Web-based Practice
Common Core Exemplar for Middle School ELA: Monk’s “Words We Live By”
Subject
English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Grade Levels
Intermediate, 8th Grade
Description
By reading and re-reading the passage closely combined with classroom discussion about it, students will explore the questions Monk raises and perhaps even pursue additional avenues of inquiry. When combined with writing about the passage and teacher feedback, students will form a deeper appreciation not only of Monk’s argument and the value of struggling with complex text, but of the Preamble of the Constitution itself.
Resource
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Monk’s “Words We Live By”
Content Provider
Engage NY
From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Common Core Exemplar for Middle School ELA: Monk’s Words We Live By. Internet. Available from http://engageny.org/resource/common-core-exemplar-for-middle-school-ela-monk-s-words-we-live-by; accessed 22, March, 2013.
