Engaging ELA Lessons: Embracing Standards-Based Curriculum for New York State
Join Dr. Vicky Giouroukakis and Dr. Maureen Connolly for an insightful seminar on creating standards-based English Language Arts (ELA) lessons grounded in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Discover how to design curriculum that fosters close reading, argument writing, and interdisciplinary connections while integrating technology in the classroom. This session will provide practical strategies, lessons from the field, and collaborative activities to empower educators in enhancing their teaching practices. A must-attend for educators seeking to enrich their ELA programs!
Engaging ELA Lessons: Embracing Standards-Based Curriculum for New York State
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TEACHING TO THE CORE: STANDARDS-BASED ELA LESSONS NEW YORK STATE ENGLISH COUNCILTHE DESMOND HOTELALBANY, NYOCTOBER 21st, 2011DR. VICKY GIOUROUKAKIS DR. MAUREEN CONNOLLYMOLLOY COLLEGE MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOLvgiouroukakis@molloy.edu mconnolly@mineola.k12.ny.us
Agenda • Overview • Share CCSS-based ELA lessons • Help you design your own standards-based curriculum • Surprise!
Teacher Reflection • What do you know about the Common Core State Standards?
Highlights of the CCSS for ELA • Close reading • Informational texts • Literacy across the content areas • Text complexity • Argument writing • Grammar and conventions • Technology • Research
10 Activities Supported by the CCSS • complete close readings of texts • answer text-dependent questions • read grade-appropriate complex texts (see Appendix B) • read informational texts (as well as literary texts) • write different genres (argument, explanatory, narrative) and conduct research • make interdisciplinary connections • use varied thinking skills • share ideas • use technology and media • build vocabulary (academic; discipline-specific) and grammar and use them in context
Common Core State Standards: High School Video Clip (teachingchannel.org) • http://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/common-core-state-standards-high-school?utm_source=Alpha+List&utm_campaign=f5ec1f7b1b-Newsletter_Oct15_2011&utm_medium=email
Getting to the Core of English Language Arts, Grades 6-12: How to Meet the Standards with Lessons from the Field (Giouroukakis & Connolly, 2012; Corwin Press) Reading • Journey of the Sparrows Graphic Novel Retelling (Grades 6-8; Convey Experience) • Macbeth Soliloquy (Grades 9-10; Explain/Inform) • Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” (Grades 11-12; Argue/Persuade) Writing • Argument Rotation (Grades 6-8; Argue/Persuade) • Cyberbullying Letters (Grades 9-10; Explain/Inform) • This American Life (Grades 11-12; Convey Experience)
Getting to the Core of English Language Arts, Grades 6-12: How to Meet the Standards with Lessons from the Field (Giouroukakis & Connolly, 2012; Corwin Press) Speaking and Listening • Life in a Bag (Grades 6-8; Convey Experience) • Editorial Videos (Grades 9-10; Argue/Persuade) • Show and Tell (Grades 11-12; Explain/Inform) Language • Literary Devices Booklet (Grades 6-8; Explain/Inform) • Of Mice and Men Visualization Exercise (Grades 9-10; Convey Experience) • Speech Analysis (Grades 11-12; Argue/Persuade)
Example • Argument Rotation
Application • Now, Design Your Own Lesson Using the CCSS for ELA!
THANK YOU!DR. VICKY GIOUROUKAKIS DR. MAUREEN CONNOLLYMOLLOY COLLEGE MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOLvgiouroukakis@molloy.edu mconnolly@mineola.k12.ny.us
