11X144 MSQI Professional Learning Materials

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

1. Comprehension Rubric I MSQI PPT (May 2, 2013)
   
2. Comprehension Rubric II MSQI (May 9, 2013)
3. Reciprocal Reading Comprehension Rubric PDF
4. Reciprocal-Assessment-Rubric blank Word
5. Reciprocal Reading Bookmark SBSD (modified AUSSIE)
6. Grant Wiggins blogpost about John Hattie’s recent work
7. Reciprocal Reading Group Collaboration Rubric Word/ PDF

Grade 8

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)

Midwest map

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

• Summarizing Strategy Handouts (Somebody-Wants-But-So) Word/PDF

Grade 7

Courage Unit Materials

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

1. www.annefrank.org
2. Facing History and Ourselves
3. Scholastic “We Remember Anne Frank” Project Site
4. BBC Anne Frank Series

Research Project Materials

1. Research Notes Graphic Organizer Word/ PDF
2. Research Project Rubrics Word/ PDF
3. 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