literacy shifts for ela facilitator renee burnett ocm boces network team
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LITERACY SHIFTS FOR
ELA
FacilitatorRenee Burnett ҉ OCM BOCES Network Team
Balancing Informational & Literary Texts (Grades PK-5)
Knowledge in the Disciplines (Grades 6-12)
Staircase of Complexity
Text-based Answers
Writing from Sources
Academic Vocabulary
COMMON CORE SHIFTS ELA & CONTENT LITERACY
SHIFT 1
GradesPK-5
BALANCING INFORMATIONAL &
LITERARY TEXTS
Range of Text Types
Literature = Stories, Dramas,
Poetry
Informational = Literary
Nonfiction, Historical,
Scientific, & Technical Texts
50% fiction 50% nonfiction
40% fiction 60% nonfiction
20% fiction 80% nonfiction
4th grade
8th grade
12th grade
Increase in teaching
and learning with non-
fiction text
SHIFT 2
Grades6-12
KNOWLEDGE IN THE DISCIPLINES
Reading & Writing Literacy
Standards
• Complement, not replace content standards
Depending on text rather
than referring to it
• Read a president’s speech & write a response
• Read scientific papers & write an analysis
Think sophisticated
non-fiction
• Analyze and evaluate texts within disciplines
• Gain knowledge from texts that convey complex information through diagrams, charts, evidence, & illustrations
Expectation of rigorous
domain specific literacy
instruction outside of
ELA
SHIFT 1
Balancing Information
al and Literary
Texts
SHIFT 2
Building Knowledge
in the Disciplines
Core Text
Pre-CCL
S
SHIFT 1
Balancing Information
al and Literary
Texts
SHIFT 2
Building Knowledge
in the Disciplines
Paired Texts: The Hero’s Journey
Core Texts
Post-
CCLS
ELA PRE AND POST SHIFT NOTES
With a partner…
Share your initial thinking and
reactions
TURN AND TALK
SHIFT 3
STAIRCASE OF COMPLEXITY
Increase in text complexity at each grade level
Qualitative
Levels of meaning
Structure
Clarity of language
Knowledge demands
Quantitative
Word length
Sentence length
Text cohesion
Reader & Task
Motivation
Knowledge
Experience
Appendix B:
Text Exemplars
and Sample Performance
Tasks
Expectation of proficiency
and independence
in reading grade level
text
SHIFT 3
Staircase of Complexity
PRE-CCLS
Refusal of the Call
Often when the call [to adventure] is given, the future hero refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances.
SHIFT 3
Staircase of
Complexity
POST-CCLS
Refusal of the Call
Often in actual life, and not infrequently in the myths and popular tales, we encounter the dull case of the call unanswered; for it is always possible to turn the ear to other interests. Refusal of the summons converts the adventure into its negative. Walled in boredom, hard work, or "culture," the subject loses the power of significant affirmative action and becomes a victim to be saved. His flowering world becomes a wasteland of dry stones and his life feels meaningless—even though, like King Minos, he may through titanic effort succeed in building an empire of renown. Whatever house he builds, it will be a house of death: a labyrinth of cyclopean walls to hide from him his Minotaur. All he can do is create new problems for himself and await the gradual approachof his disintegration.
Excerpt from The Hero with a Thousand Faces
SHIFT 4
TEXT-BASED ANSWERS
Questions tied directly to the text, but extend beyond the
literal
Students must cite
text to support answers
Personal opinions,
experiences, and
connections to the text
are minimized in favor of what
the text actually says
or doesn’t say
Questions are purposefully planned &
direct students to
closely examine the
text
SHIFT 4
Text-based Answers
Question:
What reasons might a hero use to refuse the call to adventure?
PRE-CCLS
Refusal of the Call
Often when the call [to adventure] is given, the future hero refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances.
SHIFT 4
Text-based Answers
Question:
What fate awaits the (future) hero who refuses the call to adventure?
Use specifi c examples from the text to support your answer.
POST-CCLS
Refusal of the Call
Often in actual life, and not infrequently in the myths and popular tales, we encounter the dull case of the call unanswered; for it is always possible to turn the ear to other interests. Refusal of the summons converts the adventure into its negative. Walled in boredom, hard work, or "culture," the subject loses the power of significant affirmative action and becomes a victim to be saved. His flowering world becomes a wasteland of dry stones and his life feels meaningless—even though, like King Minos, he may through titanic effort succeed in building an empire of renown. Whatever house he builds, it will be a house of death: a labyrinth of cyclopean walls to hide from him his Minotaur. All he can do is create new problems for himself and await the gradual approachof his disintegration.
Excerpt from The Hero with a Thousand Faces
ELA PRE AND POST SHIFT NOTES
With a partner…
Share your initial thinking and
reactions
TURN AND TALK
SHIFT 5
WRITING FROM SOURCES
Three Text Types
Argument
Supporting a claim with sound reasoning and relevant evidenceInformational
/Explanatory Writing
Increase subject knowledge
Explain a process
Enhance comprehension
Narrative Writing
Conveys experience i.e. fictional stories, memoirs, anecdotes, autobiographies
Appendix C: Samples of
Student Writing
Argumentative writing is especially
prominent in the CCLS
SHIFT 5
Writing from
Sources
Write about a time you had to make a difficult decision. Describe the
situation and the heroic qualities you exhibited.
Pre-CCLS
SHIFT 5
Writing from
Sources
Write a critical essay in which you discuss The Odyssey and
The Lost City of Z from the perspective provided in the Critical Lens. In your essay:
Provide a valid
interpretation of the
statement.
Agree or disagree with the statement
as you’ve interpreted it.
Support your opinion using
specific references
from the two works listed
above.
Post-CCLS
Critical Lens
Nothing is given to man on earth – struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
SHIFT 6
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Tier One
Words
• Words of everyday speech
Tier Two
Words
• Not specific to any one academic area
• Generally not well-defined by context or explicitly defined within a text
• Wide applicability to many types of reading
Tier Three Words
• Domain specific• Low-frequency• Often explicitly defined • Heavily scaffolded
Ramp up instruction of Tier Two
words
SHIFT 6
Academic Vocabular
y
Pre-CCLS
Archetype
Epic Poetry
Mythology
Odyssey
SHIFT 6
Academic Vocabular
y
Post-CCLS
Tier 3 Words
Archetype
Epic Poetry
Mythology
Odyssey
Tier 2 Words
Summons
Affirmative
Titanic
Disintegration
ELA PRE AND POST SHIFT NOTES
With a partner…
Share your initial thinking and
reactions
TURN AND TALK
QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? NOTICES?