Literacy in English Language Arts
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MISD Literature Units Revised: Conceptual Lens with Evidence-based Prompts
Link to Unit Resources
In the Best Interest of Students: Staying True to What Works in the ELA Classroom
Kelly Gallagher (2015) Stenhouse
Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing Instruction
- Shared (Dialogic) Reading
- ELA - Read-Alouds and Shared Writing in Response to Reading
- Differentiated Reading
Carol Jago
Carol's recent article on teaching more poetry, fiction, drama, and literary nonfiction in English classes (CCSS)
"What English classes should look like in Common Core era," Jan 2013
Carol Jago 's - Power Point on the CCSS
Carol Jago's - With Rigor for All (Chapter 1)
NCTE Resources on the Common Core State Standards
Crash! The Currency Crisis in American Culture - Carol Jago
Carol Jago reminds us why we read, analyze, and write about literature.
Excerpt from introduction:
Of all types of writing, writing about literature may seem the least practical. Who apart from scholars and English majors analyzes poetry after the age of 18? Even book reviewers don’t write the kinds of essays commonly assigned in school. Why do teachers devote so much effort to developing an arcane skill? Because writing about literature disciplines the mind. It challenges students to look closely into what they read and express clearly and powerfully what they find there. Meeting this challenge entails more than identifying correct answers to teachers’ questions. It requires deep reading and analytical thinking—skills that will serve students well whatever their futures may hold.
- Prepared to Make a Living, Make a Life, Make a Difference
- But Why Do We Need to Write an Essay? Can’t We Just Talk about the Book?
- Working in Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development
Reading Apprenticeship Resources -- Student Learning Goals -- English Language Arts
(Downloadable list from RA site)
Kelly Gallagher's List of Books and Resourceskelly's lists of books and resources
13 Underappreciated (But Essential) Books for ELA Teachers (Kelly Gallagher's Blog)
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey's Series (IRA and Solution Tree)
Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12)
Each resource includes links to supporting resources/reproducibles
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
LDC ELA Modules
SREB Readiness Courses
Literacy Ready -- Ready for Reading in All Disciplines
This course teaches students strategies for reading and truly understanding specific kinds of complex texts in all subjects — reading a biology textbook, for example, is different than reading short stories or history research articles. Students learn to develop and defend ideas from the text and write about them in different college-level formats.
Literacy Ready prepares high school students to read and write about college-level texts in core subjects.
6 units -- 2 in social science; 2 in English; 2 in science
The English units focus on synthesizing informational text (synthesis essay) and analyzing literary works to write a literary argument.
The content of each discipline is at the forefront of the curriculum, while literacy skills specific to each discipline are emphasized in reading and writing assignments based on the content.
Mastering Close Reading: 99 Practice Passages on Motif, Subject, and Theme
Kara Mopps , Caitlin Joyner
High school students need guided practice to attain mastery of the close and critical literary reading and analysis skills that the Common Core Standards demand. In Mastering Close Reading: 99 Practice Passages on Motif, Subject, and Theme, authors and veteran high school teachers Kara Mopps and Caitlin Joyner give teachers the classroom-proven tools that will build critical-, close- and active-reading skills.
Free Downloads
Table of Contents
Introduction
Sample Activity
Link to Unit Resources
In the Best Interest of Students: Staying True to What Works in the ELA Classroom
Kelly Gallagher (2015) Stenhouse
Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing Instruction
- Shared (Dialogic) Reading
- ELA - Read-Alouds and Shared Writing in Response to Reading
- Differentiated Reading
Carol Jago
Carol's recent article on teaching more poetry, fiction, drama, and literary nonfiction in English classes (CCSS)
"What English classes should look like in Common Core era," Jan 2013
Carol Jago 's - Power Point on the CCSS
Carol Jago's - With Rigor for All (Chapter 1)
NCTE Resources on the Common Core State Standards
Crash! The Currency Crisis in American Culture - Carol Jago
Carol Jago reminds us why we read, analyze, and write about literature.
Excerpt from introduction:
Of all types of writing, writing about literature may seem the least practical. Who apart from scholars and English majors analyzes poetry after the age of 18? Even book reviewers don’t write the kinds of essays commonly assigned in school. Why do teachers devote so much effort to developing an arcane skill? Because writing about literature disciplines the mind. It challenges students to look closely into what they read and express clearly and powerfully what they find there. Meeting this challenge entails more than identifying correct answers to teachers’ questions. It requires deep reading and analytical thinking—skills that will serve students well whatever their futures may hold.
- Prepared to Make a Living, Make a Life, Make a Difference
- But Why Do We Need to Write an Essay? Can’t We Just Talk about the Book?
- Working in Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development
Reading Apprenticeship Resources -- Student Learning Goals -- English Language Arts
(Downloadable list from RA site)
Kelly Gallagher's List of Books and Resourceskelly's lists of books and resources
- High-Interest Books for Ninth Graders
- Essential Books for the Classroom Library
- High-Interest Non-Fiction Titles for Eighth Graders
- Poetry for Middle and High School Students
- Spoken Poetry for Middle and High School Students Warning: some of these spoken poems contain explicit language.
- 101 Sports Books for the Junior High School/Senior High School Classroom Library
13 Underappreciated (But Essential) Books for ELA Teachers (Kelly Gallagher's Blog)
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey's Series (IRA and Solution Tree)
Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12)
Each resource includes links to supporting resources/reproducibles
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
LDC ELA Modules
SREB Readiness Courses
Literacy Ready -- Ready for Reading in All Disciplines
This course teaches students strategies for reading and truly understanding specific kinds of complex texts in all subjects — reading a biology textbook, for example, is different than reading short stories or history research articles. Students learn to develop and defend ideas from the text and write about them in different college-level formats.
Literacy Ready prepares high school students to read and write about college-level texts in core subjects.
6 units -- 2 in social science; 2 in English; 2 in science
The English units focus on synthesizing informational text (synthesis essay) and analyzing literary works to write a literary argument.
The content of each discipline is at the forefront of the curriculum, while literacy skills specific to each discipline are emphasized in reading and writing assignments based on the content.
Mastering Close Reading: 99 Practice Passages on Motif, Subject, and Theme
Kara Mopps , Caitlin Joyner
High school students need guided practice to attain mastery of the close and critical literary reading and analysis skills that the Common Core Standards demand. In Mastering Close Reading: 99 Practice Passages on Motif, Subject, and Theme, authors and veteran high school teachers Kara Mopps and Caitlin Joyner give teachers the classroom-proven tools that will build critical-, close- and active-reading skills.
Free Downloads
Table of Contents
Introduction
Sample Activity