Secondary English Weekly #22
VOLUME THREE, ISSUE TWENTY-TWO /March 8-12, 2021
ENGLISH COURSE MEETINGS-THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH
- share how you are making the most of our adopted resources (e. g. StudySync) to maximize student learning,
- show teaching ideas that have worked well this year,
- ask other colleagues how they are handling something you want to try, etc.
Tuesday, March 9th
3:00-3:30pm
- English 9 & 10 Combined Meeting
- English 11 & African American Literature Combined Meeting
- English 12 & Major British Writers Seminar Combined Meeting
- AP Lang and AP Lit Combined Meeting
3:30-4:00pm
- English 6
- English 7 & 8 Combined Meeting
WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE
Monday, March 8th
- Corwin Free Webinar Series Developing & Using Success Criteria to Maximize Teaching and Learning 3:30pm (John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Kateri Thunder, and Nancy Frey)
Tuesday, March 9th
- English Course Meetings 3-3:30 PM (English 9 & 10, English 11 & African American Literature, English 12 & Major British Writers Seminar, AP Lang and AP Lit) 3:30-4 PM (English 6, English 7 & 8)
SLJ Free Virtual Event: Middle Grade Magic 2021 9 AM- 5PM Register
ILA Digital Event Culturally Relevant and Responsive: Literacy Instruction in 2021 and Beyond 1-4 PM Registration: $99
- TeachingBooks Webinar Contactless Book Choosing- TeachingBooks 11AM
- English Chair Meeting 3:30-5:30 PM
- StudySync Webinar: Basic Training: Introducing StudySync 4-4:30 PM — Register
- Reading Like a Historian Institute 1, Session 2: Introduction to Reading Like a Historian Curriculum and Beyond the Bubble Assessments 6-8 PM Register Here
- STUDYSYNC ASK-AN-EXPERT CCS-ONLY SESSION: 3:30-4:00 PM CCS-only Ask-an-Expert Sessions Zoom Link (ID: 985 4912 8122; Passcode: 399075)
- StudySync Webinar: Refresh Your Routines: Reteach Any Skill with Spotlight Skills 4-4:30 PM — Register
Ohio Humanities Virtual Event “Remember the Ladies:” The 1850 Women’s Rights Convention in Salem, OH 7 PM
- What Says She? Listening to Women’s Voices in Shakespeare 8 PM Register here!
Saturday, March 13th
THURBER HOUSE Winter Writing Wizards for Grades 6-8 Register 10-11:30AM and/or 12-1:20PM
Secondary to Begin COHORT TEACHING
- I Will Survive (In-Person Announcement) Video (Keith Jorgensen from Berwick)
- Intro to Hybrid Teaching Slide Deck (compiled by Jesse Ireland)
- Educators share do's, don'ts of hybrid instruction (EdWeek)
- Cohort Hybrid Learning Models/Samples
- Hybrid Help from StudySync Help Center
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–First Read
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–Skill Lesson
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–Close Read
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–Blast
- If you have not made use of the StudySync Student Consumables (print CORE ELA Units), it may be a good time to pull those out and truly unplug on some of your Face-to-Face, NO ZOOM days:)
- On each of the StudySync Lesson Plans, it offers a SUGGESTED GROUPING FOR ACTIVITIES chart advising what elements of the lesson could be done whole group, pairs/small group, and independently. Allow this to inform what items you do F2F and Asynchronously.
HONORS English 9 teachers-Your Opinion Wanted
Meghan Kelly, an editorial assistant at Bedford, Freeman & Worth High School Publishers, is looking for teachers using our Honors English 9 adopted text, Foundations of Language & Literature, who would be willing to provide feedback on their experience with the book. This would be a comprehensive review and would take roughly two hours. The review is due by March 15th. In recognition of your time and expertise, Bedford would offer you a $200 honorarium. If you are interested, email Meghan (mkelly@bfwpub.com) and she will send the survey link.
NCTE/Library of Congress Webinar with US Poet Laureate
Join NCTE and the LOC us for a special webinar on "Teaching Poetry: Living Nations, Living Words" on Wednesday, March 24, at 4 PM. Living Nations, Living Words is the signature project of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Leading the discussion will be specialists from the Library of Congress and members of the National Council of Teachers of English and the National Council for the Social Studies. This event is open to the public; NCTE membership not required. Register HERE.
THURBER HOUSE SUMMER WRITING CAMP for Grades 6-9
- ✎ In-person camps will be held at Thurber Center, 91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215, from 9:00 am–12:00 pm. For parking and accessibility information, click here.
