Practices Domain at a Glance (glossary)
Students engage routinely in four literacy practices that ground, shape, and inform the expectations of the Foundations, Language, and Texts domains.
Big Ideas: Engagement & Intention | Situating Texts | Author’s Craft | Collaboration & Presentation
Situating Texts Context, Author, Audience, & Purpose
I. Big Idea Progression and Major Concepts: Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition
Students develop personal and academic identities as readers and writers, approaching texts for a variety of tasks and purposes and engaging in reading and writing processes in order to deepen comprehension and strengthen composition.
Key Concepts / Learning Progressions:
Comprehension Strategies | Engagement | Intention | Reader Identity | Writer Identity | Writing Process
II. Big Idea Progression and Major Concepts: Situating Texts: Author, Audience, Context & Purpose
Students develop and apply a multilayered understanding of context, author, audience, and purpose to ground and propel the interpretation and construction of texts.
Key Concepts / Learning Progressions:
Audience | Author | Context | Purpose
III. Big Idea Progression and Major Concepts: Author’s Craft
Students apply knowledge of “author's craft” to enhance the interpretation and construction of texts.
Key Concepts / Learning Progressions:
Designing Texts | Reading like a Writer | Writing like a Reader
IV. Big Idea Progression and Major Concepts: Collaboration & Presentation
Students build and share knowledge as they engage with others in a range of settings and for a variety of purposes.
Key Concepts / Learning Progressions:
Collaboration | Presentation