Paired Text Nonfiction and Paired Text Fiction

CCSS ELA Paired Nonfiction Mentor Texts and Paired Fiction Mentor Texts Reading Assessment Passages

Paired text are used for reading and writing assessments. Paired

text in lower grades will use one fiction and one expository text, they can be any combination of expository, opinion, argument or narrative text in higher grades. Students must use close reading strategies to analysis or break down the paired text to answer the test questions or complete a written response. Common Core English Language Arts Test will assess Reading, Writing, and Language Standards using multiple-choice, short-response, and extended-response questions. All questions will be based on close reading of informational, literary, or paired texts.

Teacher Made Paired Expository Text 

Child Slavery and Your Chocolate Bar
Child Labor and Your Jeans, Electronics, and Games
A Timeline of Female Labor and Education in the US

Shifts in English Language Arts & Literacy 

Shift 1: Balancing Informational & Literary Text 

Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts. 

Shift 2: Knowledge in the Disciplines 

Students build knowledge about the world (domains / content areas) primarily through text rather than through the teacher or other activities. 

Shift 3 Staircase of Complexity 

Students read the central, grade-appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, and create more time, space, and support in the curriculum for close reading. 

Shift 4: Text-based Answers 

Students engage in rich and rigorous evidence-based conversations about text. 

Shift 5: Writing from Sources Writing emphasizes use of evidence from sources to inform or make an argument. 

Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary 

Students continuously build the transferable vocabulary they need to access grade-level complex texts. This can be done effectively by spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts.   

Exemplar Texts for Grades 6-8 - Oregon Department of ...
Oregon Department Of EducationOREGON COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR English Language Arts. & Literacy in ... Exemplars of Reading Text Complexity, Quality, and Range.

COMMON CORE: Literacy - Idaho State Department of ...
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Guidelines for Text Selection - Odell Education Bundle 5: Paired Multi-media Argumentative Passages . ... the CCSS devote considerable attention to the types and nature of texts used in instruction and ...

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Passage Selection Guidelines for Assessing CCSS ELA One of the major shifts of the CCSS is an emphasis on developing skills for .... The standard codes for the paired or multiple text standards in the CCSS are listed ...

Aligns to the Common Core State Standards - State of ...
MichiganRead and comprehend literature and informational text ... Paired-text activities and Fact or Fiction games help students understand differences between literary ...

In Common: Effective Writing for All Students - Achieve the ... Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, ... on an understanding of literary and informational texts to inform and enrich ...

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Grade 5 CCSS Standards to support book sets (PDF)




Non-Fiction IMC Titles to Support CCSS Informational Text Standards. Revised Lexile ranges: .... This duo of paired texts explore inventions. Words and pictures ...