Experienced with Curriculum Modules

Overview of Upcoming Curriculum Postings

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Purpose of this Session

Participants will be able to: • Identify texts, performance tasks, and

learning focus areas for new NY HS ELA Curriculum modules.

• Provide guidance to teachers and school leaders around how to roll out the modules.

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What’s Online? What’s Ahead?

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Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4

Grade 9 Posted Posted Posted Posted

Grade 10 Posted Posted Posted Summer

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Grade 11 Posted Summer

‘14Summer

‘14Fall/Winter

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Grade 12

Summer ‘14

Fall/Winter ‘14

Fall/Winter ‘14

Fall/Winter ‘14

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New Modules: 10.4, 11.2, 11.3

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Module 10.4 at a Glance: 41 Lessons

Texts Unit 1: “Death of a Pig,” E.B. White Unit 2: Macbeth, William Shakespeare Unit 3: The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli

Major Learning Focus Areas Textual analysis, nonfiction and fiction Rhetoric and analysis of arguments and expository craft and structure

Performance Assessment Select a central idea common to Macbeth and either White’s “Death of

a Pig” or Machiavelli’s The Prince. Discuss how each author uses structure, character, word choice, and/or rhetoric to develop this common idea.

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Module 11.2 at a Glance: 43 Lessons

TextsUnit 1: Chapter 1, “Of Our Spiritual Strivings,” from The Souls of Black

Folks, W.E.B Du Bois; “Atlanta Compromise Speech,” Booker T. Washington

Unit 2: “An Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton; “From the House of Yemanja,” Audre Lorde

Major Learning Focus Areas Expository essay writing Analysis of rhetorical strategies Argumentative essay writing

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Module 11.3 at a Glance: 42 Lessons

Texts Unit 1: Wiesel, Elie. “Hope, Despair and Memory.” The

Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, December 11, 1986. Unit 2: Research texts Unit 3: Research texts

Major Learning Focus Areas Research

Performance Assessment 3-5 minute video presentation based on the research-

based argumentative paper

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Recommendations

Getting Started in the Fall:

• Start with a “1” module for your grade level.• Make time for adult to adult conversation

about the central texts.• Analyze the assessment map and read

overview documents (module overview and unit overviews).

• Adapt the materials to meet the needs of your classroom context.

Adapt “Big to Small:” Module, Unit, Lesson

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Q & A

Online Parking LotPlease go to

https://www.engageny.org/resource/network-team-institute-materials-july-7-11-2014

and select “Online Parking Lot” for any NYSED

related questions.

Thank You!