Resources for staff
To access released CST questions: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/css05rtq.asp
Need help with MLA? http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Link to the Common Core Standards and ELA 9th/10th Grades Curriculum Mapping
Common Core Writing 9/10 and 11/12 with differences highlighted (.pdf)
Common Core Reading Literature 9/10 and 11/12 with differences highlighted (.pdf)
Common Core Reading Informational Text 9/10 and 11/12 with differences highlighted (.pdf)
From M. Liddell June 3, 2013:
As we all found out through our work with ECAP, text selection is the most important part of our reading instruction work, and also the most difficult. Here is a great website for fiction and non-fiction texts. In your spare time, I encourage you to browse the selections here. Of course, the essay section is particularly appropriate. Texts are grade level rated too!
Another that ML uses for AP, but others might like: americanrhetoric.com