Secondary English Weekly #24
Issue Twenty-Four / February 25-March 1, 2019
IT IS OCTELA WEEK!!
THE OCTELA CONFERENCE IS THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!!
OCTELA 2019 will be held at the Worthington Doubletree Hotel THIS WEEK-March 1-2, 2019. If you have not registered, you can do so in person at the door. Plan your sessions with the OCTELA PROGRAM. Keynote speakers will include Dr. Alfred W. Tatum (Professor/Author/Host of African American Adolescent Male Summer Literacy Institute), Marc Tyler Nobleman (Author), Love, Teach (Teacher/Blogger), and Dave Stuart, Jr. (Teacher/Blogger/Author). The theme this year is Lighting the Fire: Inspiring Creativity in Teaching and Learning.
THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-IN
HOST A NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-IN
The National African American Read-In is the nation’s first and oldest event dedicated to diversity in literature. It was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. This initiative has reached more than 6 million participants around the world.
Consider hosting an event for the 2019 African American Read-In during the month of February. It is easy. You just pick works by African Americans and read them. Think about including students, faculty, parents, community members, etc. Be sure to get it counted! After your event, submit the 2019 Participation Form by March 15, 2019 noting what you read and how many people were part of your Read-In. To learn more, go to http://www2.ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in/.
SOME RECENT ARTICLES FOR YOUR PRACTICE
- When Girls Spit: The Power of Spoken Word
- Black History Month: People We Should Thank More Often
- Culturally Sustaining Practices for Shakespeare Sonnets: An Entry Point to the Language and the Plays
- Why We're Teaching Reading Comprehension In A Way That Doesn't Work
- Celebrate MARCH Madness with Poetry
- The Fight Against 'Fake News" In the Classroom Gets a Boost
NO SCHOOLS HAVE REGISTERED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SPRING DEBATE TOURNAMENT. PLEASE DO SO SOON IF YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE!
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Our students have a fabulous opportunity to compete against one another at Capital University on Thursday, April 18th from 8:30am-1pm with CCS busing provided. Register your school today! They will compete using the following resolution: Resolved: The Columbus City School District should reduce the number of schools it operates. Debate teams are made of two students. Those students prepare to debate both the affirmative and negative sides of the policy debate resolution. On the day of the debate, each two-person team will be told which side (affirmative or negative) they will be debating during each of the three rounds. Each school can bring up to five teams (10 students).
Registration and Resources: Click HERE to access the debate folder with registration form, a flyer to hand out to increase participation, and numerous resources for preparing your students to be great debaters. Be sure to register your school NOW even if you don’t yet know the names of students on your teams. That can be added later. The deadline for having all your names added is April 10th.
DEBATE FOLDER: https://tinyurl.com/debatehsSpring19 (Info/Resources/Registration)
MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRING DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Gifted and Talented would like to invite you to the Columbus City Schools Middle School Spring Debate Tournament at Capital University on April 18, 2019. This tournament is sponsored by CCS Gifted and Talented, Capital University, and the Central Ohio English Speaking Union. Students in Grades 5-8 across the district will be participating in a policy debate on the following resolution: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly increase
regulations to reduce the use of plastic.
Interested teams should fill out this MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE INTENT TO PARTICIPATE and send it to address or fax number on the form by March 15, 2019.
-Contact Michele Ballinger, Vonda Spencer-Keane, or any elementary gifted intervention specialists for resources and support.
REGISTER YOUR SCHOOL FOR THE DISTRICT POETRY SLAM BY MARCH 8TH!!
The 2019 CCS District Poetry Slam will be held on Saturday, April 13, 5-9p.m. at Eastmoor Academy High School. Download and Complete this POETRY SLAM REGISTRATION to get your school into the competition! Full information about competing is included on the Registration. Schools do not have to have a full team in order to compete.
The Deadline to Register is March 8th. After the March 8th deadline, we will open up the slam to other districts in central Ohio. Please send your registration and $25 entry fee to Slam Coordinator Wyk McGowan at Eastmoor Academy and Contact him with any questions. 614.804.5535 or wmcgowan8259@columbus.k12.oh.us.
TEACHER CONTESTS AND PD OPPORTUNITIES
FREE WEBINAR: RETHINKING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: USE LEARNING PROGRESSIONS TO FUEL STUDENT SUCCESS
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST; Presented by Dr. Karin Hess
One way to use formative data more effectively is in conjunction with a quality learning progression, which provides a GPS-like view into how learning typically develops over time and where there are potential roadblocks.
