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E L A Passage Selec tio n fo r Grades 3-12

What to c onside r whe n se le c ting passage s for instr uc tion and asse ssme nt

We ndy Dur y-Samson and Dr . R

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ie He ine gg

Offic e o f State Assessment

Mar c h 28, 2018

Ide ally, se le c te d te xts for stude nts in Gr ade s 3-12 should be …

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de ve lopme ntally/ gr ade appr

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iate in both c omple xity and c onte nt

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fair and unbiase d for stude nts

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r e pr e se ntative of var ious ge nr e s, lite r ar y style s and c ultur e s

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able to addr e ss a wide var ie ty of le ar ning standar ds

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wor thy of r e ading

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r ic h in lite r ar y e le me nts and str ate gie s for analysis

Whe n se le c ting for c lassr

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te ac he r s c an use passage s that…

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may r e quir e some sc affolding or bac kgr

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addr e ss stude nt inte r e sts and me e t le ar ning obje c tive s

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will suppor t c r

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r ic ular

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inte r

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y le ar ning

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may only be of loc al inte r e st

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asse ssme nts, the r e ar e othe r c onside r ations. Passage s must…

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me e t e stablishe d c r ite r ia for le ngth (wor d c ount)

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var y in c omple xity within e stablishe d gr ade bands

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be appr

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iate and like ly of inte r e st to stude nts ac r

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Whe n se le c ting passage s for NYS E L A

Passage s must…(c ontinue d)

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be suitable for ite m de ve lopme nt

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be infor mation r ic h and de monstr ate e xe mplar y wr iting skill

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r e pr e se nt a var ie ty of e r as, ge nr e s, topic s, style s, and c ultur e s

T ake 5 minute s to r e ad the te xts for your gr ade , c onside r ing the infor mation that

What doe s passage se le c tion look like in pr ac tic e ?

On your table , you will find c opie s of passage s fr

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ade s 4, 6, and 8 and high sc hool that we r e use d on NYS E L A asse ssme nts. Choose one gr ade you would like to r e vie w. was just shar e d with you.

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Do the passage s r e pr e se nt diffe r e nt ge nr e s and style s?

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Ar e the passage s inte r e sting and ac c e ssible to a wide var ie ty of stude nts?

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Can the passage s be use d to asse ss se ve r al le ar ning standar ds?

T ake a minute to disc uss with your c olle ague s how your c lassr

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ac tic e may c hange as a r e sult of today’s pr e se ntation.

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• pinions and fe e dbac k!

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