tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post7772378062695899058..comments2024-03-18T21:12:52.392-04:00Comments on Heissatopia: Common Core: LiteracyAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785629874138416100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-26061920452898607302013-04-15T10:56:33.660-04:002013-04-15T10:56:33.660-04:00See, and that still sounds a-okay to me... :)See, and that still sounds a-okay to me... :)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-34091177987290102492013-04-15T10:38:41.775-04:002013-04-15T10:38:41.775-04:00I've been trying to read through the common co...I've been trying to read through the common core too. What I've gathered, from student teachers and articles, is that English teachers can be expected to teach documents like the Constitution. Not that we don't teach the Declaration of Independence etc in American Literature some teachers don't. There are critics who say English teachers are not qualified to teach the Constitution etc. I really thought that would be the main fodder for American Government, but this may be no longer solely reserved for the history dept. The interpretation of this aspect of the common core is what is causing some uproar, I think. Subject areas have been encouraged at varying levels to teach content literacy but haven't been held accountable and there still seems to be very little accountability for the content classes (in that they teach facts and figures and not reading and writing skills for their content). The reading and writing standardized tests seem to be interpreted as solely the responsibility of the Language Arts/ English dept. The reading section of the state tests does seem to be focused primarily on literary interpretation and less on basic reading comprehension in a general sense. The writing test is more about being able to develop and support an argument which can and should be covered in all subject areas.<br /><br />From what I understand, each piece of literature is being counted, so a novel is on equal level with news article, biography, or critical analysis. By the time a novel is taught in context to history and culture, there are at least three or four nonfiction articles to go along with the novel (fiction). There really is no reason to think that this should drastically change college prep courses especially if one considers the research paper which is required in most districts for each HS Eng course. <br />Rachel Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019523400593803566noreply@blogger.com