The Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals for English Language Arts (ELA) students. Following is the list of learning shifts students must imbibe.

1. LEARNING SHIFTS FOR ELA
STUDENTS DEMANDED BY
COMMON CORE

2. LEARNING SHIFTS FOR ELA
STUDENTS DEMANDED BY
COMMON CORE
Students must
Develop 'academic vocabulary'
Read technical documents
Read multiple books about the same topic

3. LEARNING SHIFTS FOR ELA
STUDENTS DEMANDED BY
COMMON CORE
Students must
Discuss reading using evidence
Find evidence to support an argument
Demand evidence in classroom discussions

4. LEARNING SHIFTS FOR ELA
STUDENTS DEMANDED BY
COMMON CORE
Students must
Learn to 'write from source'
Create 'arguments in writing' citing evidence
from the text
Learn to compare two or more texts

5. LEARNING SHIFTS FOR ELA
STUDENTS DEMANDED BY
COMMON CORE
Students must
Read more informational text (science, social
studies)
Understand 'primary source' documents
Learn to interpret 'the idea' of the text by reading

6. LEARNING SHIFTS FOR ELA
STUDENTS DEMANDED BY
COMMON CORE
Students must
Read as much non-fiction as fiction
Learn how to construct a non-fictional text
Discuss more non-fiction in the class

7. LEARNING SHIFTS FOR ELA
STUDENTS DEMANDED BY
COMMON CORE
Students must
Read more complex material carefully
Read material at comfort level and work with
more challenging stuff
Learn to 'unpack' a text