TEACHING TO THE CORE: STANDARDS-BASED ELA LESSONS
NEW YORK STATE ENGLISH COUNCIL
THE DESMOND HOTEL
ALBANY, NY
OCTOBER 21st, 2011
DR. VICKY GIOUROUKAKIS
MOLLOY COLLEGE
vgiouroukakis@molloy.edu
DR. MAUREEN CONNOLLY
MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL
mconnolly@mineola.k12.ny.us
EDUCATION QUOTES
Agenda
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Overview
Share CCSS-based ELA lessons
Help you design your own standards-based
curriculum
Surprise!
Teacher Reflection
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What do you know about the
Common Core State Standards?
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Highlights of the CCSS for ELA
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Close reading
Informational texts
Literacy across the content areas
Text complexity
Argument writing
Grammar and conventions
Technology
Research
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10 Activities Supported by the CCSS
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complete close readings of texts
answer text-dependent questions
read grade-appropriate complex texts (see Appendix B)
read informational texts (as well as literary texts)
write different genres (argument, explanatory, narrative)
and conduct research
make interdisciplinary connections
use varied thinking skills
share ideas
use technology and media
build vocabulary (academic; discipline-specific) and
grammar and use them in context
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Common Core State Standards: High School
Video Clip (teachingchannel.org)
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Getting to the Core of English Language Arts, Grades 6-12:
How to Meet the Standards with Lessons from the Field (Giouroukakis
& Connolly, 2012; Corwin Press)
Reading
 Journey of the Sparrows Graphic Novel Retelling
(Grades 6-8; Convey Experience)
 Macbeth Soliloquy (Grades 9-10; Explain/Inform)
 Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address”
(Grades 11-12; Argue/Persuade)
Writing
 Argument Rotation (Grades 6-8; Argue/Persuade)
 Cyberbullying Letters (Grades 9-10; Explain/Inform)
 This American Life (Grades 11-12; Convey Experience)
Getting to the Core of English Language Arts, Grades 6-12:
How to Meet the Standards with Lessons from the Field (Giouroukakis
& Connolly, 2012; Corwin Press)
Speaking and Listening
 Life in a Bag (Grades 6-8; Convey Experience)
 Editorial Videos (Grades 9-10; Argue/Persuade)
 Show and Tell (Grades 11-12; Explain/Inform)
Language
 Literary Devices Booklet (Grades 6-8; Explain/Inform)
 Of Mice and Men Visualization Exercise
(Grades 9-10; Convey Experience)
 Speech Analysis (Grades 11-12; Argue/Persuade)
Example
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Argument Rotation
Application
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Now, Design Your Own Lesson Using
the CCSS for ELA!
THANK YOU!
DR. VICKY GIOUROUKAKIS DR. MAUREEN CONNOLLY
MOLLOY COLLEGE
MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL
vgiouroukakis@molloy.edu mconnolly@mineola.k12.ny.us