Literacy Design Collaborative:
Tools for the Common Core
Mary Lynn Huie, Ph.D., Literacy Trainer,
Georgia Department of Education
Daniel Rock, Literacy Specialist, Georgia
Department of Education
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Common Core Shifts
• Building content knowledge through (reading) rich
nonfiction
• Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in
evidence from the text, both literary and
informational.
• Regular practice with complex text and its academic
language.
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LDC and the CC Shifts
• Literacy Matters video
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What is LDC?
• LDC tools embed Common Core Literacy Standards
into content-area lessons so that students meet the
Literacy Standards while also meeting content
demands at high levels of performance.
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LDC Training in 2013-2014
• Available through every Georgia RESA site.
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How does LDC work?
• Templates for Teaching Tasks
• Skills Analysis
• Instruction
• Rubrics
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Templates for the Teaching Tasks
Teachers fill in the template to create a teaching
task—a major student assignment to be completed
over two weeks.
The content can be science, history, language arts, or
another subject.
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How It Works
An Example: Template 1
Task 1 Template (Argumentation/Analysis L1, L2, L3):
After researching ___________(informational texts) on
____________(content), write __________ (essay or substitute) that
argues your position on_____ (content). Support your position with
evidence from your research. L2 Be sure to acknowledge competing
views. L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues to
illustrate and clarify your position.
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
An Agriculture Task
After researching _scientific articles
_ on
genetic modification of crops write an _______that
editorial
____________________,
argues
your position on farmers
______________________________.
growing genetically modified crops
Support your position with evidence from your
research. L2 Be sure to acknowledge competing views.
L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues
to illustrate and clarify your position.
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“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
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Template 25 (Informational/Cause Effect)
• Template 25: [Essential Question] After reading
[literature or informational texts] on [content],
write a [report or substitute] that examines the
causes of [content] and explains the effect(s) of
[content]. What conclusions or implications can
you draw? Support your discussion with evidence
from the text(s).
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
A Middle School Social Studies Task
• What is the effect of oppression on the people in a
country? After reading informational texts and
memoirs on apartheid in South Africa, write an essay
that examines the causes of apartheid and explains
the effect(s) of apartheid on the people of South
Africa. What conclusions or implications can you
draw? Support your discussion with evidence from
the text(s).
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“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
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Georgia
Historical Understandings
• A.SS7H1:The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa leading to
the 21st century.
• A.SS7H1.a: Explain how the European partitioning across Africa
contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries.
• A.SS7H1.b: Explain how nationalism led to independence in South Africa,
Kenya, and Nigeria.
• A.SS7H1.c: Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and
the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W.de Klerk.
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“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
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Template 25 (Informational/Cause Effect)
• Template 25: [Essential Question] After reading
[literature or informational texts] on [content],
write a [report or substitute] that examines the
causes of [content] and explains the effect(s) of
[content]. What conclusions or implications can
you draw? Support your discussion with evidence
from the text(s).
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
A Middle School Science Task
• What is the effect of algal blooms on the marine
environments off the coast of the US? After reading
selected scientific texts, write a letter to the
Environmental Protection Agency that examines the
causes of algal blooms and explains the effect(s) on
marine environments. What conclusions or
implications can you draw? Support your discussion
with evidence from the text(s).
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“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
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Georgia
Science Standards
• S7L4. Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one
another and their environments.
• e. Describe the characteristics of Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e.
tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and
mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e. freshwater, estuaries, and
marine).
• S7CS9. Students will investigate the features of the process of scientific
inquiry.
• b. Scientific investigations usually involve collecting evidence, reasoning,
devising hypotheses, and formulating explanations to make sense of
collected evidence.
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Template 4 (Argumentation/Comparison)
• Template 4: [Essential Question] After reading
[literature or informational texts], write an [essay
or substitute] that compares [content] and argues
[content]. Be sure to support your position with
evidence from the text(s).
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A High School Science Task
• Which type of evidence is more trustworthy, DNA
evidence or eyewitness testimony? After reading
informational texts, write a lawyer’s closing
arguments to a jury that compares DNA evidence
and eyewitness testimony and argues which the jury
should privilege. Be sure to support your position
with evidence from the text(s).
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“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
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Georgia
Science Standards
• Biology DNA Forensics
• SB2. Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to
successive generations.
• f. Examine the use of DNA technology in forensics, medicine, and
agriculture.
• SCSh6. Students will communicate scientific investigations and
information clearly.
• b. Write clear, coherent accounts of current scientific issues, including
possible alternative interpretations of the data.
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Writing Your Own
• Select a LDC template task to write a Teaching Task.
• Complete the task by filling in the blanks with
content, reading material, and the product students
will produce.
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LDC Skills Clusters
Skills students will need to complete the task fall into
four categories (clusters):
Preparing for the Task
Reading Process (Data Collection)
Transition to Writing
Writing Process
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Technology and LDC
www.modulecreator.com
LDC training includes learning about LDC as well as
learning to use Module Creator, a web-based
platform designed for teachers using LDC tools.
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“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org
LDC Training
• GACIS (May 9-10 in Savannah)
• RESA Sites
• Teams
– Teacher-Leaders
– Literacy Coach or School/District Leader
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
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LDC Training Information
Please contact
– Your local RESA
– GaDOE
• Mary Lynn Huie, mhuie@doe.k12.ga.us
• Daniel Rock, drock@doe.k12.ga.us
• Rebecca Chambers, rchambers@doe.k12.ga.us
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent
“Making Education Work for All Georgians”
www.gadoe.org