- ✎ Virtual camps will be held on Zoom from 1:00 pm–4:00 pm Eastern Time. You don't have to be in Ohio during the time of the camp to join the virtual camps.
RISING 4TH–6TH GRADERS July 12–16, July 19–23, July 26–30, OR Aug. 2–6
- In-person camp (Thurber Center): 9:00 am–12:00 pm
- Virtual camp (Zoom): 1:00–4:00 pm Eastern Time
- They've packed your week full of so many writing adventures that you might get writer's cramp! They have mysteries for you to solve, new poetry styles for you to try, ghost stories to write, fairy tales to rewrite, and more. Tuition: $175
RISING 7TH–9TH GRADERS June 7–11, June 14–18, June 21–25, OR June 28–July 2
- In-person camp (Thurber Center): 9:00 am–12:00 pm
- Virtual camp (Zoom): 1:00–4:00 pm Eastern Time
- Writer's block? Not this week. You will learn how to get inspiration from everything, from creepy photos to letters to poems to music to personal experience and more. Not only will you have fun writing, but you'll learn all the tools to fight writer's block! Tuition: $175
SIJO Student Competitions and Teacher Workshops offered by East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University
The East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University is excited to announce a new self-paced, asynchronous workshop, SIJO (Korean Poetry) for teachers and the Ohio Sijo Student Competition for K-12 students. If students are new to SIJO there are materials available to help them learn about and write Sijo poetry.
Feb – May 1, 2021: “Ohio Sijo (Korean Poetry) Student Competition”
- Who: Any K-12 student in Ohio
- Where: Online submission
- When: Deadline May 1, 2021
- What: Students will learn about Sijo (Korean Poetry) and create their own original Sijo for submission. Prizes for 1st ($250) and 2nd ($150) place in two divisions (high school and elementary/middle school). Teachers of place winners will receive $100 of Korea-related materials.
- Sijo Introduction: Online Materials
- Website: Ohio Sijo Student Competition
- Online submission (required): online link
- Flyer: Ohio Sijo Student Competition
- Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OSUEASC
Feb – May 1, 2021: “Sijo (Korean Poetry) Workshop”
- Who: Any educator in any state (pre-service and in-service teachers, librarians, administrators, others)
- Where: Online
- When: Self-paced, asynchronous (2 contact hours), Deadline May 1, 2021
- What: Teachers will learn about the history and structure of Sijo (Korean Poetry) and how to teach it to their students through online lectures, presentations, examples, and teaching materials. Information about the 2021 Ohio Sijo Competition will be included as well.
- Website: Sijo Teacher Workshop
- Registration (required): online link
- Flyer: Sijo Teacher Workshop 2021
TURN IN YOUR AARI REPORT CARD
THE 2021 NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-IN
If you hosted an African American Read In during the month of February, complete this Host Report Card submission form after your event by March 15, 2021.
CCS TEACHER-FACILITATED PD
Presenter: Georgia O’Hara, Centennial High School Science Teacher
Date/Time: March 9 (2:45-3:45), March 11 (3:30-4:30)
Location: https://ccsoh-us.zoom.us/j/83870198957?pwd=TC9aOE11cjNkczkzeEwydW4xQ1NqUT09
Target Audience: Teachers and other professionals that use presentations
Are you tired of asking for signs of life while looking at a sea of black screens? Pear Deck is a Google Slide Extension that allows you to engage with students in a variety of ways, both synchronous and asynchronously, and integrates with Google Classroom. It allows you to view and highlight student responses, as well as download them for assessment later. We will go through the basics as well as premium features so that you will leave comfortable with implementation.
Dominion Students Advance in Power of the Pen Competition
STUDYSYNC'S LIBRARY HAS MANY TEXTS BY WOMEN AUTHORS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
- A Quick Search of the StudySync Library (filtered for WOMEN'S LITERATURE) will bring up 141 texts. This Women's Literature in StudySync Google Sheet lists those texts and many more (almost 600) that can be found inside StudySync. The list contains information about author, year published, text type, and if it is included in a StudySync Unit. Think about how you can celebrate Women's History Month through text in your classroom.
OHIO HUMANITIES: CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY-VIRTUAL EVENT
- Webinar “Remember the Ladies:” The 1850 Women’s Rights Convention in Salem, OH Thursday, March 11 at 7pm Sponsored by Ohio History Connection and the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center. Presented by Ohio Humanities and Cathy Nelson.
- Women's Suffrage Series. This recorded series from 2020 explores women’s suffrage through the lens of race, protest and rhetoric, politics, and forgotten figures. Each program features a different scholar of suffrage, women’s history, and social movements.
-Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling: The Frustrating, Exhausting, Amazing, & Inspiring History of Women Running for Office-Rebels in Corsets: The Embodied Rhetoric of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
-Alice Paul, Nonviolent Protest, and the American Women’s Suffrage Movement
-Our Proper Sphere: African American Suffragists
-Helen Hamilton Gardener and the Secret History of Women’s Suffrage in America
-Bending the Color Line: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage in Ohio
FOLGER LIBRARY WEBINAR
- What Says She? Listening to Women’s Voices in Shakespeare Mar 11, 2021 08:00 PM Dr. Peggy O’Brien, the Folger’s Director of Education, speaks with Dr. Kathryn Vomero Santos, Assistant Professor of English at Trinity University, about gender in Shakespeare. This talk will use an intersectional feminist lens to consider the gendered construction of speech and silence in Shakespeare’s plays and their afterlives. Examine how we hear women in Shakespeare’s play when they don’t speak and how to listen to them when they speak back. Register here!
- Folger ENCORES: Rita Dove reads from "Shakespeare's Sisters" In this video, former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove reads a response to three lines that Queen Elizabeth I carved into a window during a period of confinement along with four other poems from her past collections. It was part of a 2012 exhibition entitled Shakespeare's Sisters, highlighting the remarkable if less well-known work of 15th- and 16th-century women from England and continental Europe. Click here to listen to an audio recording of the full event which included Linda Gregerson, Elizabeth Nunez, Jacqueline Osherow, Linda Pastan, and Jane Smiley offering their work in response to their early antecedents.
TEACHROCK LESSONS HIGHLIGHTING WOMEN
- FEMALE SINGER-SONGWRITERS IN THE EARLY 1970S
- WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES IN COUNTRY AND TEJANO MUSIC
- SOUL MUSIC AND THE NEW FEMININITY
- THIRD WAVE: WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND MUSIC IN THE 1990S
- THE RISE OF THE “GIRL GROUPS”
- “PRAYING” AND THE #METOO MOVEMENT
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
- Looking for some great titles to help you celebrate Women's History Month? Here are some lists: MacKids School & Library, Penguin/Random House, Princeton List, ReadItForward List, and Barnes & Noble.
RAISING GIRLS' VOICES BLOG ARTICLES (NATIONAL COALITION OF GIRLS' SCHOOLS)
- SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS IN A CONCURRENT CLASSROOM Tips from Catlin Tucker
- StudySync Blasts and Texts-Make it a Pair
- Three Strategies for Teaching English Learners in StudySync
- Even Older Kids Should Have Time to Read in Class
- Teacher: 5 tips to improve breakout rooms
- Educators share do's, don'ts of hybrid instruction
- Biden takes stance in student speech case
What are the secondary english curriculum resources?
Here is the CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List that contains all of the resources available to secondary English teachers.
- The Tier I Instructional Resources are StudySync (English 6-12) and the Bedford Texts/Launchpad (Honors and AP English).
- The Tier II Intervention Resource is Achieve3000
- The Supplemental Resources (in general) are TeachingBooks and DBQ.
You can see more about StudySync, Bedford, TeachingBooks, and DBQ below in this same section of the newsletter. This information will remain here all year for your convenience.
Visit the ELA 6-12 Webpage for all Secondary English Curriculum/Resources. You will find your COURSE FOLDERS on the Curriculum/Instructional Resources Quick Links for your Grade Level. The COURSE FOLDERS have everything you need for your courses including Curriculum Maps, Standard docs, digital novels, adopted resource trainings/tutorials, Course Intros, etc.
- Curriculum/Instructional Resources 6-8 (Quick Link on site for Middle School)
- Curriculum/Instructional Resources 9-12 (Quick Link on site for High School)
NOTE: To access many curricular and district, you must be logged into Google using your CCS credentials and not a personal account.
