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Full Implementation of the 2010
English Standards of Learning:
What does it mean for English
teachers?
Tracy Fair Robertson
English Coordinator
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English Curriculum Framework
• Teachers should use all 3 columns of the
English Curriculum Framework
• Blueprints were released October 1
• Full implementation: EOC reading - fall 2012
EOC writing – spring 2013
*Term graduates will retest on
the same form*
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4-12 Reading
• Stronger vertical alignment grades 4-12
• Reading divided into fiction and nonfiction
strands - SPBQ implications
• Fiction includes narrative nonfiction, poetry,
and drama
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9-12 Reading
• School divisions have the choice of
sequence of American, British, and world
literature (10,11,12)
• Grade 9 fiction standard includes all literary
terms
• Grade 11 fiction standard includes literary
movements, archetypal characters, and
themes
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6-12 Reading
• Reading strategies are emphasized in each
strand including before, during, and after
reading
• Both fiction and nonfiction emphasize
making inferences and drawing conclusions
• Comparing texts is emphasized in 8-12
• Pair passages of same topic: fiction and
nonfiction
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4-12 Reading • SOL tests will emphasize nonfiction reading
using both informational and functional
passages
• Nonfiction reading includes emphasis on
text structures
• 9-12 nonfiction standards include
identification of faulty reasoning
• Main idea and supporting details in fiction
and nonfiction
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6-12 Reading Nonfiction
Patterns of organizing nonfiction texts: • Chronological or sequential
• Comparison/contrast
• Cause and effect
• Problem-solution
• Generalization or principle (explanation)
• Enumeration or listing
• Concept definition
• Process
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6-12 Reading Nonfiction
Use of text features: • Bold-face/italics
• Use of color type
• Underlining
• Indentation
• Side bars
• Illustrations, graphics, photographs
• Headings and subheadings
• Footnotes and annotations
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4-12 Reading Blueprints
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Changes to SOL Reading Tests
• Research will be tested in writing instead of
reading
• The Reporting Categories include word
analysis, comprehension of fiction, and
comprehension of nonfiction
• Beginning in grade 5, there are more
nonfiction than fiction items
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4-12 Writing
• Writing revolves around mode, purpose,
audience, and process
• All students should be given practice writing
on demand, for shorter time frames, and
over extended periods of time
• Each grade level has a composing/revision
standard and an editing/grammar standard
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9-12 Writing
• Argumentative, persuasive, and analytical
writing is emphasized in 11th and 12th grades
• Students should be able to produce a sound
argument, address counterclaims, provide
sound reasoning, and come to a just
conclusion
• Teachers need to stress “real life” writing
opportunities~ not merely literary analysis
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4-12 Writing
• Emphasis on elaboration, unity, central idea,
organization, tone, and voice
• Grammar conventions remain
• Syntax and sentence variety are emphasized
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4-12 Writing
• All SOL writing tests online beginning
spring 2013
• Field tests for all (5, 8, EOC) Feb 13-24
• Field test TEI items March 12-April 6
• Regular paper-pencil test March 7
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4-12 Writing
• Provide students with opportunities to compose
using computer technology (NAEP; SOL writing
online 5, 8, EOC)
• Online Practice SOL Writing Tool – provide prompts
• Teaching writing is an expectation of every grade,
not only “tested” grades
• Self- and peer-editing opportunities for students are
essential
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4-12 Writing
Online Writing Practice Tool available at:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/pr
actice/writing_practice_tool.shtml
**SOL writing does NOT require 5 paragraphs**
Provide students with opportunities to
compose online
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SOL Writing Blueprints
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Changes to SOL Writing Tests
• The End-of-Course direct writing prompt is
persuasive
Research will be tested in writing Composing/Written Expression is now one combined domain *Prompts will be released BEFORE the tests*
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VDOE Writing Practice Tool
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VDOE Writing Practice Tool
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VDOE Writing Practice Tool
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4-12 Research
• Critically evaluate the accuracy, quality, and
validity of the information
• Frame, analyze, and synthesize information
to solve problems, answer questions, and
generate new knowledge
• Each research “product” does not have to be
a paper
• Incorporate Media Literacy into research
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4-12 Research
• Citation of primary and secondary sources
begins in grade 6
• Consequences of plagiarism, following
ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and
using information stressed grades 3-12
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Vocabulary
• Vocabulary standards appear as the first
standard under reading in 4-12
• Use authentic texts, not merely word lists
• Use of affixes and roots
• Common Greek and Latin roots and affixes
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Vocabulary
• Differentiate between denotation and
connotation
• Figurative language is addressed in
vocabulary (stand alone items)
• 9-12 vocabulary standards address idioms
and allusions - should not be taught in
isolation
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Communication/Media Literacy
• Provide opportunities for collaboration
• Use of 21st century skills
• Paraphrasing and summarizing
• Active listening skills
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Communication/Media Literacy • Identify author, audience, content, and
purpose of media messages
• Compare/contrast auditory, visual, and
written media messages
• Identify persuasive techniques in
media messages
• Distinguish between fact and opinion
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Communication/Media Literacy
• 9-12 Review of media for persuasive or
rhetorical devices
• Pairs with persuasive/analytical reading and
writing
• Opportunities to write/analyze blogs, Web
sites, Pod casts, wikis, etc.
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Curriculum Framework
• Assessment items may not and should
not be a verbatim reflection of the
information presented in the
Curriculum Framework.
• It is not meant to be an exhaustive or a
limiting document.
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Curriculum Framework
• Students are expected to continue to
apply knowledge, skills, and processes
from Standards of Learning presented
in previous grades as they build
expertise in English.
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SOL Progression Charts
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Virginia College and Career Readiness Initiative
• Designed to strengthen students'
preparation for college and the work force
before leaving high school
• English Performance Expectations (EPE) are
comprised of 51 Standards in reading,
writing, and communicating
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English Performance Expectations
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English Capstone Course
• Based on EPE
• Intended for 12th-grade students who
have passed English 11 end-of-course
SOL
• Pilots in Newport News and Waynesboro
• Materials to be placed on VDOE Web site
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Next Steps
• Writing Web page with resources
• Online Writing Field Test
• SOL Institutes beginning late spring
• Enhanced Scope and Sequence
Summer 2012
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Questions?
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Contact Information
Tracy Fair Robertson
English Coordinator
Virginia Department of
Education
804-371-7585