PowerPoint
Handouts
Corestandards.org, Appendix A (we read page 4)
Text Complexity: Qualitative Measures Rubric for Informational Text
Depth of Knowledge Table
Depth of Knowledge Wheel
Corestandards.org: Students Who are College and Career Ready in Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening & Language
Demonstration Texts:
Text Complexity: Qualitative Measures Rubric for Informational Text
Depth of Knowledge Table
Depth of Knowledge Wheel
Corestandards.org: Students Who are College and Career Ready in Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening & Language
Demonstration Texts:
- "In the Universal Waiting Room" by William Zinsser (see J. LaFollette for the text)
- "Why Earthquakes Make Napa Wine Taste So Good" by Natasha Geiling
- "An Indentured Servant Writes Home" (1623) This text is already being used in 8th grade US History. For an electronic copy, see J LaFollette.