Content+Area+Literacy

1. Maryland State Department of Education Resources: School Improvement in Maryland, English Language Arts
= 2. Maryland State Department of Education Blackboard Learn website: a wealth of resources for teaching and learning available! =

= 3. Achieve the Core--English Language Arts =

[[file:MMHS.Close Reading activity template.FROST.docx]]
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__Reading Complex Texts__
To determine text complexity, use quantitative and qualitative measures and consider reader and task.

__Maryland's Text Complexity Tools__


Common Core State Standards Exemplars of complex texts and Sample Performance Tasks

Text Types:
 * Literary
 * Literary Non-Fiction
 * ====== Informational ======
 * Expository text structure: information/technical books about history, social studies, science, and the arts
 * Functional text: forms, procedural, directions and information displayed in graphs, charts, or maps
 * Digital sources

__Reading__
 * ==Teaching novels: read what people are saying (The Teaching Channel)==
 * Kylene Beers on Reading Stamina (from //When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do//)
 * The Art of Close Reading
 * Center for Urban Education: Fiction Reading Resources
 * [|Center for Urban Education: Nonfiction Reading Resources]

__Writing__ In a Variety of Modes: CCSS Frameworks for Writing Student Writing Samples: Common Core Standards Appendix C =MSDE CCR Conferene presentation: Writing in the Common Core= =Writing! Writing! Write all about it! Tips for writing argument and a variety of modes! TOP RESOURCE= = RUBRICS to assess writing in the Common Core: Kathy Schrock's Assessment and Rubrics K-12, including PARCC assessment rubric for Analytic and Narrative Writing =
 * Argument
 * Informative/Explanatory
 * Narrative

Short, Focused Research: MSDE Educator Effectiveness Academy 2012

 * [[file:Day_3_Session_1_UsingMultimedia_MiddleSch.ppt]]
 * [[file:Day_3_Session_1_UsingMultimedia_HighSch.ppt]]

Ruth Culham's 6 + 1 Traits of Writing Holt online essay scoring using 6 Traits of Writing

__Writing Fluency__



__Speaking and Listening__ The Role of Socratic Questioning in Thinking, Teaching, and Learning See, too wikipage devoted to "Speaking and Listening"

__Language__ Common Core Standards' Language Progressive Skills Chart

Non-MSDE/PARCC Resources: Isabel Beck Academic Vocabularyand Common Core "Shifts" ELL Academic Word List