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I think I’m always going to find it incredibly interesting how the state standards outline the gradual progression of learning material for students. On that note I also think it’s interesting how the NES text does basically the opposite. It is your job as the educator to take what read/learn for general application and fine tune it for your own classroom and students. When I think about it more that definitely makes sense but as someone who is new to the whole teaching thing it seems rather terrifying to be honest. While the NES text is less specific than the CCSS I appreciate accessibility of the language used and how easy it is to read. Not that the CCSS aren’t also easy to read but the NES texts highlight actual ways to be a better educator rather than what needs to happen for your students. Even though we are studying to become English educators it is nice to be able to read the text and not have to try and reword for my own better understanding I know what is being said right away. Another counterpoint (I guess I’m going everywhere today) while I’m a big fan of the NES texts and its accessibility to almost all who come across it – the text also covers so much and sometimes is repetitive that I believe it can be confusing or just slightly obnoxious to pick and choose what is important. All in all, and probably obvious to others is that the best way to use both the NES text and the CCSS is in collaboration with one another and other educators. I am also curious if there would be a good way to let students in on the NES text for definitions or just when they ask, “why do we have to learn this?” It seems like it could be an easy way to be transparent with your students while keeping their interest instead of giving a generic response of “because I’m the teacher and I said so” or something of the sort. Maybe I’m stretching it kind of far but I just think that would be an interesting approach to the learning material we as educators are given.

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