Content Priorities-What Matters Most in English Under the Constraints of Remote/Pandemic Teaching and Learning
Priority I: Essential Practice
significant instructional time with ELA disciplines: reading, writing, discussion
strategies/scaffolds for comprehension and composition that transfer across texts/contexts
Priority 2: Standard Alignment
questioning/activities/lessons/assessments that apply standard knowledge and skills to ELA disciplines: reading, writing, discussion
- heavier focus on targeted standards from OST
- awareness of PreAP/AP standards (Honors & AP)
Priority 3: Adopted Resource
use of StudySync (English 6-12) for integrated, on-grade-level, scaffolded lessons that inherently include Priorities 1 and 2
- use of Bedford texts/Launchpad (Honors & AP) for foundational, skill, and theme/topic lessons that that inherently include Priorities 1 and 2
-In general, the first priority focuses on the essential practices for your classroom time. The second priority lists the standards that you should focus on the most for questions, activities, lessons, and assessments using the grade-level, complex texts from your essential practice in priority one. It may be that those priority standards become your narrowed focus for the rest of the year. The third priority shows you how the adopted resources inherently meet priorities one and two. It should be noted that in StudySync, you teach all of the standards listed in priority two in the first four CORE ELA units for your grade level. It may be that you try to do just those four units instead of six this school year due to our slower pace caused by remote learning.
-Below are the slides with the priorities detailed including which standards are the most important for preparing a student to be college and career ready and to do well on the OST. You will find resource links from the CCS ELA 6-12 Webpage and our adopted resources for meeting the priorities. You will find research behind each of the priorities and why they are the most important for a narrowed focus. You will want to read through each carefully as they each contain several items of information.
CONTENT PRIORITY SLIDES FOR SECONDARY ENGLISH
Content Priorities English 9-12
Content Priorities Honors 9-10/AP 11-12
-You can also find the Content Priority Slides on the ELA 6-12 Webpage in the "CCS ELA GUIDING DOCUMENTS" section of the Curriculum/Instructional Resources 6-8 and the Curriculum/Instructional Resources 9-12 Quick Link pages.
STUDYSYNC ACCESS
-Your classes are marked with X and Y. The X classes were for first semester and the Y classes are for second semester. If you want to change the names of your classes in StudySync, follow this guide:
StudySync-How to Change Course Names
-Here is information about linking StudySync to Google Classroom.
- Webinar: StudySync Google Integrations
- Teachers: Linking Your Account with Google Classroom
- Students: Linking Your Account with Google Classroom
-Here is the demo code for StudySync in case you have a student teacher, building coach, or admin that wants to see the platform and they do not have a class aligned in Clever/IC.
- DEMO: my.mheducation.com
- UN: studysync2021
- PW: MHEela21
STUDYSYNC SUPPORT
Help Center
Finding the Help Center in StudySync (video)
-Remember, if you have a question that deals with CCS infrastructure as it relates to StudySync (Clever, rostering, IC, etc.), those questions would be for Tim Wangler.
Tutorials, Trainings, and Webinars
- Tutorials (Some of the most popular tutorials)
- Trainings (Recorded CCS StudySync trainings from July -February)
- Weekly FREE Webinars Several Available Each Week
- For the latest information at StudySync, sign up for the SyncUP monthly newsletter. Opt-in here: studysync.com/subscribe
Ask-an-Expert Sessions
- CCS-only Ask-an-Expert Sessions Zoom Link (ID: 985 4912 8122; Passcode: 399075) (Every Thursday at 3:30PM) NOTE: FEBRUARY 25TH's CCS-only Ask-an-Expert Session has a different link: Zoom Link Passcode: 118203
- Ask-an-Expert Series from McGraw Hill & StudySync
Remote Teaching Documents
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–First Read
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–Skill Lesson
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–Close Read
- StudySync_ Asynchronous v. Synchronous–Blast
Resources/Bit.ly Links from StudySync Training Presenters
Teacher Resources from StudySync: https://bit.ly/3iZJigI
Administration Resources from StudySync: https://bit.ly/3jsuLua
Here are the finalized/updated support emails/numbers for McGraw Hill.
Teacher Support McGraw Hill
- Phone: 614.328.4805
- Email: CbusTeacherSupport@mheducation.com
Administrator Support McGraw Hill
- Phone: 614.328.4811
- Email: CbusAdministratorSupport@mheducation.com
- Phone: 800.437.3715
- Email: epgtech@mheducation.com
studysync usage
BEDFORD/LAUNCHPAD access and support
Access
To get to Launchpad through Clever http://clever.com/in/columbuscity, click the Launchpad icon and click on the name of class/textbook. Student texts were sent to the buildings. All students have a hardback text, Honors students should also have a workbook. If you experienced problems with Launchpad since the change to second semester, those should be fixed now. Reach out to Tim Wangler if you encounter any other issues.
Support
HELP CENTER FORM: https://macmillan.force.com/bfwhighschool/s/Trainings and Tutorials
Bedford Overviews, Slideshows, Trainings, and Tutorials
AP Professional Development Online Workshops
Learn More about these online workshops. Register Here.
