Standards Review for ELA 5th-12th First Draft, Laura Crawford, Deer

Creek Middle School

Concern: THIS IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN!!!! It is standardizing a
teaching technique instead of focusing on what the student should be
able to do with questioning at each grade level.
1. Speaking and Listening 5th-12th
in pairs, groups, whole class standardizes teaching
technique instead of what students will do.
Recommendation: change to Students will ask and answer questions
regarding X.information, interpretation, etc (whatever fits grade
level focus).
Concern:
2. Reading and Writing Critically - 5th-7th
5th genre, connect and respond to textsobjective summary
(**) make inferencesevidence to support
6th same as above plus **and to begin to paraphrase
7th same as above plus ** and begin to generalize
Recommendation: Identify begin to It is ambiguous.
Concern:
3. Reading Critically and 6. Research 6th grade standards need to
be consistent
students willto begin to paraphrase.. Reading
students willsummary, paraphrase accurately Research,
meaning if students are only beginning to paraphrase in 6th
grade, how will that paraphrase for research with accuracy
(which alludes to mastery)?
Good things!
Vertical progression 5-12 in Writing with a Grade Level Focus
Reading and Writing Critically 8-12
8th Student will identify genre, connect and respond to texts
summary, paraphrase, generalizemake inferencesevidence to
support
9th same as above, but addsgeneralize, and synthesizecite
thorough evidencehistorical and cultural perspectives focus on works
from American, British, and/or world literature.
10th Same as 9th
11th same as above, but adds cite specific, thorough evidence
12th Same as 11th