In your comments, please share what you think of the document and its expectations regarding informational literacy.
How does your text help students at that grade learn what they need to learn to achieve these standards?
Check the suggested titles in the appendix--is your author there?
After reading the Common Core standard stuff for tenth graders, it was pretty much what I expected, things I've heard before in English classes about how to engage the reader of your writing and what not. But I think it the information given could be very helpful to high school students, if they followed those guidelines.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the Common Core Standards for us as Sophomores, I think that the expectations are in the general area that they should be for sophomores in high school. It goes into very distinct detail and gives many examples about what should be used in certian places. My text can help new readers follow the Common Core Standards because it shows how to use technology, and the internet to help understand certian texts.
ReplyDeleteI think the document is pretty accurate on what we as sophomores are capable of doing when it comes to writing and informational literacy. We are supposed to be able to write different kind of texts like informational and be able to make an argument with valid reasoning, and I think we are capable of doing that. I also think we can handle both writing over a long period of time and in a short amount of time. I think my text helps students achieve these standards because the topic of the book, golf, isn't well-known by most people, so to fully understand the book it would exercise their research skills to and their ability to comprehend something they aren't familiar with.
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ReplyDeleteHonestly, i think that the requirements are a little steep. Mostly becasue i had a hard time even understanding what they were trying to say in the acctual requirements. I dont understand why they need this assesment, i thought this was what mcas was for and think they should just make the english mcas harder, becasue its made for everyone to pass and that is probably why they are seeing this CCSS common core nesecary. But yes i do think all kids in grade 9 and 10 should be able to analyse writing and look past the words on the page by this time. But they should aslo be learning most of this throught their early high school years.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really surprised about the Common Core Standards that are given in that link. Basically it expects not to have mastered but to be proficient in what we do with non fiction. It really makes us know more structural point than anything. It expects us to know how to show different things like writing informational pieces of non fiction, like what we are doing now. I think that if we continue on the route that we are on we will fufill the requirenments.
ReplyDeleteI think the Common Core State Standardsis right. We should be capable of doing certain things while reading. Like being able to cite phrases to support what we believe the theme of a book is.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the Common Core State Standards for us as sophmores, after reviewing the expectations, are reasonable and around where they should be. I think that the standards set are fair, and if followed as guidelines by students, they could be very helpful when it comes to reading.
ReplyDeletePretty much like what everyone else said, I also think that the expectations are generally what we have had in mind. English classes and even other classes have talked about it and this was just another enforcement of what is expected.
ReplyDeletePretty much like what everyone else said, I also think that the expectations are generally what we have had in mind. English classes and even other classes have talked about it and this was just another enforcement of what is expected.
ReplyDeleteOur text helps achieve the Common Core standards in many ways. One of the main ways is by adding the comprehension questions at the end of different readings. These questions require critical thinking and help us (the students) demonstate our understanding of the story. The questions are not always straightforward, and often times require reasoning and supporting evidence.
ReplyDeleteThe Common Core seems to be spot on to what most sophomores believe should be the right requirements. Analyzing almost every type of literature appeared in the CCSS from U.S. history documents to extended texts and particular sentences. Evaluating and comprehending what one is reading is also dwelled on. Understanding the viewpoints from both the characters and narrator is also stated in the CCSS.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the Commmon Core State Standards for 10th grades I believe they are set at the right level as they should be. The expectations are reasonable and are acuurate to the capabilities of sophmores. They have to have skills such as the ability to determine the meanings of words unfamiliar to them and the ability to analyze the point of view of the author.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the Common Core State Standards I think that the standards were pretty general and fair for the sophomore class. I also think that the expectations go into a lot of detail but are reasonable for people like us to work around. It is expected as getting older standards rise.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the Common Core State Standards I thought the expectations seem very fair for sophmores like us. They expect us to be able to handle writing assingments that are for a long period of time and also a short period of time and also be able to read and write all diffrent kinds of texts. We seem to follow the state standards very well because we shift from genres and also have a great aray of assingments.
ReplyDeleteI think the standards/expectations are in the general area fo what we can do as sophmores. All it is, is basically what we have been doing in our reading for years except now we just have to ananlyze it more deeply. Now instead of going for the general jist of things we looked at things as individual units and analyze them to eventually build up to the big picture, and from there find the authors points of view and opinions. So, I feel the expectations are reasonable and are simply the next step in analyzing informational work. So, from this document it is clear to see what the expectations for us as sophmores are, and what we should be striving for.
ReplyDeleteAS most of the previous posts say, I beilieve the Core Standards are right where they should be for high shcool sophomores. My book seems to engage readers and lives up to the standads set by the Core Standards.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to lean towards the expectations we have grown to know and meet the past year or two. It gives me an idea for why we are actually doing this non-fiction assignment means. Also we have done all sorts of the different types of writing and timed writing rather than long essays for weeks at a time. The common core wants to establish the skills that we should know and reuse theses skills so its almost like a second nature to us.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the Common Core Standards for 10th grade, I wasn't too schocked. Most of what it stated was what I thought should be expected. The book that I am reading goes into great detail, offers evidence for specific points made, and the whole text is centralized around one theme and is greatly developed.
ReplyDeleteI think the Common Core State Standards are just like the expectations we have in our English class. Just like Rachel said we should be able to write in different texts and be able to elaborate on anything we read especially things that others don't know about.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased that you are mostly in agreement that the CCSS set forth reasonable and fair expectations for you.
ReplyDeleteThe deal with the CCSS is that they are national frameworks, rather than just a MA framework.
That way, students across the country are more equally ready for college and careers wherever they land, and that the competition is more like a level playing field.
No matter where you go to school, your (plural) diplomas should indicate proficiency in ELA and Math, with science and social studies soom to follow.
MCAS has been a great start, and the jump to the CCSS does seem logical to me also. Non-fiction is new, though, as a focus for English teachers, so your project is helping me to figure out how to introduce non-fiction reading to teachers and students in the future--thanks for your cooperation and openness in this exploration.