Write It Like
Common Core
Common Core
Small Group Writing
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AFESC--CTE: Write It Like
Common Core
This training will focus on TESS
Domain 1 and 3. This training will
focus on writing strategies to be
used in each content area to
meet the demands of the CCSS.
TESS
Domain 1: Planning and Preparation
1a Content Knowledge
1c Setting Instructional Outcomes
1d Demonstrating Knowledge of
Resources
1e Designing Coherent Instruction
TESS
Domain 3: Instruction
3a Communicating with students
3b Using Questioning and Discussion
Techniques
3c Engaging Students in Learning
https://prezi.com/kg_i128ugh5z/student-engagement/
Standard 1
Write Arguments…Support
Claims
Standard 2
Write Informative/Explanatory
Convey Complex Ideas
Standard 3
Standard 4
Be Clear and Coherent
Standard 5
Writing Process
Standard 6
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21 Century Writing
Standard 7
Research to Understand
Standard 8
Relevant, Credible, Accurate…
Information
Standard 9
Draw Evidence
Standard 10
Write Routinely
Break Time
Argument Writing
Please Grab a Candy Bar
What is argument exactly?
OMG or SAY WHAT?
Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
-Ethos: Is it ethical?
-Pathos: Does it make you feel a strong
emotion?
-Logos: Does it make you use your sense of
reason/logic?
Ethos / Ethical
-Ethos: Ethics
- To make the audience decide right or
wrong about what is being presented to it
- Political issues, national beliefs, religious
issues, etc…
- Typically has contrasting colors
symbolizing the difference between good
and evil.
Pathos / Emotional
-Pathos: Emotion
- To make the audience feel something
about what is presented to it
- Children, animals, illness, memories, etc…
- “Tugs at your heart strings”
Logos / Logical
Logos: Logic
-To make the audience think about what is
presented to it
-Statistics, facts, authorities, etc…
-Very straightforward, and not “fluff”. It
has a very scientific, factual approach.
What is it?
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Argument Writing
-Forced Choice
Images that Argue
Consider the cartoon on the following slide:
– Think about what claim is being made in this
cartoon
– Think about what each image is supposed to
represent
Images That Argue
Text Examples
Informative/Explanatory Writing
Pass the Paper
Should students be allowed
to use their cell phones daily
as a computer in our
schools? Why or why not?
Minute Paper
• Students use significant points,
unanswered questions, and new
connections (ah-ha’s) from a reading
selection to write a short paper in just one
minute.
In one minute…
• Students must organize thoughts and get
to the point quickly
• It can be done on a half piece of paper
• Can be done at the end of a lesson
• Can be done within a section to check for
attention or comprehension
Believing and Doubting Game
• Helps students “try on” other perspectives
in order to more deeply understand the
values and assumptions behind opinions
other than their own
• Some school cafeterias are going to allow
fast food restaurants to serve in their
cafeterias at lunch…Is this a good or bad
thing?
RAFT
R-Role of the writer: Who/what are you? A
soldier? Abraham Lincoln? The human
liver?
A-Audience: To whom is this written? A
mother? Congress? The President?
F-Format: What form will it take? A letter?
Speech? Obituary?
T-Topic: Equal pay? Effects of smoking?
Unsent Letters
#alsicebucketchallenge
#KylieJennerChallenge
#dontjudgechallenge
Research Skills
I have a topic for my research.
What’s Next?
1. Think about what kinds of information
you need.
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Biographical information
Quotations
Maps
Diary entries
Diagrams
Narratives
Statistics
etc.
Some ways to determine if a website
is credible:
• look at the bottom of the website and see if
there is information about when the website was
last updated
– A website that was recently updated in 2007-2008
• try to determine who created the site or where
the information on the site came from
– A website created by the Lincoln Park Zoo
• see if there are any organizations that
sponsored the website
– An organization sponsored this Website
– Seal of Approval
Hints from URLs
 most
of the time websites that end in .gov
or .edu or .org are credible sites
 A website that ends in .org
-.edu = educational institution
-.gov = US government site
-.org = organization or association
-.com = commercial site
-.net = personal or other site
Is the source relevant to your topic?
-Thoughtful
-Logical
-Helps you look at something differently
-Gives you possible answers for your topic
questions
-Evidence for your Topic
Effective Note-taking
What should my notes look like?
Notes are sometimes also taken journal
style.
Specific tips to facilitate use later on
Include topic, source, internet address,
and page number to allow you to
document your sources and to return to
your source if necessary.
Works Cited
Keep a list of your works cited.
Indicate on your notes which source they come
from.
This will be important later when you are working on
quotes, paraphrases and summaries that need
parenthetical citations.
www.easybib.com
www.citationmachine.net
Credible vs. non-credible
– Write “C” for credible and “N” for not credible.
– Find some reasons to back your decision
Websites to use for the activity:
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Technology
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Blogs
Padlet
Social Media Platforms
Prezi
Google Applications
Padlet
http://padlet.com/angie_zimmerman/dofn7h2hdd0b
Resources Available
www.archford.org
http://www.corestandards.org
www.opposingviews.com
www.piktochart.com
www.plagiarismchecker.com
www.writersdigest.com/prompts
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