Common Core Standards for High School English Language Arts: A Quick-Start Guide

Common Core Standards for High School English Language Arts: A Quick-Start Guide

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Smart implementation of the Common Core State Standards requires both an overall understanding of the standards and a grasp of their implications for planning, teaching, and learning. This Quick-Start Guide provides a succinct, all-in-one look at <br><br>* The content, structure, terminology, and emphases of the Common Core standards for English language arts and literacy at the high school level.<br>* The meaning of the individual standards within the four ELA strands Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language.<br>* How the standards connect across strands, grade bands, and content areas to help students develop the communication and analytical skills essential for college and career readiness. <br>* The areas of the ELA standards that represent the most significant changes to business as usual.<br><br>Here, teachers and school leaders will find information they need to begin adapting their practices to ensure all students master the new and challenging material the standards present. A practical lesson planning process to use with the Common Core, based on Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Ed., is included, along with three sample lessons. <br><br>LEARN THE ESSENTIALS OF THE COMMON CORE<br>The grade-level and subject-specific Quick-Start Guides in the Understanding the Common Core Standards series, edited by John Kendall, are designed to help school leaders and school staffs turn Common Core standards into coherent, content-rich curriculum and effective, classroom-level lessons.