Full Description
Common Core State Standards for Grade 9: Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities is designed to help teachers address Common Core standards using effective, research-based instructional strategies in combination with ready-to-use activities. These strategies include identifying similarities and differences, writing summaries and taking notes, creating non-linguistic representations, and suggestions for homework and practice. There are a variety of suggested texts as well as identified text exemplars that can easily be used with the strategies and activities. Some additional key features of this book include:
·Each instructional strategy is described in detail and includes lists of activities that would complement the strategy.
·A list of standards and strands is given for each grade level.
·Chapters are designed to focus on specific strands and contain lists of detailed activities for the standards within the strand.
·Many activities address multiple standards within the activity.
·Each activity contains focus standards and many contain suggested works.
·Standards citations are listed at the end of each activity.
·Many standards are addressed more than once throughout the strands.
·Sample activity formats and questions can be found in the appendix.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
1 Instructional Strategies and Activities: An Overview
2 Grades 9-10 Common Core State Standards
3 Grades 9-10 Common Core State Standards Text Exemplars
4 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Reading Literature
5 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Reading Informational Text
6 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Writing
7 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Speaking and Listening
8 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Language
9 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Reading Literacy in History/Social Studies
10 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Reading Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
11 Grade 9 Strategies and Activities for Writing Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Appendix A: Summary Frames
Appendix B: Position Paper Format
Appendix C: Stem Questions
Appendix D: Hypothesis Worksheet
Appendix E: Primary Source Analysis
Appendix F: SMART Goals
Appendix G: Products and Performances List
Appendix H: Verbs to Question
References
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