Assignment Template Aligned to California’s Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy post

I really enjoyed reading this template that follows California’s Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy because it gave simple and easy to follow tips for any future or current teachers. It can be very difficult for students to know where to begin when they are assigned a reading that they will respond to. Depending on the topic that is being introduced, or the genre of the text, there are multiple ways to tackle and respond to the text, and this template gave some really great guidelines that students can use to gain better understanding of the overall text. Then, with the prewriting tools, students could even begin their prewriting process by marking their texts for better understanding so that they can know what they are going to discuss in their paper. When I have worked with students during their prewriting process, I have found that it is hard for them to understand that writing is in fact a process and that everything doesn’t have to be polished right away. When students begin to understand this fact, they begin to relax a little more and begin to plan out what they want to focus on, and actually begin writing. I really liked the emphasis on revision, and how important it is. A student’s paper should be read multiple times by the writer, peer editors, and teachers alike to give students the right kind of feedback that will help their writing style improve. There are so many different kinds of revision practices, and the template gave some good tips that teachers and students can focus on when they are editing and revising a peer’s paper. But overall, my favorite take back from this template was the emphasis on teacher modeling the behaviors and practices that they want their students to do. Modeling reading and writing practices will help students perform better with their assigned readings and writings.