This course is designed to look closely at the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts in writing, research and presentation. The course engages the learner in readings about the key design considerations and the major shifts behind the standards. In this course, participants will explore the standards for writing, research and presentation and practice strategies to implement these standards into your own instruction. In addition they will learn how students can demonstrate mastery of the writing, research and presentation standards, and how technology and media support teaching and learning of the Common Core State Standards. By the end of the course participants will have developed a plan for adopting the CCSS into their classrooms. Session outline:

Orientation Session: Overview to the Writing & Presentation Standards
Session One: The Reading-Writing Connection
Session Two: Writing to Inform and Make Arguments
Session Three: Research with the Common Core State Standards
Session Four: Presentation & Publication in the Digital Era
Session Five: Assessing Writing
Session Six: Establishing a Writing Routine