English Language Development
in the era of Common Core
Spring RESA Session 2013
Agenda
9:00 – 9:30
Welcome and Introduction
9:30 – 10:30
CCSS/WIDA Project Overview and Getting Familiar with
MPIs (Group Activities)
10:30 – 12:00
Working Group/Debrief/Sharing (Feedback on project
deliverables – grade level specific)
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
1:00 – 2:15
Working Group/Debrief/Sharing (Feedback on project
deliverables – vertical alignment)
2:15 – 2:30
Break
2:30 – 3:30
Working Group (Creating MPIs, 4th CCSS ELA)
3:30 – 4:00
Debrief and Next Steps
Introductions
Tell us about yourself!
• Name
• LEA
• Position
• Common Core English Language Arts
and ELL Connection in your LEA
Housekeeping
• Sign-in
• Parking Lot
• Breaks/Lunch
• Norms
Can We Agree?
Appreciation for one another
Exchange ideas freely
Influence what we can
Opportunity to reflect
Unite in purpose
Goals for Spring RESA Sessions
• Provide overview of CCSS/WIDA Project.
• Familiarize with MPIs.
• Elicit feedback on project deliverables
(grade level/vertical alignment).
• Create MPIs for ELA, grade 4.
• Determine how to apply new knowledge
in LEAs.
WIDA/CCSS ELA MPIs Task Force
• WIDA/CCSS ELA Task Force
• Creating MPIs based on CCSS ELA Objectives
• Grades Covered
– K, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-10, 11-12
• New Task Force membership invitation
Timeline
October 12, 2012
Initial Meeting
October – December, 2012
December 18 – 19, 2012
January 11, 2013
Pre-Work Webinars (Resources
Sharing)
MPI Writing
MPI Writing (ELA Partnership)
February – March, 2013 (RESA)
April – August, 2013
September 30, 2013*
Vetting Process
MPI Revisions and Writing
Items Released
On-going
Feedback from the field
* This date may be subject to change.
Resources
• WIDA 2012 Amplified Standards & Academic Language
Resources
• Common Core ELA (Text Complexity) and WIDA Connections
• Disciplinary Literacy Resources
• Productive Talk about Complex Text (Scrolling PowerPoint
Slides)
http://eldnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Spring+2013+RESA+Regional+Training
WIKI Resources compiled from
• Aspen Institute
• Council of Great City Schools
• WIDA
• 2012 WIDA Debut Conference
• DPI Disciplinary Literacy Online Module
Getting Familiar with MPIs
Organization of MPIs within Standards
Example: Social & Instructional; Grades 6-8
Organization of MPIs within Standards
MPI
STRAND
Model Performance Indicators
Language
Function
Support
Make lists of real-world examples of threedimensional shapes from labeled models
The Content
Stem/Topic
Standard 3: The language of Mathematics
Grade Level Cluster: 3-5
Model Performance Indicators
• Provide examples (models) of assessable
language skills.
• Reflect the second language acquisition process.
• Describe how students can use the language
(purpose).
• Relate to specific criteria and elements of
academic language.
• Provide the anchors for curriculum, instruction,
and assessment.
WIDA Consortium
The MPI: Language Function
Language Function
• Describes how language is used; not the cognitive
task
• Guides the language features that students should
recognize or be able to produce
• May be used across several different levels,
though the language features associated at
specific levels may be different
WIDA Consortium
The MPI: Content Stem
Content Stem
• Helps ground language instruction to the content
that students are learning
• Relates to state or local content standards
• Is grade level appropriate
WIDA Consortium
The MPI: Support or Strategy
Support or Strategy
• May be visual, graphic or interactive
• Are based on the concept of scaffolding new
language and concepts
• May include use of languages other than English
• Are appropriate for instruction or assessment
WIDA Consortium
Language Function
Language Function
= “Describe”
WIDA Consortium /
Content Stem
Content Stem/Example
Topic = “objects of the
earth or sky”
WIDA Consortium /
Support or Strategy
Support = “from observation,
photographs or models”
WIDA Consortium /
Elements of MPI
WIDA Consortium /
Getting Familiar with MPIs – Activity 1
Place the written MPIs in
order under the appropriate
language domains
Transformation of MPI
WIDA Consortium / CAL / Metritech
WIDA Consortium / CAL / Metritech
WIDA Consortium / CAL / Metritech
Language Functions
Across Proficiency Levels
Use words or phrases related to
weather from pictures or photographs
Grade level cluster 1-2
Language Functions
Across Proficiency Levels
Make statements about weather from
pictures or photographs
Grade level cluster 1-2
Language Functions
Across Proficiency Levels
Ask questions about weather from
pictures or photographs
Grade level cluster 1-2
Language Functions
Across Proficiency Levels
Forecast weather and provide
reasons from pictures or photographs
Grade level cluster 1-2
Language Functions
Across Proficiency Levels
Evaluate and weigh options related to
weather forecasting
Grade level cluster 1-2
Change in Function
Grade Level: 1-2 Standard: 5
Language Domain: Writing
(From Compare to Evaluate)
Compare attributes
of two products in
the marketplace
from illustrated
examples
Evaluate attributes
of two products in
the marketplace
from illustrated
examples
WIDA Consortium
Change in Content
Grade Level: 6-8 Standard: 4
Language Domain: Reading
(From Cycles/Processes to Ecosystems)
Predict
consequences of
alteration of cycles
or processes from
grade-level text
Predict
consequences of