Updated AP Course Pacing Guides (Due to Pandemic)
TeachingBooks Access and Support
You AND your students access TeachingBooks via the Clever icon or http://clever.com/in/columbuscity. Click on the TeachingBooks icon.
UPCOMING PD (20-Minute Webinars)
- Contactless Book Choosing- TeachingBooks : March 10, 2021 11AM
- TeachingBooks Celebrates Summer Reading : March 24, 2021 11AM
- Engage and Excite Readers with TeachingBooks : April 14, 2021 11AM
- Storytime Activities from TeachingBooks : April 28, 2021 11AM
- Hidden Treasures for Learning Centers - TeachingBooks : May 12, 2021 11AM
- TeachingBooks Conversation Starters for SEL : May 26, 2021 11AM
TUTORIALS/TRAININGS
-TeachingBooks is the tool that houses the lists of books we have in the warehouse and in the Secondary English Curriculum Office. Use this TeachingBooks Tutorial to learn how to access the CCS book lists.
- TeachingBooks also is a place to get additional novel and author resources. These Overview videos/trainings from TeachingBooks can help you understand the resources: Introduction video I Slide Presentation and Training Script.
-October 16th PD Session for CCS: Virtual and Blending Learning Recording
-February 3rd PD Session for CCS: Booklists, Virtual Ideas, and More on TeachingBooks
DBQ Literature Mini-Qs: Supplemental Resource access and support
--Access Live and Self-Paced PD for DBQ Here.
- Open Self-Paced Courses: asynchronous course with a run time around 5 hours that aims to familiarize teachers with The DBQ Project Method.
- Open Virtual Workshops: live workshops with a DBQ Project Professional Development Lead. 2 hours long, these workshops are built to help teachers with DBQ Project material and DBQ Online with a specific focus on remote and hybrid-learning needs.
--Here is a Smore for DBQ Online Educator Support.
--Here is a Smore for DBQ Online Student Support
--Check out the newest addition to the DBQ Platform, Unit Trailers, with this sample for
MONTHLY CCS ENGLISH COURSE MEETINGS
The next course meeting day is TUESDAY, March 9th. If you have ever wanted to talk to other English teachers in the district about teaching ideas for the course(s) you instruct, now is your chance to join a Zoom session to
- see how they are making the most of our adopted resources (e. g. StudySync) to maximize student learning,
- show teaching ideas that have worked well this year,
- ask other colleagues how they are handling something you want to try, etc.
There is no set agenda for these meetings, so bring your ideas to share. The district will plan to have some Course Meetings every second, Tuesday. The remaining dates are 4/13 and 5/11. We may not be able to have every course, every month due to the available number of hosting Zoom rooms, but we will offer as many as we can. You will be able to find the ones available for each date in this newsletter the week of the meetings. Below are the ones for this week (MARCH 9TH).
- 3-3:30 PM (English 9 & 10, English 11 & African American Literature, English 12 & Major British Writers Seminar, AP Lang and AP Lit)
- 3:30-4 PM (English 6, English 7 & 8)
CORWIN'S MONDAY FREE WEBINAR SERIES
-Up next is Developing & Using Success Criteria to Maximize Teaching and Learning Monday, March 8, 2021 - 3:30pm Presented by John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Kateri Thunder, and Nancy Frey
INTERNATIONAL LITERACY ASSOCIATION DIGITAL EVENT
Culturally Relevant and Responsive: Literacy Instruction in 2021 and Beyond-Tuesday, March 9 | 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
This is a three-hour event, with a keynote from groundbreaking scholar Gloria Ladson-Billings, designed to guide literacy educators and leaders through the work of creating an inclusive school environment—one that respects and reflects all learners.
Topics include:
- How educators can identify the effects their own backgrounds and implicit biases have on teaching and learning
- How to question pedagogy and policies that negatively impact learner outcomes
- Proactive steps literacy and school leaders can take to dismantle oppressive systems
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: MIDDLE GRADE MAGIC ON MARCH 9TH
Join SLJ for Middle Grade Magic 2021 to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at some of the most anticipated new titles for kids and tweens, from modern coming-of-age tales to eye-popping graphic novels to submersive fantasy. You'll also hear from librarians, who will share how they’ve incorporated programs and activities focused exclusively on this age group. Attendees will also have the opportunity to check out the virtual exhibit hall, chat directly with authors, download educational resources, and enter to win prizes and giveaways.Register Here for Middle Grade Magic. Event Hours: 9:00AM ET - 5:00PM ET
OHIO HUMANITIES: CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY-VIRTUAL EVENT
- “Remember the Ladies:” The 1850 Women’s Rights Convention in Salem, OH Thursday, March 11 at 7pm Sponsored by Ohio History Connection and the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center. Presented by Ohio Humanities and Cathy Nelson.
