ELA Department PD Sessions
Reading Strategies Station Materials (May 16)
- Literacy Strategy Activity Handouts & Literacy Strategy Activity Readings
- Somebody Wants But So PDF/ Word/ Summary DO NOW (Summarizing Handouts)
- Anticipation Guide PDF/ Word (Prediction/Prior Knowledge Handout)
- FQR Chart PDF/ Word (Questioning Handouts)
- MEAEAT PDF/ Word/ Essay Template PDF/ Word (Writing Handouts)
Files
- Comprehension Rubric I MSQI PPT (May 2, 2013)
- Comprehension Rubric II MSQI (May 9, 2013)
- Reciprocal Reading Comprehension Rubric PDF
- Reciprocal-Assessment-Rubric blank Word
- Reciprocal Reading Bookmark SBSD (modified AUSSIE)
- Grant Wiggins blogpost about John Hattie’s recent work
- Reciprocal Reading Group Collaboration Rubric Word/ PDF
Rural Unit Materials
Grade 8 ELA Map_2012-13 & Rural Unit Revised Draft (revised pp. 1-4 on 5/5/2013)
Supporting Group Work
Reciprocal Reading Group Collaboration Rubric Word/ PDF
Poetry
3 Poems (This is Indiana/ Front Porch/ Midwest Town)
Instructional Idea Bank
- As part of Do Now, play rural sounds as students enter (birds, crickets, stream/babbling brook, etc.)
- To integrate project-based learning multiple intelligence project task
- For supporting group work, use rubrics for teachers as well as for students on tables/desks; use http://rubistar.4teachers.org or other teacher sites for examples of rubrics that help students and teacher assess student work in groups
Reading Comprehension Strategy Bank
Readings
- Anne Frank Drama Excerpt #1/Anne Frank Drama Excerpt #1
- Dramatization of Dairy of Anne Frank Excerpt 2
- Dramatization of Dairy of Anne Frank Excerpt
Holocaust Resources
- www.annefrank.org
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Scholastic “We Remember Anne Frank” Project Site
- BBC Anne Frank Series
Research Project Materials
- Research Notes Graphic Organizer Word/ PDF
- Research Project Rubrics Word/ PDF
- Student Resources Page
Character Unit Materials
Lesson and Unit Plan
- Mini-Unit Plan PDF (focus on reciprocal reading, debate, and argumentative writing using informational texts about Pocahontas)
- Lesson 1 PDF
- Lesson 2 PDF
- Lesson 3 PDF
- Lesson 4 PDF
- Debate Lessons for Days 5-7 PDF
Reciprocal Reading Materials
- Reciprocal Reading Teaching Procedure PDF (AUSSIE)
- Reciprocal Reading Comprehension Rubric PDF/Word Doc (AUSSIE)
- Reciprocal Reading Bookmark SBSD (modified AUSSIE)
- Reciprocal Reading Graphic Organizer PDF/Word Doc (11X144)
- Reciprocal Reading Graphic Organizer with Student Work PDF
- Summarizing Strategy Handouts (Somebody-Wants-But-So) Word/PDF
Debate Materials
- Debate Basics x144 (handout for students)
- Debate Preparation Student Handout PDF/Word Doc
- Debate Flow PDF/Word Doc
- Guidance for Judging Word Doc
- Debate Format Word Doc
- Debate Rubric PDF/Word Doc
Argumentative Writing Materials
- Post-Debate Essay Assignment PDF/Word Doc
- UDL Argumentative Essay Writing Supports/Word Doc
- Argumentative Essay Rubric PDF/Word Doc
Other Materials
- Exit Tickets: #1, #2, #3, #4
- Excerpts from In Their Own Words: Pocahontas PDF/Word Doc
- Excerpts from The Double Life of Pocahontas PDF version A/PDF version B/PDF version C
- Summarizing Strategy Handouts (Somebody-Wants-But-So) Word/PDF
- Lesson 2 Packet PDF/Word Doc
- Lesson 3 Packet PDF/Word Doc