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Common Core in ELA/ Literacy: Shift 5 – Writing from Sources

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Common Core in ELA/ Literacy: Shift 5 – Writing from Sources

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Common Core in ELA/ Literacy: Shift 6 – Academic Vocabulary
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This video features a discussion between NYS Commissioner of Education John B. King Jr., David Coleman (contributing author to the Common Core) and Kate Gerson (a Sr. Fellow with the Regents Research Fund) addressing ELA Shift 5 – Writing from Sources. By unpacking Shift 5, the discussion addresses the challenges and benefits of putting a renewed emphasis on writing from sources rather than keeping the current focus on personal narrative.

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Supplemental Media Available:

Instructional Shifts for the Common Core (Document)

Common Core Exemplar for Elementary School ELA: Feynman's "The Making of a Scientist" (Document)

Common Core Exemplar for Middle School ELA: Monk's Words We Live By (Document)

Common Core High School ELA Exemplar: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (Document)

ELA Shift 5 Worksheet (Document)

Discussion Questions

After watching this video, educators might ask themselves:

What is shift 5? What will this mean we have to change about our practice?
What challenges will we face as we make this shift?

Participants might also work together to create a learning experience that combines carefully scaffolded instruction on the structures of standard English (if helpful, see Lisa Delpit's article Silenced Dialogue) with a task that requires students to synthesize ideas across multiple texts. What prompts, materials, and supports need to be provided so that students become curious and precise investigative reporters who uncover facts, draw conclusions, make arguments, and analyze the work of others?