PARCC partnered with the Institute for Learning to create sample classroom-based tasks that demonstrate how performance-based PARCC-like tasks can be used for instruction. These task sets are great for any teacher who is working with students on reading and writing about complex texts.
I suggest using the Guided Lessons with a short story, perhaps one of the short stories, or excerpts, from the mini assessment bank at Achieve the Core…
The set of tasks for a short story or poem are:
- Purpose and Comprehension
- Vocabulary Meaning
- Vocabulary, Literal and Non-Literal
- Deepen Comprehension, Actions of a Character
- Deepen Comprehension, Central Message
The links above include step by step lessons and links to graphic organizers to go with the lessons! I have just recently noticed this set of guided lessons on the PARCC website. Looking forward, these lessons might be a good framework for classroom reading and writing instruction all year, not just in the weeks prior to the new PARCC tests…
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Thanks for sharing! I agree…this should really be the formula we use with everything, all year long. Do you have any poems to share that would be good for these analysis tasks?
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I found a poem on Achieve the Core titled “The Wind.” It is very simple. And yes, great framework for teaching!
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