What is the teacher doing? Students? Science/ELA Inquiry Task vs. Past Writing Prompt Common Core RI 5.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. A. After researching science articles on invasive species, create a digital presentation that defines invasive species and explains how these organisms impact an ecosystem, economy, and people. Support your discussion with evidence from your research. Past ELA Identify main ideas and supporting evidence in short reading passages. B. Explain what humans are doing to negatively impact the environment using examples we discussed in class.

What are the students doing? Teacher? Social Studies/ELA Inquiry Task vs. Past Writing Prompt Common Core A. After researching the primary source documents A and B on Rosa Parks, write an essay that compares the two and argues which document is more trustworthy. Support your decision with evidence from the text. Past B. Write a paragraph explaining three main reasons Rosa Parks was arrested.

What is the pattern between all three CC tasks? Elementary Common Core A. After reading a nonfiction book about penguins and the book Tacky the Penguin, tell reasons why Tacky could not be a real penguin. Support your reasons with facts that you learned about real penguins from the NF book. Past B. Share a sentence about Tacky the Penguin. OR Tell a fact you learned about penguins.

Rich Core ELA Resources developed with practitioner input: *Teachingchannel.orgTeachingchannel.org *readwritethink.orgreadwritethink.org *learnzillion.comlearnzillion.com *achievethecore.orgachievethecore.org Corestandards.org Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

Questions or Comments? Contact: Kathy Powers English Language Arts Teacher Carl Stuart Middle School, Conway, AR