Texts, Tasks, and Talk. Brad Cawn
TEXTS, TASKS, & TALK
Instruction to Meet the Common Core in Grades 9–12
BRAD CAWN
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cawn, Brad.
Texts, tasks, and talk : instruction to meet the common core in grades 9-12 / Brad Cawn.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-936763-83-2 (perfect bound) 1. Education, Secondary--Standards--United States. 2. Education, Secondary--Curricula--United States. 3. Common Core State Standards (Education) 4. High school teaching--United States. I. Title.
LB3060.83.C39 2016
379.1’580973--dc23
2015031334
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Acknowledgments
Solution Tree Press would like to thank the following reviewers:
Michelle Campbell
Ninth- and Tenth-Grade English Teacher
Elsinore High School
Wildomar, California
Linda Feaman
Literacy Coach and Consultant
Keys to the Core
Glenview, Illinois
Robert Florstedt
English Teacher
Bayside High School
Palm Bay, Florida
Sherri Gould
Literacy Coach
Nokomis Regional High
Newport, Maine
Heather McDonald
English Language Arts Teacher
Denver Secondary School
Denver, Iowa
Esther Wu
English Language Arts Teacher
Mountain View High School
Mountain View, California
Table of Contents
Introduction: The New Standard
New Realities, Possible Futures
The Core: Teaching for Learning
Next Steps: Enacting the Standards
CHAPTER 1: Five Essentials to Teaching With Next-Generation Standards
Key Idea 1: Defining Daily Instruction
Key Idea 2: Reading Closely Versus Close Reading
Key Idea 3: Prioritizing Critical Reading
Key Idea 4: Prioritizing Writing
Key Idea 5: Integrating Language Standards Into Reading and Writing
Next Steps: Creating Learning Progressions
CHAPTER 2: Shifting to Complex Texts
The Complex Text in High School
Next Steps: Three Implications for Instruction
CHAPTER 3: Creating a Long-Term Vision for Complex Texts
Building a Text Staircase
Next Steps: Continued Conversation
CHAPTER 4: Preparing Texts for Daily Instruction
Clustering Texts for Daily Instruction
Presenting Texts in Daily Instruction
Next Steps: Modifying Mindset