alteration of
ecosystems from
grade-level text
WIDA Consortium
Change in Support
Grade Level: 6-8 Standard: 4
Language Domain: Speaking
(From with a partner to based on graphic support or pictures)
Outline steps of
scientific inquiry
involving elements
or compounds with
a partner
Outline steps of
scientific inquiry
involving elements
or compounds
based on graphic
support or
pictures
WIDA Consortium
Transform Multiple MPI Elements
Example
Topics
2008 USA
Presidential
Election
Content
Stem
Supports
WIDA Consortium
Level 2
Beginning
Level 3
Developing
Level 4
Expanding
Level 5
Bridging
Identify
historical
figures or
events
associated
with the 2008
Presidential
Election from
photographs
or
illustrations in
small groups
Describe
historical
figures or
events
associated with
the 2008
Presidential
Election from
photographs,
illustrations, or
videos in small
groups
Role-play
scenes from
historical
events or lives
of figures
associated with
the 2008
Presidential
Election in
small groups
Re-enact
historical
events or lives
of figures
associated with
the 2008
Presidential
Election from
varied
perspectives
with peers
(e.g.,
presidential
debates)
Give
monologues
simulating
historical
events or
figures
associated with
the 2008
Presidential
Election (e.g.,
scenes in plays)
Level 6- Reaching
Speaking
Language
Function
Level 1
Entering
WIDA Checklist
for Reviewing Strands of MPIs
WIDA
Getting Familiar with MPIs – Activity 2
Create MPIs by completing the table.
Getting Familiar with MPIs – Activity 3
Write your own MPI using the template.
Your choice of grade level
Your choice of content (Language of
Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, or
Science)
Writing a Strand of Performance Indicators
Content Standard
Cognitive Demand
Transformed
PI
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Working Group Session 1
Provide feedback on project deliverables
Grade level specific
Lunch
Working Group Session 2
Provide feedback on project deliverables
Vertical Alignment
Working Group Session 3
Create MPIs based on
Common Core English Language
Arts Grade 4
MPI Transformation
in Action
AP Engineering
created by
a High School CTE teacher
#4
(Writing)
Explain and justify which scientific invention has been the
most useful by writing a comic to support your ideas
(i.e., next slide).
Standards Reference:
Framework: Summative
Standard 4: The language of Science
Science Standard: Grades (6-8):
Intro to Engineering Design Standard:
2.4 Advanced Designs (9-12)
Grade level cluster: 6-8
Language domain: Writing
English language proficiency level: 1- Entering
Example Topic: Scientific Inventions or discoveries
Comic Writing Activity
Students will choose an invention from the following
list, or one of their own they feel is the most
important. The students will then create a comic to
represent its importance. Students at level 1 may
not have many words in their comic, but they will be
able to express themselves through pictures. The
teacher may also help this process by asking
questions like, “What does this invention do?” “Has this invention helped anything else?” The
teacher may then go back and have them add words to their comics. Teachers may also
include words that describe inventions for the students to use in their comics.
1.Microscope 2. medicine 3. X-Ray machine
4. telescope 5. computers 6. the internet
7. plastic 8. airplanes 9. Cars 10.batteries
11. light bulb 12. electricity
Higher Level Thinking
Follow Up Activity
• The students will then have to research the invention they chose for
their comic and create and present a power point presentation that
defends why it is the most important scientific invention to their
classmates.
• The students could create an invention that would help solve a typical
teenager problem.
Debrief and Next Steps
• How would you share what you have gained
(process/product) with stake holders?
– ESL Teachers
– Content Teachers
– Administrators (school-based or central office)
– Parents
– Community Members including school board
Resources
• WIDA 2012 Amplified Standards & Academic Language
Resources
• Common Core ELA (Text Complexity) and WIDA Connections
• Disciplinary Literacy Resources
• Productive Talk about Complex Text (Scrolling PowerPoint
Slides)
• Drs. Lily Wong Filmore and Charles Filmore
http://eldnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Spring+2013+RESA+Regional+Training
WIKI Resources compiled from
• Aspen Institute
• Council of Great City Schools
• WIDA
• 2012 WIDA Debut Conference
• DPI Disciplinary Online Module
Goals for Spring RESA Sessions
• Provide overview of CCSS/WIDA Project.
• Familiarize with MPIs.
• Elicit feedback on project deliverables
(grade level/vertical alignment).
• Create MPIs for ELA, grade 4.
• Determine how to apply new knowledge
in LEAs.
Presentation Development
Charlotte “Nadja” Trez, NCDPI ESL/Title III Office
Ivanna Mann Thrower, NCDPI ESL/Title III Office
Lindsey Fults, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (Resources)
Deborah Wilkes, Durham County Schools (Resources)
NCDPI WIDA/Common Core Task Force
Process Check
What
worked well?
What could
be done
differently!
Contacts
Ivanna Mann Thrower
ESL/Title III Consultant
NC Department of Public Instruction
919-807-3860
ivanna.thrower@dpi.nc.gov
Charlotte “Nadja” Trez
ESL/Title III Consultant
NC Department of Public Instruction
919-807-3866
nadja.trez@dpi.nc.gov
ESL Website http://esl.ncwiseowl.org/