In this research-based edWebinar, author and consultant Dr. Karin Hess will show you how to use learning progressions most effectively:
- How progressions connect daily learning targets with long-term expectations
- How progressions help you better monitor student progress and scaffold learning
- How to use progressions to promote student agency
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The National Endowment for the Arts offers fellowships in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction to allow recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career development. The application deadline is March 6! Visit https://bit.ly/28XRWME for more information!
TEACHINGBOOKS WEBINARS
Register Today! Ready to learn more about TeachingBooks? These webinars offer options for new and experienced users. Sign up for specific sessions or the entire series!
If you can’t join a webinar on its particular date and time, sign up and they will send you the recording. Here is the next Webinar:
-Sharing TeachingBooks: Training Your Team (45 minutes) on
Tuesday, February 26, at 9:30am or Tuesday, March 5, at 5pm.
PD OFFERED BY CCS NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS
Advanced Placement Seminar IV
Presenter: Teresa Weidenbusch
Remaining Date/Time: February 26th from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery
Target Audience: AP teachers and support staff; The AP Seminar is a seminar designed to provide a venue for AP Course instructors and support staff to examine the past years successes and challenges, compare past and current local, state and national data and to look at current trends and strategies.
Warriors Don’t Cry Book Study
Presenter: Valarie Cummings
Dates/Time: February 28th from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ridgeview Middle School - Room 210
Target Audience: Grades 6-8 ELA or Social Studies Teachers
Teachers in grades 6-8 who teach English or social studies will read, discuss, and share lesson ideas about the abridged version of Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals.
Planning with Google Classroom
Presenter: Carolyn Willis
Dates/Time: March 5th from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbus Gifted Academy - Room 2
Target Audience: Teachers in grades 3 - 12 who are novices with Google Classroom and want to learn how to use it effectively.
The presentation will discuss how to plan lessons using Google classroom as an organizational tool to present lessons
- Spoken Word and Poetry Slam in the Classroom
- Presenter: Wyk McGowan
- Dates/Time: March 14th from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
- Location: Eastmoor Academy - Room 135
- Target Audience: 7-12 ELA Teachers
- This session will teach high school English teachers how to use spoken word and poetry slam in their classrooms including how to introduce and teach spoken word, resources and videos, and prompts for slam poems.
- Using YA Literature in the HS English Classroom
- Presenter: Sarah Barry
- Dates/Time: March 14th from 2:45 - 4:45 p.m.
- Location: Centennial High School - Room 102
- Target Audience: 7-12 ELA Teachers
- In this presentation teachers will discuss, share, and walk away with strategies designed to engage students and stretch them as readers and writers.
- Classroom Gaming
- Presenter: Georgia O’Hara
- Dates/Time: March 14th and March 18th from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Location: Centennial High School - Room 221
- Target Audience: All Teachers Grades 7-12
- During this presentation, several different online classroom game platforms will be profiled. Their value for various instructional strategies and data collection will be scared. Participants will have an opportunity to create their own and share their experiences as well.
- Using Non-Print Text as an Entry into Printed Textual Analysis
- Presenter: Kriston Crombie Stotik
- Dates/Time: March 18th from 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
- Location: Centennial High School - Room 211
- Target Audience: High School Teachers
- Teachers will learn how to weave image analysis (Photos, Art, etc.) into their instruction before transitioning toward printed text analysis.
- Text-Dependent Reading Strategies
- Presenter: Mary Taylor
- Dates/Time: March 21st from 2:45 - 4:45 p.m.
- Location: Centennial High School in Room 103
- Target Audience: 9-12 Teachers
- Teachers will deepen their understanding of the importance of complex texts across the curriculum and sharpen their skills in fashioning effective
text-dependent questions for texts in their content area.
GET CONNECTED IN CCS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT
Registration is now available for the Get ConnectED in CCS, a technology-focused professional development event on Saturday, March 23rd from 8:30am-12:30pm at Southland Center, 3700 South High Street. Register through PDS here. Learn about Google Apps, Technology Integration, Blended Learning, and More. The featured speaker is Eric Curts of ControlAltAchieve.com.
YOU COULD BE IN COMMONLIT'S IMPACT VIDEO
The CommonLit team is making an impact video, and you can be a part of it! The impact video will be used to tell the world how CommonLit helps students and teachers, just like you. To participate, click the link below and submit a 10-30 second clip where you share how CommonLit has made a difference in your classroom: Click here to submit a video!
