The Understanding Language website, ell.standford.edu, has a number of papers about addressing the needs of English Language Learners in the area of the Common Core. All these papers would invite good PLC discussions. Also during the last week of November a middle school language arts unit will be posted. This is an exemplar unit on persuasion. It is meant to help teaches see the shifts required by the common core for English Learners. The introduction is quite good and will help teachers understand the shifts.