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 9. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 9 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 9 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * 10. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 10 Grades 8-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 10 Grades 8-12.doc]] || 10. [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 10 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 10 in Literacy for Grades 6-12.doc]] ||
 * Writing Standards Unpacked by EHHS English and Social Studies Teachers on 8/28/12**
 * **Standard 1:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 1 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc]]
 * Standard 2 - missing
 * **Standard 3:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 3 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 3 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc]]
 * Standard 4 - missing
 * **Standard 5:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 5 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 5 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc]]
 * **Standard 6:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 6 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 6 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc]]
 * **Standard 7:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 7 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 7 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc]]
 * **Standard 8:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 8 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 8 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc]]
 * **Standard 9:**
 * **Standard 10:** [[file:Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 10 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc|Unpacking CCSS Writing Standard 10 Grades 8-12 UNPACKED.doc]]

Reading and the Other Literacy Standards

 * [[file:Instructions for Reviewing the Reading and Other Literacy Standards.doc|Instructions for Reviewing the Reading and Other Literacy Standards.doc]]

Text Complexity

 * **CCSS Text Complexity PowerPoint Presentation:**
 * [[file:Exploring Text Complexity in the CCSS.ppt|Exploring Text Complexity in the CCSS.ppt]]
 * Three Part Model to Text Complexity: ****The Hunger Games - A Model for Determining Text Complexity:** [[file:The Hunger Games Excerpt.doc|The Hunger Games Excerpt.doc]]
 * 1) **Quantitative:**
 * Find a Book on the Lexile Web Site
 * 1) ** Qualitative: **
 * **Text Complexity: Qualitative Measures Rubric for Literary Text **
 * **Text Complexity: Qualitative Measures Rubric for Informational Text **
 * 1) **Reader and Task:** [|Questions for Professional Reflection on Reader and Task Considerations]
 * 2) **Determining Text Complexity Task**-
 * **I Do** (TO - modeling) - Demonstrate //Hunger Games// model
 * **We do** (WITH - Guided Practice): Work together on The Hunger Games Click here for an excerpt from The Hunger Games
 * **You Do**(Guided & Independent Practice): Divide into groups to determine text complexity of your chosen text. Open the following Text Complexity Template--> [[file:Text Complexity Analysis TEMPLATE from Kentucky Department of Education.doc|Text Complexity Analysis TEMPLATE from Kentucky Department of Education.doc]]. Save the file with the name of the text that you are analyzing.
 * **Additional Text Complexity Resources:**
 * Four Myths About the ELA Common Core State Standards
 * [|Beginner's Guide to Text Complexity]

Career Readiness

 * **What is Career Ready:** http://dpi.wi.gov/oea/pdf/ccready.pdf

CCSS Resources
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 * **Common Core State Standards Web Site:** []
 * **CCSS - Download the English Language Arts Standards:** []
 * **CCSS - Read the English Language Arts Standards:** @http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards
 * **FAQ:** []
 * **Key Points in English/Language Arts:** []
 * **Kansas Common Core Standards Resources**
 * **Verticle Articulation of the CCSS Writing Standards:**[]

CWP Grant Project Team

 * **Name & Background Info** || **Email Address** ||
 * Jane Cook, EASTCONN Literacy & Technology Coach and CT Writing Project (CWP) Teacher-Consultant || janecook@earthlink.net ||
 * Jason Courtmanche, Director of CT Writing Project and Professor of English, University of Connecticut || jason.courtmanche@uconn.edu ||
 * Steve Straight, Professor of English, Manchester Community College || wordsongfarmer@cox.net ||

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