Transformational Literacy: Making the Common Core Shift with Work That Matters

Transformational Literacy, written by a team from EL Education, helps teachers leverage the Common Core instructional shifts-building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction, reading for and writing with evidence, and regular practice with complex text-to engage students in work that matters. Worthy texts and worthy tasks help students see the connection between their hard work as readers and writers and their capacity to cont...