WVDE Office of Instruction
Where did we get these
standards?
Common Core State Standards
 CCSS adopted by 47 states so far
 Not a national curriculum
 More directly aligned with NAEP
 Fewer and deeper – increased opportunity for




mastery
Movement of some content to more directly align
with developmental levels of students
Embedded literacy in all areas
Math and English/language arts only at this point
Work being done on other content areas
Criteria for the Standards
 Fewer, clearer and higher
 Aligned with college and work expectations
 Include rigorous content and application of
knowledge through high-order skills
 Build upon strengths and lessons of current
state standards
 Internationally benchmarked, so that all
students are prepared to succeed in our global
economy and society
 Based on evidence and research
College & Career Readiness
Standards = Anchor Standards
ACT Report: Affirming the Goal: Is College and Career
Readiness an Internationally Competitive Standard?
In the classes you teach:
What do your students read?
What do your students write?
Thoughts to Ponder …
“What we read influences what
we learn.”
“We learn to read by writing and
we learn to write by reading.”
ELA Standards Advances
The standards devote as much attention on
what students read, in terms of complexity,
quality, and range, as they do on how
students read. As students progress through
the grades, they must both develop their
comprehension skills and apply them to
increasingly complex texts.
What is Text Complexity?
 Standard 10 – Range of Reading and
Level of Text Complexity
 It is the difficulty of the text combined with
the reader’s ability and the difficulty of the
task




Text structure
Vocabulary
Sentence length
Illustrations (quality and complexity)
Why Text Complexity Matters
 ACT report – Reading Between the Lines (2006)
 Research indicates that the demands of college,
careers and citizenship on readers has held steady
or increased over the last 50 years.
 Workplace reading, measured in Lexiles, usually
exceeds grade 12 complexity.
Informational Text
Look at the Standards
Document on your table
or on Teach 21.
Read pages 60 and 63
CCR Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing
Discuss:
 What do students have to be able to do in Reading
to be college and career ready by the end of the 12th
grade?
 How can I get my students prepared through the
content I teach?
 What do students have to be able to do in Writing to
be college and career ready by the end of the 12th
grade?
 How can I get my students prepared through the
content I teach?
Insights into Anchor Standards?
Now Let’s Look at the
Objectives
Pages 62, 64 - 66
Page 62, 64-66
1. What Reading objectives
seem to “jump out” at you?
2. How are Reading and Writing
connected?
3. What types of Writing are
students expected to do?
4. How can you address the
Writing objectives through
what you teach?
Informational and Argumentative Writing
Let’s Look at Exemplars
Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample
Performance Tasks
Grades 9-10 - Pages 136 and 138
Grades 11-12 – Pages 180 to 183
What CTE area might read these?
What are some vocabulary words students would
have to know?
Reaction?
Let’s Look at Exemplars
Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing
Pages 98 - 102 or Pages 103 – 107
 What type of writing is this (based on Literacy
Standards?)
 What are some vocabulary words students used?
 What type of research had the student done?
 Be ready to discuss how the Annotation at the end of
each piece validates the Writing Objectives.
Reaction?
How Do I Use Technical Writing in
My Content Area?
Career & Technical Education
Cluster
Technical Writing
Health Services
Observation Report, Survey, Letter of Inquiry,
Interview, Brochure, Action Plan, Progress
Report, Persuasive Letter, Patient Charting,
Journal, Research, Transcription
Human Services
Action Plan, Process Explanation, Observation
Report, Instructions, Evaluation, Interview,
Website, Progress Report, Advertisement,
Proposal, Critique, Review, Business Letter,
Proposal, Job Application
Science/Natural
Resources
Observation Report, Brochure, Proposal, Training
Manual, Newsletter, Progress Report, Budget
Plan, Data Report, Research, Website
How Do I Use Technical Writing in
My Content Area?
Career & Technical Education
Cluster
Technical Writing
Engineering/
Technical
Observation Report, Proposal, Letter of Inquiry,
Interview, Brochure, Action Plan, Progress Report,
Training Manual, Instructions, Estimate, Audit
Report, Work Order
Arts and
Humanities
Action Plan, Process Explanation, Advertisement,
Review, Instructions, Evaluation, Interview,
Website, Progress Report, Budget Plan, Proposal,
Newspaper or Magazine Article, Publication
Business/
Marketing
Observation Report, Brochure, Proposal, Training
Manual, Newsletter, Progress Report, Business
Plan, Marketing Plan, Publication, Contract, Review
Role
Audience
Format
Topic
You are a chef who is opening your
own restaurant. You must get the news
out to your potential customers. Design a
press release to be placed in the local
newspaper. It should contain the name of
your restaurant, the opening date, and the
type of foods you will serve.
Your Try:
Role
Audience
Format
Topic














Action Plans
Business Letters
Business Plans
Contracts
Descriptions
Diagram, Chart or Graph
Feasibility Reports
Field Test Reports
Incident Reports
Instructions
Interview Questions
Job Descriptions
Letter of Inquiry
Letters of
Recommendation











Marketing Plans
Memo
Newsletters
Performance Evaluations
Presentation
Product Comparisons
Proposal
Questionnaire
Research Report
Résumés
Scientific Papers and
Reports
 Surveys
 Training Manuals
 Web Pages
Personalize:
Write a RAFT prompt for your
content area
Points to Remember
 CCSS adopted by WVBOE in May 2010. This





includes the Literacy Standards.
Found on Teach 21
Not meant to replace your CSOs
Increase the reading of complex texts and
informational texts.
Increase the amount of informational and
argumentative writing.
Reading and writing are interconnected; “We learn to
read by writing and learn to write by reading.”
Reflection
Things I learned
Things I confirmed
Question I still have
38