Blog Post #7

After reading the common core state standards for reading literature and reading informational texts, I find that there is a lot expected of a high school student. After reading over the requirements of 9-12 grades multiple times I started to think about they ways in which my teachers may have incorporated these lessons in to my day without me acknowledging it at a student. Being able to understand the authors point of a story or article comes natural to most students who are already in their last years of high school. Although I don't remember my teacher specifically asking me to "Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument" I see how they could incorporate this into a more entertaining or engaging lesson that shows we can do it. While the common core state standards require a lot from the students, being able to read and understand informational texts is the most inportant tool you can come away with from high school. If a student isn't proficient in analyzing and interpreting text, they will not excel in the workworce or college after high school. 
The NES text pages 1-87 was more interesting for me to read than the other sections. Like I stated earlier, it not common for teachers to just come out and say the point of the lesson they are implementing in the classroom. Teachers incorporate the state standards into their lesson in a creative way, so that students can be more engaged in the activitity. The NES text provides helpful tips that allow you incorporate reading literature and informational texts into the classrooms. Combining the readings from the NES text along with the CCSS section was very beneficial because it allowed me to see the possible ways to implement reading informational text in the classroom and the benefits that the students will gain going forward in their academic career both in the classroom and out. 

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