UPCOMING SHAKESPEARE WEBINARS/SUMMER WORKSHOP FROM FOLGER
Here are some FREE Webinars being offered from Folger Teaching.
- What Says She? Listening to Women’s Voices in Shakespeare Mar 11, 2021 08:00 PM Dr. Peggy O’Brien, the Folger’s Director of Education, speaks with Dr. Kathryn Vomero Santos, Assistant Professor of English at Trinity University, about gender in Shakespeare. This talk will use an intersectional feminist lens to consider the gendered construction of speech and silence in Shakespeare’s plays and their afterlives. Examine how we hear women in Shakespeare’s play when they don’t speak and how to listen to them when they speak back. Register here!
- Shakespeare to Malcolm X: Helping ALL Students Grapple with Race and Complex Texts Thursday, March 25th at 8PM Light up your classroom, online and in real life. Learn how to set up a zone of student-centered, language-focused discovery. Let your students amaze you with their ability to make meaning from texts, all on their own. Experience firsthand a subversive, equitable way of getting students inside the language of complex texts. A way that works to engage and excite EVERY learner. A method beloved by teachers and students everywhere. An approach to teaching literary and informational texts that thousands of educators have called “transformative” and “life-changing.” Work through the same strategically scaffolded sequence of activities that you will do with your students, whether you’re online, in person, or hybrid. Engage with an intentionally created text set including such writers as Amanda Gorman, Yaa Gyasi, Julia Alvarez, Kazim Ali, Malcolm X, William Shakespeare, Jason Reynolds, Mary Shelley, and Suji Kwok Kim. Walk away with techniques you can use tomorrow and every day to help ALL students read with skill and confidence. Join the Folger community of brilliant, curious, caring, and committed teachers, and gain colleagues, ideas, and resources that will inspire you for the rest of your teaching life. Register here!
Here is another Webinar being offered from Folger Teaching as part of their membership ($40/year). Become a Teacher Member
- Here’s to Black Women Poets, Part II. May We Know Them. May We Read Them. May We Teach Them. March 18, 2021 at 8:00PM You may know Gwendolyn Brooks, but do you know Lucille Clifton? Join poet, instructor, and the Folger’s own Poetry Coordinator Teri Cross Davis along with Maryam Trowell, Manager of Teacher and Student Programs, for the second exploration of Black women poets you know and those you should be teaching. Immerse yourself in the words of Black women poets in America, get your questions answered, and walk away with ideas for a text set that will spark the ears, eyes, and the minds of your students. This 30-minute workshop is exclusively for Teacher Members. Info here.
OHIO PUBLIC RADIO/TV SPEAKING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR CLASSROOMS
Andy Chow with Ohio Public Radio/TV would like to start a speaking/outreach program where he and his colleague talk to high school students about the career possibilities in journalism and broadcasting. They would visit your classes (virtually) to talk about the careers and answer any questions. If you are interested in this, please reach out to Andy at achow@statehousenews.org.
OCTELA 2021-RECORDED SESSIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ATTENDEES/MEMBERS
The Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts sessions from OCTELA 21 are available at their site for members of OCTELA who registered for the conference. Visit the CONFERENCE PORTAL to access the recordings.
OHIO LITERACY ACADEMY 2021-RECORDED SESSIONS NOW AVAILABLE
The Ohio Department of Education is offering all content from the Ohio Literacy Academy 2021 to all Ohio educators. Visit the Ohio Literacy Academy 2021 page to learn more about the content offerings, access videos, see the viewing guides, and take note of further content to be added in March and May. This Vimeo site: Ohio Literacy Academy 2021 on-demand videos has over 35 sessions that you can view. Districts, schools, and early childhood education programs are encouraged to use these resources as part of a comprehensive professional learning plan. Here are the sessions that were included in the 6-12 and multi-age bands:
- Writing Development Viewing Guide and Video Links; Presentation Slides
- Reading Intervention for Older Students Viewing Guide and Video Links; Presentation Slides
- Building a Literacy Culture Viewing Guide and Video Links; Presentation Slides
- Supporting ALL Learners to Build Literacy Skills in the Content Area Classroom Viewing Guide and Video Links; Presentation Slides
- Culturally Responsive Practices and Text Sets Viewing Guide and Video Links; Presentation Slides
NCTE SEEKS JOURNAL EDITOR for English Leadership Quarterly
NCTE’s Conference on English Leadership (CEL) is seeking the next editor of English Leadership Quarterly. Finalists will be interviewed via videoconference in spring 2021. The applicant appointed by the CEL Executive Committee will effect a transition, preparing for their first issue in August 2022. The appointment is for four years, renewable for three years. Learn more about the application process here.
