May 23, 2014 Interdepartmental Meeting: English and History

English expectations for history teachers in preparation for the PARCC

Analysis based and textual based
Vocabulary
o two part, define word, what quote from the text tells you this
Half non-fiction
o e.g. speech from a president, correspondent between him and
his wife
o personal views contrast with his public political beliefs
Two Major Shifts
o All textual based
find the correct sentences, click and drag them over,
choices from the entire text
English has come up with new components.
o Every single reading question needs to have quotes to support
their statement
o 3 direct quotes for each box
o Maybe do 3 categories per test
o Can write, can highlight the sentences
o doesnt matter how the evidence is shown
Second Shift
Contextual Vocabulary
o Pick a word you think nobody knows, show the text, and have
students define it
o students should explain the word through the sentences
around the sentence with the word in it
All essays should be test based with quotes, no paraphrases, cite
the quotes
o be direct
PARCC written on the Common Core Standards
Anything on paper, give the students a highlighter
o can be small groups
o what lines did you choose, why?
o which one is more right and why
o critical reading skills
Other Skills
o All writing assignments are textual based
o each writing is based on three different readings that they
must synthesize
o give two articles over a non-fiction topic and have them
synthesize
o How is it being addressed? How are the authors talking about
the same idea differently?
Incorporate timed writings
Do graphing online to help math with PARCC

English part is fiction is literary analysis
o not seen until college for us, but starts in the 4th grade test
o what is the tone in these articles how do these tones differ
o how does the setting influence the overall meaning of the
piece

anything that can be done is textually based will help
o do as much writing about texts as possible

Expect a new writing rubric for next year

We need to do this all the way through the year

Over cite your sources rather than under cite