PARCC ELA & Authentic Literacy HOBOKEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 2016-17 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

PARCC ELA & Authentic Literacy HOBOKEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 2016-17 Presented by Robin Piccapietra, Principal Hoboken High School * Hoboken Middle School

Common Core Standards ● The Common Core Standards ○ Are aligned with college and work expectations; ○ Are clear, understandable, and consistent; ○ Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills; ○ Are evidence based.

Simplified this means students will: ANALYZE: Read and re-read deliberately, examining a text’s meaning thoroughly and methodically DISCUSS: Engage in a variety of discussions and relate to broader themes and ideas – Real World Application CITE: Explicitly refer to and cite from the text to support ideas and make inferences REPORT: Write and/or Orally present claims in a clear and concise manner

ELA Shift 1: Read as Much Non-Fiction as Fiction Students Must... Parents Can… Read more non-fiction Supply more non-fiction Know the ways non-fiction can be put Read and discuss more non-fiction with together your child Enjoy and discuss the details of non- Have fun with non-fiction in front of fiction children

ELA Shift 2: Learn About the World by Reading Students Must… Parents Can… Build proficiency in Science and Social Supply series of text on topics of Studies through reading interest Handle “primary source” documents Find books that explain Get “smarter” through text Discuss non-fiction text and the ideas within

ELA Shift 3: Read More Complex Material Carefully Students Must… Parents Can… Re-Read Provide more challenging text that students WANT to and can read Read material at comfort level AND Know grade level/reading level work with more challenging text appropriate text Unpack text Read challenging text with student Handle frustration and keep pushing Show that challenging text is worth unpacking

ELA Shift 4: Discuss Reading Using Evidence Students Must… Parents Can… Find evidence to support their Talk about text arguments Form judgments Demand evidence in every day discussions/disagreements Become scholars Read aloud or read the same book and discuss with evidence Discuss authors’ point of view

ELA Shift 5: Discuss Reading Using Evidence Students Must… Parents Can… Make arguments in writing using Encourage writing at home evidence Compare multiple texts in writing Encourage writing at home Write well Encourage writing at home

ELA Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary Students Must… Parents Can… Learn the words that they can use in Read often and constantly with your college and career children Get smarter about using Provide multiple books on the same “language of power” topic Talk to your children about reading Listen to your children read Play word and rhyming games with your children

PARCC Test Specifications ● 3 Days of ELA Assessments (1 Session Per Day): ○ Day 1: 110 Minutes ○ Day 2: 110 Minutes ○ Day 3: 90 Minutes ● What is tested? ○ Literary Analysis ○ Research Simulation ○ Narrative

PARCC Test Specifications ● Literary Analysis Task ○ 2 readings – paired text (1 Fiction & 1 Nonfiction) • Evidence Based Selected Response(EBSR) – Multiple Choice • Technology Enhance Constructed Response (TECR) – Multiple Choice with a short constructed response • 1 Prose Constructed Response (PCR) – Formal Writing ● Research Simulation Task ○ 2-3 readings/video – anchor (main) text and 2 pieces of research text/video • Evidence Based Selected Response(EBSR) – Multiple Choice • Technology Enhance Constructed Response (TECR) – Multiple Choice with a short constructed response • 1 Prose Constructed Response (PCR) – Formal Writing

Literary Analysis The key words in each assignment: describe compare and contrast explain analyze Bottom line: they have to find similarities and/or differences in 2 texts. Classroom practice and directions should clearly point out what these key words mean.

Research Simulation Task compare how each source describes the roles of ……………. identify a similar claim in the sources and then compare and contrast the evidence each source uses compare the purposes of each source then analyze how each source uses information and evidence compare and contrast the information in the texts with the information in the video Examine and/or delineate a …….

PARCC Test Specifications ● Narrative ○ 1 readings – Fiction – Poem, excerpt from a play/novel • Evidence Based Select Response(EBSR) – Multiple Choice • Technology Enhance Constructed Response (TECR) – Multiple Choice with a short constructed response • 1 Prose Constructed Response (PCR) – Formal Writing

Narrative Prompts Write a journal entry from the character (name him or her) about what happened in the story Write a narrative story retelling the story from the point of view of (name the character) Write an original short story that describes what (name the character) does next. Write a continuation of the story using details from the story you just read. Write a narrative story that describes the major events in the passage from the point of view of ( name the character, it could even be a character that was not in the story but suggested in the story) Write a narrative story that describes what the character (name the character) does and the experiences she or he has.

Authentic Literacy “Failure to improve our schools in the last few decades isn’t because we lack funding or don’t know how to improve schools. What we lack is the ‘Will and persistence’ to implement what we already know” “The real path to greatness, it turns out, requires simplicity and diligence...It demands each of us to focus on what is vital--and to eliminate all of the extraneous distractions” From “Focus,” by Mike Schmoker

Authentic Literacy Meaninful literacy activities through far more purposeful reading and writing in every discipline across the curriculum such as close reading, writing, discussion, usually argumentative (support arguments with evidence). We acquire knowledge and thinking skills best when we are asked to read, write, argue and problem solve as we engage with text and with an organized body of essential knowledge. Think of literacy as a spine; it holds everything together. The branches of learning connect to it, meaning that all core content teachers have a responsibility to teach literacy.

Embrace the Following Strategies ● Adequate amounts of content rich curriculum. ● Teach essential standards in sufficient depth. ● Provide adequate time for reading, writing, and talking. Just like the shifts in ELA…these are the things we all can do to foster authentic literacy.

In the Hoboken School District… ● We are preparing for PARCC ○ Full Implementation of CCS ○ Night Writes designed primarily to build stamina to write routinely over an extended period of time addressing a variety of themes, preparing students for a monthly Narrative Writing Task, Literary Analysis Task and Research Simulation Task. ○ Student Achievement Mapping ○ Cross Curricular and Inter-disciplinary planning and development

Questions? www.corestandards.org ● www.achievethecore.org ● www.PARCConline.org ●