Table of Contents
Content Home- Welcome
Module Overview- Pre-Assessment
- Unit 1: Understanding and Teaching the Common Core Writing Standards
- Unit 2: Planning Lessons for Informational and Argument Writing
- 2.1 Planning CCSS-Informed Writing Lessons
- 2.2 Selecting and Using Texts Purposefully
- 2.3 Writing with Digital Tools
- 2.4 Examining Lessons for Informational, Argument, and Analytical Writing
- 2.5 Looking Forward
- Unit 3: Learning From Students’ Work and Teachers’ Lessons
- Module Summary
- Post Assessment
Certificate of Completion
Resources- Module Evaluation
Welcome to Unit 1: Understanding and Teaching the Common Core Writing Standards
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR UNIT 1
Throughout and upon completion of Unit 1, you will:
- Examine the College and Career Readiness (CCR)
Anchor Standards for Writing and how they are
interrelated and interconnected - Understand the relationships between and among writing
text types, purposes, and genres - Examine the impact of the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy on Writing
instruction across grade levels
This unit will guide you through a close examination of the CCR Anchor Standards for Writing, reference the California English Language Development (ELD) Standards for clarification of text types and purpose, and take a close look at California’s CCSS for ELA/Literacy by examining student writing samples at different grade spans.
English Language Arts: Writing to Inform, Argue, and Analyze. Brought to you by the California Department of Education, the Regents of the University of California, and the California Writing Project.
For questions or feedback, please e-mail commoncoreteam@cde.ca.gov.
