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It's all part of the planning. At the secondary, it's monitored by teachers and dept chairs during content or interdisciplinary teaming.

At the elementary level, it's done through grade level meetings.

One person doesn't go around and monitor the use of expository vs. narrative texts. Carefully planned units can handle that. [/quote]

This is one of those standards that makes me dislike common core.  It serves no purpose--and monitoring it will take effort that could better be used teaching.

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OK - It's easy for teachers to understand but apparently non-educators have a difficult time with this.  And in all fairness, making me do briefs on law cases would drive me over the edge, as we all have our own strengths.

Planning is monitoring.  I plan a weekly agenda with daily lessons.  However, my lessons are evaluated each day and tweaked if re-teaching is necessary.  So if kids are having a difficult time with an organizational pattern - cause/effect, for example - I'd most likely introduce another essay or shorter expository piece that follows that pattern.  So while I may not do "40%" as an English teacher (It may be 30%.), I will make certain that my students know how to recognize patterns in expository pieces.

No one will fault you for not tackling 60% or 40%. What matters is whether or not students master the objectives.  [/quote]

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