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November 16th, 2020

11/16/2020

Secondary ELA- Proficiency Scales (prioritize, pace and plan)

By Micah Schutte
As you may know, the Secondary ELA YAAGs look quite different from how they have looked in past years (please see our blog post from March 31st for more information on how they are organized now).
This year, teachers can use the Proficiency Scales as a way to help prioritize content. There are twelve proficiency scales in each grade level from 6th -12th grade in ELA.
The documents below list the Units of Study by grade level and the corresponding Proficiency Scales to be assessed. A couple of reminders:

If a scale is linked as an assessment, the 3.0 and 2.0 from that scale are represented in that unit’s Desired Results. If you see a scale under resources, it is a supporting scale in that unit.

Teachers might use the documents below to help prioritize, pace, and plan during remote learning:
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade

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May 08th, 2020

5/8/2020

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Curriculum Changes Overview PK-12

If you are looking for a quick overview of the curriculum changes to come in all content areas for the 2020-2021 school year consider checking out this video.

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March 31st, 2020

3/31/2020

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Secondary ELA Curriculum Update

Grades 6-11 Year-at-a-Glance Revisions

The year will start with a short 8-10 day unit aimed towards launching a reading and/or writing workshop. Teachers might focus on the structures, rituals, and routines necessary for growing the independent reading and writing dispositions of students.
No changes to sequencing or prioritization of standards.
Year-Long Reading Dispositions, Year-Long Comprehension Processes & Strategies, and Year-Long Writing Processes & Strategies, which are repeated in all units, will appear on the bottom of the Year-at-a-Glance (see below for a sample Year-at-a-Glance).
2020-2021 Year-at-Glance as well as Quarter 1 Units of Study will be published early May. Quarter 2,3,4 Units of Study will be published by December 2020

Grade 12 Year-at-a-Glance Revisions

No changes to sequencing, pacing, or prioritization of standards.
Year-Long Reading Dispositions, Year-Long Comprehension Processes & Strategies, and Year-Long Writing Processes & Strategies will appear on the bottom of the Year-at-a-Glance (see below for a sample Year-at-a-Glance).
2020-2021 Year-at-Glance as well as Quarter 1 Units of Study will be published May 1st. Quarter 2,3,4 Units of Study will be published by December 2020.

Grades 6-12 ELA Reading Units of Study Revisions

Overviews for reading units of study will be revised to include a brief description that outlines the intent of the unit of study and its desired results. The description will also elevate prioritized standards.
New organizing concepts to separate Fiction, Nonfiction, and Comparative Desired Results
Text Structure and Craft
- Minimal clarifying revisions to Desired Results.
- Proficiency Scales will be added to Text Structure and Craft Organizing Concepts:
  - Analyzing Elements in Fiction and Analyzing Elements in Nonfiction
  - Analyzing Point of View in Fiction and Analyzing Point of View in Nonfiction
  - Analyzing Structure in Fiction and Analyzing Structure in Nonfiction
Year-Long Reading Dispositions
- Organizing Concepts will match categories on the Reading Dispositions Progression to help name Understands, Knows, and Dos: Range of Reading, Volume, and Bands or Strands of Text Complexity; Critical Reading; Orienting to Tolerate and Clarify Confusion; Monitoring for Sense to Tolerate and Clarify Confusion.
- Desired Results will not change.
Year-Long Comprehension Processes and Strategies
- Organizing Concepts will match categories on the Comprehension Processes Strategies Progression to help name Understands, Knows, and Dos: Envisioning; Questioning to Evaluate, Analyze and Synthesize; Synthesizing within Texts; Word Study/Play; Fluency.
- Minimal clarifying revisions to Desired Results.
- 2 Proficiency Scales will be added for prioritized standard: Analyzing Themes in Fiction, Analyzing Ideas in Nonfiction
Additional days will be added to the first two Read Units, allowing more opportunity for Literary Analysis Writing Tasks.

Grades 6-12 ELA Writing Units of Study Revisions

Overviews for writing units of study will be revised to include a brief description that outlines the intent of the unit of study and its desired results. The description will also elevate prioritized standards.
Narrative: 1 Proficiency Scale will be added for the prioritized standard.
- Narrative Writing: Development of Word Choice and Tone
Argumentative: 2 Proficiency Scales will be added for the prioritized standards.
- Argumentative Writing: Development of Ideas
- Sources and Research
Informational: 2 Proficiency Scales will be added for the prioritized standards
- Informational Writing: Development of Text Structure & Organization
- Sources & Research
Minimal clarifying revisions to Desired Results.
New Organizing Concept, Understands, Knows, and Dos: Sources and Research.

Your Secondary Literacy TOSA’s are here to support you:

MICAH SCHUTTE, 6-12 LITERACY TOSA
MICAH.LEPORE@JEFFCO.K12.CO.US
303-982-9257

TIFFANY WRIGHT, 6-12 LITERACY TOSA
TIFFANY.WRIGHT@JEFFCO.K12.CO.US
303-982-5920

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November 16th, 2020

Secondary ELA- Proficiency Scales (prioritize, pace and plan)

May 08th, 2020

Curriculum Changes Overview PK-12

March 31st, 2020

Secondary ELA Curriculum Update

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