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Orientation to the NY Curriculum Modules

Learn about the structure and content of the NY curriculum modules and how to implement them with fidelity. Adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of different students and classrooms.

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Orientation to the NY Curriculum Modules

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  1. Orientation to the NY Curriculum Modules EngageNY.org

  2. NTI February 2014 Objectives Participants will be able to: • Describe the structure and content of the NY curriculum modules. • Implement the modules with fidelity, scaffolding all students to the rigor the curriculum requires. • Adapt the curriculum to meet the readiness and needs of different students and different classroom realities. EngageNY.org

  3. Purpose of this Session Participants will be able to: Describe the structure and content of the NY HS ELA Curriculum Modules. Identify key design components and conceptual considerations. EngageNY.org

  4. How do the modules support a CCSS-aligned curriculum? The modules are tools that provide CCSS-aligned practices for unit and lesson design, instructional strategies, and assessments. Teachers have opportunities to implement or modify the units according to their students’ needs. The design practices embedded in the modules are intended to be adapted to best meet the needs of individual districts, schools, and classrooms. EngageNY.org

  5. Materials in this Session EngageNY.org 9.3 Module Overview 9.3.1 Lesson 1 You can download all of the modules on EngageNY.org: www.engageny.org/resource/grade-9-ela-module-3

  6. Overview of the Modules EngageNY.org • Module 9.3 • Module 10.1 • Module 11.1

  7. Module 9.3 at a Glance • Texts: • Unit 1: Seed Text as Springboard to Research • Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson • Unit 2: The Research Process • Selected informational texts/articles (National Geographic, New York Times, Wall St. Journal, Science Daily) • Unit 3: The Writing Process • N/A • Number of Lessons in Module: • 35 (including Module Performance Assessment) EngageNY.org

  8. Module 10.1 at a Glance • Texts: • Unit 1: • “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” Christopher Marlowe • “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” Sir Walter Raleigh • “Raleigh was Right,” William Carlos Williams • Unit 2: • “The Palace Thief” from The Palace Thief, Ethan Canin • Unit 3: • “Rules of the Game” and “Two Kinds” from The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan • “Dreaming of Heroes” from Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger • Number of Lessons in Module: • 39 (including Module Performance Assessment) EngageNY.org

  9. Module 11.1 at a Glance • Texts: • Unit 1: “My Last Duchess,” Robert Browning • Unit 2: Excerpts from Hamlet, William Shakespeare • Unit 3: Excerpt from A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf • Number of Lessons in Module: • 41 (including Module Performance Assessment) EngageNY.org

  10. Key Design Considerations Instructional shifts Students doing the work of learning Lessons provide all students with a path to meet the standard(s) Students learn through doing EngageNY.org

  11. Exploring a Sample Module Overview • Read the 9.3 Module Overview. Focus on the following components: • Introduction • Literacy skills and habits • Module-specific assessed standards • Text complexity and rigor • End-of-unit and performance assessments • Discuss: • What do you notice about the module’s focus? • What conceptual relationships do you notice among texts? • What do you notice about the complexity of the assessment prompts? EngageNY.org

  12. Going Deeper…Exploring a Sample Lesson • Read the Module 9.3 sample lesson focusing on: • Student responses: What do they look like in the question sequence? In the lesson assessment? • Vocabulary: What is directly taught in this lesson? What is provided for students? • Instructional notes: What do they seem to be for? • Assessed standards and lesson assessment: What relationship do you notice between them? • Discuss: • What did you find or observe? What are you wondering about? What questions do you have? EngageNY.org

  13. Talk about it! • Discuss: • What design principles in the curriculum feel aligned to your current instruction? • What feels like a shift in your own learning as an educator or administrator? • What feels like a shift in expectations for students? EngageNY.org

  14. Q & A EngageNY.org

  15. Online Parking Lot Please go to: engageny.org/resource/network-team-institute-materials-february-4-7-2014 and select “Online Parking Lot” for any NYSED related questions. Thank You! EngageNY.org

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