OHIOANA BOOK FESTIVAL AUTHORS ANNOUNCED-SAVE THE DATE
The 2019 Ohioana Book Festival will feature 150-plus Ohio writers! It will happen for the first time at Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Branch! There's something for every reader of every age - and it's FREE! Mark your calendar - Saturday, April 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. See the complete author list and learn more in Ohioan's February Newsletter at this link: http://www.ohioana.org/…/2019/02/Feb-2019-Ohioana-Newslette…
TEACHINGBOOKS BLOG FEBRUARY CONTESTS AND GIVEAWAYS
Did you know that the ODE Test Specifications give insight into the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels for AIR test questions?
STANDARDIZED TEST PREP LESSONS FOR AIR SUCCESS USING THE READ METHOD
THIS WEEK'S LESSON: February 28, 2019 (Class Exemplar-Informative/Explanatory)
-If you have missed any of the lessons released thus far, they are available below and on the ELA 6-12 Webpage, at the "Thursday Standardized Test Prep" Quick Link. These lessons are based upon the CCS 2018 AIR Data Report and its recommended actions simplified in the READ Method for AIR Preparation.
- September 20, 2018 (Complex Text/Text Annotation)
- September 27, 2018 (Complex Text/Word Pyramid & Question Quads)
- October 4, 2018 (Analyzing Questions)
- October 11, 2018 (Analyzing Answers)
- October 18, 2018 (Writing Guide Acronym)
- October 25, 2018 (Passage and Prompt Analysis)
- November 1, 2018 (Finding Evidence)
- November 8, 2018 (Finding Evidence 2)
- November 15, 2018 (Finding Evidence 3)
- November 29, 2018 (Finding Evidence 4)
- December 6, 2018 (Identifying Transitions)
- December 13, 2018 (Adding Transitions)
- December 20, 2018 (Using Transitions)
- January 10, 2019 (Introductions 1)
- January 17, 2019 (Introductions 2)
- January 24, 2019 (Conclusions 1)
- January 31, 2019 (Conclusions 2)
- February 7, 2019 (Scoring)
- February 14, 2019 (Editing)
- February 21, 2019 (Class Exemplar-Argument)
USE THIS LIST TO GUIDE WHAT YOU DO IN THE CLASSROOM
1-Make close reading of text central to lesson.
2-Structure majority of instruction so all students read grade-level complex texts.
3-Emphasize informational texts from early grades through graduation.
4-Provide scaffolding that does not preempt or replace text.
5-Ask text-dependent questions.
6-Provide extensive research and writing opportunities (claims and evidence).
7-Offer regular opportunities for students to share ideas, evidence, and research.
8-Offer systematic instruction in vocabulary.
9-Provide explicit instruction in grammar and conventions.
10-Cultivate students’ independence
LAWS OF LIFE ESSAY CONTEST FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
-While there is no required essay prompt, essays should be about a law of life of the student’s choosing. Some students write about how they learned the law, how they live by it or why it is important to them. Some students use a quote or “maxim” and explain it and why it is important to them.
-The special theme for 2019 is RESPECT. Schools can submit one additional entry on this topic. Students are asked to reflect on what respect means to them, why it is an important Law of Life, how they learned the trait, and how they have changed their behavior to live up to that law. The best essay on this topic will be awarded $150. Students are not required to write about this topic, but if students choose to write about respect, the best essay on that topic may be submitted as an additional entry for that school.
-All essays (including the special theme) should be no more than 3 typed, double spaced pages. Teachers are strongly encouraged to submit their entries online (and all finalists are required to submit an electronic version), so teachers/contest coordinators are encouraged to ask for electronic files from their students.
- The contest coordinator will be asked to complete the Contest Coordinator Registration Form to begin the entry process.
- Final submissions are due by Midnight March 1, 2019.
OHIO SHORTS WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS FILM CONTEST
Ohio-based filmmakers should send in their short video project for the Wexner Center's 23rd annual celebration of the Buckeye State’s vibrant filmmaking scene. Grab your video’s YouTube or Vimeo URL and visit wexarts.org/ohioshorts for rules and entry forms. Each accepted video receives a $50 screening fee. A Jury Award ($500) and Audience Choice Award ($300) will be announced after the Ohio Shorts screening on April 27.
Adult Division (19 and older) entries must be no longer than 20 minutes and
Youth Division (18 and under) entries no longer than 5 minutes. Works must be produced in Ohio within the last 18 months.
Deadline | March 4, 2019. Questions? Contact ohioshorts@wexarts.org
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