Jean

LWP


 * KENTUCKY MARKER PAPERS**: One of the resources I mentioned was the Kentucky Marker Papers, which provide examples of proficient student work (based on the Kentucky Scoring Rubric) for each grade, K-12, and in a wide range of genres. You'll find, for example, a set for personal narratives, one for memoirs, one for informational or feature article writing, one for persuasive writing, and so on. These are especially helpful in working on our understanding of developmental expectations for writing growth, adherence to a rubric in scoring work, identifying next lessons to teach students who are writing at a particular level, and showing students examples of the expected level of work.

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 * DECONSTRUCTING THE STANDARDS:** This is an example of the work we have been doing with one middle school Language Arts department to deconstruct the standards. Teachers are reading the standard and trying to tease out what students need to know and be able to do. The template is one provided by the Kentucky Department of Education, which has posted its own deconstruction at www.education.ky.gov. Our experience is that the teacher-deconstructed standards provide more insight into the instructional moves that will be needed.



[|http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/English+Language+Arts+Deconstructed+Standards.htm]