Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies

A Facing History and Ourselves Publication

Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies

A supplement to Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior

A Facing History and Ourselves Publication

Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies

A supplement to Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior

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CONTENTS

How to Use This Resource ...............................................................................................5 Teaching Writing Is Teaching Thinking ...........................................................................6 Argumentative Writing: Research and Directions in Learning and Teaching .................9

Prompts and Strategies

Common Core Writing Prompts .............................................................................. 17 List of Related Documents from Holocaust and Human Behavior............................... 19

Strategies to Use Before Starting the Writing Prompts

A. Understanding the Prompt.................................................................................. 22 1. Dissecting the Prompt .............................................................................................23 2. Defining Key Terms..................................................................................................24 3. Defining Key Concepts: Universe of Obligation ......................................................27 4. Anticipation Guide: The Roles We Play ...................................................................31 5. Journal Suggestions.................................................................................. .....................34

Strategies to Use to Collect and Analyze Evidence

B. Gathering and Analyzing Evidence....................................................................... 35

6. Evidence Logs and Index Cards................................................................................36 7. Annotating and Paraphrasing Sources ....................................................................40 8. Collecting and Sharing Evidence .............................................................................42

a. Gallery Walk .......................................................................................................42 b. Give One, Get One .............................................................................................43 c. Two-Minute Interview........................................................................................43 9. Evaluating Evidence.................................................................................................46 10. Relevant or Not?....................................................................................................48 11. Learning to Infer ....................................................................................................50 12. Assessing Source Credibility ..................................................................................52 13. Successful Online Research ...................................................................................55

Strategies to Use while Writing Formal Essay

C. Crafting a Thesis and Organizing Ideas ................................................................ 56 14. Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues: Speaking and Listening Strategies .........57 a. Barometer ........................................................................................................57 b. SPAR (Spontaneous Argumentation) ...............................................................58

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c. Final Word ........................................................................................................58 15. Building Arguments through Mini-Debates ..........................................................60 16. Linking Claims and Evidence with Analysis ...........................................................61 17. Thesis Sorting ........................................................................................................63 18. Tug for Truth..........................................................................................................65 19. Refuting Counterarguments..................................................................................66 D. Proving Your Point through Logical Reasoning in Body Paragraphs ...................... 68 20. Claims, Data, and Analysis .....................................................................................69 21. Using Exemplars (or Mentor Texts).......................................................................72 22. Using Graphic Organizers to Organize Writing .....................................................73 23. Sentence-Strip Paragraphs ....................................................................................78 E. Framing and Connecting Ideas in Introductions and Conclusions.......................... 80 24. Introductions: Inverted Pyramid ..........................................................................81 25. Conclusions: Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World ........................................83 26. Fishbowl.................................................................................................................84 F. Revising and Editing to Impact Your Audience ..................................................... 86 27. 3-2-1 ......................................................................................................................87 28. Adding Transitions.................................................................................................88 29. Backwards Outline.........................................................................................................89 30. Conferring..............................................................................................................92 31. Read-Alouds ..........................................................................................................94 G. Publishing/Sharing/Reflecting............................................................................. 95 32. Reflecting on the Process ......................................................................................96 33. Online Publishing...................................................................................................97

Appendix

Sample Rubric for Argumentative Writing Essay from Boston Public Schools ........... 99

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