NBCT PD OFFERINGS FROM CCS TEACHERS
-Check out the current offerings HERE.
READING LIKE A HISTORIAN PD INSTITUTES
Institute 1: Introduction to Reading Like a Historian Curriculum and Beyond the Bubble Assessments February 24, March 10, and March 24, 2021; 6-8pm ET
Institute 2: Designing and Adapting Reading Like a Historian Curriculum March 3, March 17, and March 31, 2021; 6-8pm ET
BOOKS AUTHOR EVENTS
Here is the line-up for the upcoming author events at Gramercy Books on Main Street in Bexley.
- Patricia Engel (Infinite Country) March 23, 7pm Get Tickets
- Angus Fletcher (Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature) March 30, 7pm Get Tickets
- Melissa Febos (Girlhood) April 7, 7pm Get Tickets
- Judy Batalion (The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos) April 14, 7pm Get Tickets
- Katilyn Greenidge (Libertie) April 28, 7pm Get Tickets
- Kale Williams (The Loneliest Polar Bear: A True Story of Survival and Peril on the Edge of a Warming World) May 13, 7pm Get Tickets
- Paula McLain (The Paris Wife) May 20, 7pm Get Tickets
THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY'S CARNEGIE AUTHOR SERIES: AUTHOR TALKS
Here is the rest of the supurb line-up for this season.
- Imbolo Mbue (Behold the Dreamers) March 18 3pm, Virtual, Register Here.
Registration will open soon for the rest of these author talks at the Carnegie Author Series site.
- Hanif Abdurraqib (They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us), June 13, 2pm
- Lisa Wingate (Before We Were Yours), August 29, 2pm
- Wil Haygood (Tigerland), October 7, 7pm; Remember this is the book about East High School. You could plan to read it at the beginning of next school year and have your students attend his author talk.
- Brit Bennett (The Vanishing Half) December 5, 2pm
OHIO TEACHER OF THE YEAR: NOMINATIONS OPEN
The Ohio Teacher of the Year program annually identifies exceptional teachers and celebrates their effective, inspiring work both inside and outside of the classroom. The Department currently is accepting nominations for this prestigious honor. Submit nominations by April 9.
TEACHING IN TAIWAN PROGRAM
Through a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, the Ohio Department of Education and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Chicago invite Ohio English language arts, English as a second language and world language teachers to apply to the Teaching English in Taiwan Program. The program seeks new, experienced, and recently retired teachers who hold current Ohio licensure. Educators selected to work in Taiwan will teach English to elementary or middle school students for one academic year. Teaching contracts are from 10 to 11 months, depending on the placement.
Teaching English in Taiwan Program applications due by April 23
THE EAST ASIAN STUDIES CENTER AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY is pleased to offer free opportunities for K-12 teachers in Summer 2021. These seminars fill quickly, so register early.
JULY 12-23, 2021: NCTA “The Journey of East Asia: Adventures Through Stories, Games, and Maps”
- Website: http://easc.osu.edu/ncta
- Applications received by April 30, 2020 (or when filled) will be given priority
- Application link: online link
- Flyer: NCTA-Ohio-2021-Flyer.pdf
JUNE 7-18, 2021: Global Teacher Seminar: “Global Social Justice, Activism, and Protests”
- Application Deadline: April 2021 (or when filled) online link at website below
- Application: Available soon – to be put on a list to be notified when application is ready, click here
- Website: https://easc.osu.edu/events/global-teacher-seminar-2021
AMLE INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE LEVEL LEADERSHIP
AMLE will host an Institute for Middle Level Leadership July 11-14 at Renaissance Orlando at Sea World in Florida. In addition to providing unparalleled training for middle school leaders and teams, the Institute will also be an opportunity for educators to reflect and grow from this past year’s challenges and look to the future. Registration is open! Space will be limited due to social distancing, to save your spot get your name on the list today. Reserve your Spot.
In addition to providing world-class faculty who will provide personalized coaching on the most pressing topics in middle school education, this Institute will be a unique opportunity for attendees to receive in-depth training on AMLE’s newly updated foundational text, The Successful Middle School: This We Believe.
BULK BOOKSTORE GIVEAWAY
HERE is the contest to win $500 in Books.
