The Council of the Great City Schools and Student Achievement Partners convened school district teams from across the nation to align instructional materials to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Participants learned how to develop quality text-dependent questions and improve the culminating activities.  These sessions were both training and work sessions that provided general education, ELL and special education leaders an opportunity to collaborate on preparing CCSS-aligned, instructional classroom materials for grades 6-10.  The following AAPs were developed by LAUSD educators and 6th thru10th grade teachers.