Language Arts Handbook Integrating Standards, Curricula, and Assessments, written and edited by Charlotte Higuchi, 1998
The Language Arts Handbook captures some of the best thinking and experiences of hundreds of teachers, administrators, parents, paraprofessionals, and business and community representatives who sought–together–to answer the question: How can we improve student learning and advance the teaching of the language arts standards? Each unit was written for a literature selection (units can be downloaded) as follows:
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A Boy with Three Names, Gr. 3
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Pedro y Su Robles, Gr. 3 (Spanish)
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The Wise Old Woman, Gr. 7
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Animal Farm, Gr. 9 (Interdisciplinary: English and History)
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Prince and the Pauper, Gr. 9
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Romeo and Juliet, Gr. 9
This handbook describes processes developed for:
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Setting districtwide content standards based on national and state standards
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Developing standards-based lessons (single subject and interdisciplinary)
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Writing and text analysis performance assessments
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Designing analytic and holistic rubrics for writing and text analysis
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Writing analysis of student writing
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Writing revisions notes to students
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Redesigning the lessons and assessments based on examination of student work.
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Lesson Study: Language Arts Handbook Integrating Standards, Curricula, and Assessments, Vol. 2, written and edited by Charlotte Higuchi, 2000
Standards-based lessons (single subject and interdisciplinary English and History)
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Writing and text analysis performance assessments
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Designing an analytic and holistic writing rubrics
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Designing an analytic and holistic reading comprehension rubrics
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Calculating levels of mastery in writing and reading comprehension
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Writing revisions notes to students
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Redesigning the lessons and assessments based on examination of student work
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Writing analysis of student writing
Teachers selected the following literature for the units:
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Now One Foot, Now the Other, Gr. 3
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Lincoln: A Photoessay, Gr. 7
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The House on Mango Street, Gr. 9
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A Raisin in the Sun, Gr. 11
In addition to the writing and text analysis rubric, Volume 2 includes a reading comprehension rubric with anchors, revision notes to students, and integrated writing-reading lessons in each unit.
