1. LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER © 2013 University of Pittsburgh 1.Complexity: Regular practice with complex text and its academic language. 2.Evidence: Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational. 3.Knowledge: Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction. What questions do you have about the key shifts? 1 CCSS: Key Shifts in ELA & Literacy *Excerpted from A Strong State Role in Common Core State Standards Implementation: Rubric and Self-Assessment Tool, p. 6, Table 1, Key Instructional Shifts of the Common Core State Standards, by the Partnership of Readiness for College and Careers Transition & Implementation Institute, 2012, Washington, DC: Achieve. Key Shifts in ELA & Literacy (blue book, tab 1, purple)

2. LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER © 2013 University of Pittsburgh Analysis of Writing Research Simulation Task 2

3. LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER © 2013 University of Pittsburgh Partner Work Take about 20 minutes to 1.briefly share your responses to the items in the task. 2.create and chart a list of what students would need to know and be able to do to be successful on the task. 3.identify and chart the grade-level CCSS being assessed. 3 Analysis of Writing Research Simulation Task Part I Analysis of Writing Research Simulation Task (white book, pink, p. 25) CCSS-ELA K-5 Standards (blue book, tab 3, salmon)

4. LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER © 2013 University of Pittsburgh Analysis of Writing Research Simulation Task Part II Stand and Share Pairs stand at their chart. Facilitator will ask one group to share and explain one standard that they have listed. Other pairs will check off the identified standard if they also have it listed OR add the identified standard (if they want) to their chart. Facilitator moves to another pair for another standard from their list. Checking off and adding continues until all groups have exhausted their lists. 4 Task Sheet: Analysis of WRST (white book, pink, p. 25)

5. LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER © 2013 University of Pittsburgh Whole Group Discussion What insights did you gain from engaging in the Writing Research Simulation Task? How does the Writing Research Simulation Task exemplify the CCSS and the three key shifts? What do you see as implications for teaching and learning in ELA? Analysis of Writing Research Simulation Task Part III 5 Task Sheet: Analysis of WRST (white book, pink, p. 25)

6. LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER © 2013 University of Pittsburgh Module 1: Takeaways An understanding of how the CCSS and the key shifts in ELA are evident in the Writing Research Simulation Task and the implications of those shifts for classroom instruction. of what students need to know and be able to do in order to be successful on the Writing Research Simulation Task. that assessment of reading and writing is integrated in the Writing Research Simulation Task, with a focus on use of textual evidence to support written work. Module 1 Takeaways (white book, white, p. 27) 6

7. LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER © 2013 University of Pittsburgh Bridge to Practice Thinking about you own students, you will now have them to complete the same Writing Research Simulation Task as you did. You give them copies of the same text. They will have 90 minutes to complete. This assignment must be completed before our next study session.