The Central Focus
Standards
Objectives
Reading and Writing Connections
Alignment
The Central Focus Statement
Related Skills
Essential Literacy Strategy (ELS)
A paragraph explaining the Central Focus for the learning segment, including subject specific components of the ELS and Related Skills, and how they are tied together; this is the only term of these eight that is NOT addressed in the lesson plans.
A pattern of consistency between the central focus, assigned tasks, stated goals, desired knowledge, acquired skills, and planned strategies that drive the learning segment
Goals, target behaviors, and desired outcomes articulated as the purpose and intention of teaching and learning in your segment; may differ slightly from lesson to lesson.
A statement in your lesson plans pointing out the mutually-complementary writing OR reading tasks and activities that that you've integrated with your content and instruction, and which support and enhance the writing or reading objectives of your learning segment
The "big idea," the overarching, universal concept that is the umbrella covering, or the foundation undergirding the literacy learning you will facilitate. For elementary edTPA purposes, it will be either COMPREHENSION for a reading segment, or COMPOSITION for a writing segment.
The specific strategy for comprehending text (in a reading segment), or for composing text (in a writing segment); it is included in the central focus STATEMENT, and is addressed across all of the lessons in your learning segment.
Skills that students need in order to 1) develop an understanding of the essential literacy strategy, and 2) to be able to apply it.
Learning goals, targets, and desired outcomes published and set forth by a state or larger "umbrella" entity, prescribed as content and articulated as the purposes for teaching and learning in every grade level
