MTTC English Language Arts (7-12) (130) case studies
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The MTTC English Language Arts (7-12) (130) is a Michigan teacher certification subject-area test for candidates seeking a secondary English endorsement. It is designed for people who have completed (or are completing) an approved teacher preparation program or alternative route and need to demonstrate content knowledge before being recommended for licensure. The MTTC English Language Arts (7-12) (130) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,415 words.
1Vertical Alignment in a Thematic Curriculum
Riverside High School's ELA department adopted thematic curriculum maps three years ago. The 9th-grade map places "Justice and Identity" in quarter 2, anchored by Walter Dean Myers's Monster and a news article on juvenile sentencing; the 11th-grade map repeats "Justice and Identity" in quarter 1 with Just Mercy and a Supreme Court opinion excerpt.
718 words, about 4 min2Dialect Features, the Conventions Rubric, and Bidialectal Instruction
Okafor teaches 10th-grade English at an urban high school. Of his 28 students, 19 speak African American English (AAE) at home and in peer talk.
676 words, about 3 min3From Paraphrase to Interpretation in a Close Reading Unit
Alvarez's 9th-grade class has just finished reading Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." In a short-response formative assessment, 24 of 30 students retell the poem's plot-"a man chooses a road and wonders what would have happened"-and only 6 mention figurative language. Alvarez asks, "What does the road symbolize?" students answer with plot summary or silence.
688 words, about 3 min4Redesigning an Argument Unit After AI-Assisted Drafts
At Lakeview High, the 11th-grade argument-writing unit culminates in a 4–6 page essay. Students submit a draft, participate in one peer-review session, and revise.
660 words, about 3 min5Blueprinting a Unit Test Against a Performance Task
The 10th-grade ELA team's common unit assessment for a short-story unit has 40 selected-response items. A quick audit shows 26 items ask students to identify literary terms, authors, or recall plot details; 9 ask for inference; 5 ask students to analyze a passage.
673 words, about 3 min