HERE is the grant opportunity to win $1,000 in Books
AMLE STORE CUPON
Use MLEM21 at checkout for 20% off AMLE store where shipping is always free for AMLE members. During the entire month of March all orders will receive a bonus FREE copy of The Successful Middle School: This We Believe.
TEACHINGBOOKS BLOG-CONTESTS AND GIVEAWAYS
HERE are the highlighted contests and giveaways for February 2021.
WE ARE TEACHERS-CONTESTS AND GIVEAWAYS
HERE are the highlighted contests and giveaways.
THURBER HOUSE'S YOUNG WRITERS' STUDIO FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Students in 9th–12th grade who love writing stories, crafting new worlds, and building never-before-seen characters, should sign up for Thurber House's Young Writers' Studio! Young Writers' Studio will be held online on Zoom until it's safe to meet in person. They meet every other week with author and English professor Robert Loss. They kick off the first hour with quality writing prompts and activities. They wrap up the last hour with the chance to workshop pieces that you or others share. It's a safe, low-key, fun way to enjoy writing and meet others!
Click Here to Learn More; Click Here to Register
Winter/Spring 2021 Schedule (6:30-8:30pm on Select Tuesdays)
- Tuesday, March 2
- Tuesday, March 16
- Tuesday, March 30
- Tuesday, April 13
- Tuesday, April 27
A limited number of scholarships are available for this program. Email megbrown@thurberhouse.org for more information.
THURBER HOUSE WRITING WIZARDS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
The Winter Writing Wizards Classes for Grades 6, 7, and 8, will meet via Zoom on Saturdays: February 27 and March 6, 13, 20 Learn More; Register for Writing Wizards
You can sign up for one or both sets of classes.
- Poems for Life 10:00 – 11:30 am ET The world is full of weird events...murder hornets?! You’ll learn to look at real-world events like a poet, and have fun reinventing them through your writing and making your voice heard.
- Ensembles Assemble! 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET What if we make a whole ensemble of vampires, robots, and more, each created by a person in the class, all in the same shared story? Writing a character is fun—but writing a universe together is magical.
BROADWAY MUSICAL THEATER CLUB: HAMILTON CLASS
For $15 students aged 9-14 can join a 50-minute class where they will discuss and sing along with Hamilton. They'll discuss how Hamilton came to Broadway, play some trivia, and learn and talk about topics they initiate. Classes are available through March 27th, but they are filling up fast. Check out all of the classes and register HERE.
NCTE STUDENT WRITING AWARDS
Here are two writing contest from NCTE.
Achievement Awards in Writing (for 11th grade students)
This school-based writing program encourages high school students in their writing and publicly recognizes some of the best student writers in the nation. NEW Deadline March 26
Promising Young Writers (for 8th grade students)
This school-based writing program stimulates and recognizes student’s writing talents and emphasizes the importance of writing skills among eighth-grade students. NEW Deadline March 26
HUMANITIES STUDENT/CLASS SUBMISSIONS
Through the National Humanities Center’s Humanities Moments project, users submit short videos and essays recalling how an encounter with the humanities, whether through a book, film, document, performance, or something else, profoundly affected their lives.
Song of the Week-(SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPALS)
did you miss earlier issues of the secondary english weekly newsletter?
Each week, this Secondary English Weekly Newsletter will be linked in an email sent to ELA and ELA-related teachers in Grades 6-12 and posted on the CCS English Language Arts 6-12 Page (https://www.ccsoh.us/English6-12). It will contain all of the latest information that could prove useful to you and your students. If you know of anyone who needs to be added to the mailing list, please send their name(s) to cphillips3865@columbus.k12.oh. Happy Educating!
- March 1-5, Issue 21
- February 22-26, Issue 20
- February 15-19, Issue 19
- February 8-12, Issue 18
- February 1-5, Issue 17
- January 25-29, Issue 16
- January 18-22, Issue 15
- January 11-15, Issue 14
- January 4-8, Issue 13
- December 14-18, Issue 12
- December 7-11, Issue 11
- November 9-13, Issue 10
- November 2-6, Issue 9
- October 26-30, Issue 8
- October 19-23, Issue 7
- October 12-16, Issue 6
- October 5-9, Issue 5
- September 28-October 2, Issue 4
- September 21-25, Issue 3
- September 14-18, Issue 2
- September 7-11, Issue 1
Carla Mae Phillips
Southland Center, Suite 125
Email: cphillips3865@columbus.k12.oh.us
Website: https://www.ccsoh.us/English6-12
Location: 3700 South High Street, Columbus, OH, 43207, USA
Phone: (380) 997-0463