ABSTRACT
As we argued in Chapter 1 , the Common Core State Standards provide a general framework for developing curriculum and instruction. Meeting and exceeding the standards will require you to make independent,
informed choices about how you create, modify, interpret, and enact curriculum. Your knowledge, interests, and passionate commitment to what you are teaching are vital to the success of your students. In this chapter we describe ways to foster students’ uses of literacy practices and address key questions for planning curriculum and instruction that will be further illustrated in the rest of this book by specific examples in teaching literature/reading, writing, speaking/listening/media, and language-the four major categories of the standards. Further resources for curriculum planning are also available on this book’s website, www. routledge.com/cw/beach as well as at this specific link (@ = General resources for planning instruction).
