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Language ArtsENGLISH I I I WRITING: REVISING & EDITING

INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING TOOL

STAAR™

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Instructional Planning Tool User Guide

Overview This tool is designed to support teachers in instructional planning, by providing a means to process the sampling of assessed standards on the released STAAR items. Using this process, educators will:

review historical assessment data; read and solve sample STAAR items; analyze assessment prompts in order to consider the multiple steps required to generate a response; anticipate varying approaches and steps students might take; and reflect on his or her current classroom instruction.

The goal of this tool is to guide effective planning, including probing questions, and monitoring of student progress, which support student success. The Instructional Planning Tool is organized by the learning standards assessed on STAAR. Each standard is labeled as Readiness, Supporting, or Process.

As you work through the tool, keep in mind that the intent is to help think through the instructional implications of each standard. This tool provides an option to work through this thought process and can be customized to fit the needs of each campus.

Contents Each booklet contains:

all learning standards assessed on STAAR for a grade and content area; table to insert state, region, district, and grade TAKS performance data; sample STAAR items; reflection questions to assist educators in increasing the rigor of classroom instruction.

Academic vocabulary Academic vocabulary is vocabulary critical to understanding the concepts of the content taught in schools. There is domain‐specific academic vocabulary and general academic vocabulary. Domain‐Specific academic vocabulary is vocabulary needed to understand the content area (for example, in English Language Arts, it is poet, genre, literature, etc.) while general academic vocabulary is used to refer to words that appear in texts across several disciplines or academic domains (such as explain, describe, text, selection, and/or table).

READINESS STANDARDS: SUPPORTING STANDARDS: PROCESS STANDARDS: are essential for success in the

current grade or course; are important for preparedness for

the next grade or course; support college and career

readiness; necessitate in‐depth instruction; address broad and deep ideas.

may be emphasized in a subsequent year (although introduced in the current grade or course);

may be emphasized in a previous year (although introduced in the current grade or course);

play a role in preparing students for the next grade or course but not a central role;

address more narrowly defined ideas.

will be assessed in context, not in isolation in the content areas of Social Studies, Science, and Math;

will allow for a more integrated and authentic assessment.

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Read: Student Expectation (SE): Highlight the verb(s) and concept(s).

F.13C: The student is expected to revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes (e.g., metaphors, similes, analogies, hyperbole, understatement, rhetorical questions, irony), schemes (e.g., parallelism, antithesis, inverted word order, repetition, reversed structures), and by adding transitional words and phrases. [Readiness Standard; Reporting Category 5]

Read:

1 Maggie would like to use a more effective transition in sentence 5. Which of these words could best replace overall in this sentence? A accordingly

B however

C furthermore D likewise

Think/Analyze: Test Genre: Does this question require instruction with regard to test genre?

This item requires students to understand and apply the meaning of the academic vocabulary in order to revise transitional words and phrases. More than one answer could contain correct statements because this item uses the term “best.” Students will need to carefully read each multiple-choice option.

Academic Vocabulary: Does this question require use of any academic vocabulary?

Transitions Revise (implied) Effective

State* Region* District* Grade* 70% 71% 72% 69% *Reminder: Use previous year’s spring administration data.

SAMPLE




Apply:

Instructional Considerations: What prior knowledge is being built upon?

Transitions make connections among ideas and sections of an essay. Types of transition words and phrases

How do I currently teach this SE concept/content?

We discuss transitions when reading and writing. Students have a list of transition words they choose from when drafting and revising their essays.

How do I need to adjust my instruction based on this analysis?

Model reading to revise transition words and phrases focusing on how sometimes effective transitions state the common theme between sentences and paragraphs to help the reader follow the logical flow of ideas. Students engage in a cooperative group activity revising transitions in their writing.

What formative assessment will I use to be sure it’s working?

Student/Teacher Writing Conferences, draft check, cooperative group rubric

What are some scaffolding questions to use with students?

How do transitions establish logical connections between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs?

How do readers create meaning by connecting ideas? What do transitions remind the reader of when connecting ideas?

SAMPLE

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Read: Student Expectation (SE): Highlight the verb(s) and concept(s).

F.13C: The student is expected to revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes (e.g., metaphors, similes, analogies, hyperbole, understatement, rhetorical questions, irony), schemes (e.g., parallelism, antithesis, inverted word order, repetition, reversed structures), and by adding transitional words and phrases. [Readiness Standard; Reporting Category 5]

Read:

1 Maggie would like to use a more effective transition in sentence 5. Which of these words could best replace overall in this sentence? A accordingly

B however

C furthermore D likewise

Think/Analyze: Test Genre: Does this question require instruction with regard to test genre?

This item requires students to understand and apply the meaning of the academic vocabulary in order to revise transitional words and phrases. More than one answer could contain correct statements because this item uses the term “best.” Students will need to carefully read each multiple-choice option.

Academic Vocabulary: Does this question require use of any academic vocabulary?

Transitions Revise (implied) Effective

State* Region* District* Grade* *Reminder: Use previous year’s spring administration data.




Apply: Instructional Considerations: What prior knowledge is being built upon?

How do I currently teach this SE concept/content?

How do I need to adjust my instruction based on this analysis?

What formative assessment will I use to be sure it’s working?

What are some scaffolding questions to use with students?

Documents

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