Secondary English Weekly #26
VOLUME FOUR, ISSUE TWENTY-SIX /March 14-18, 2022
District PD Day Follow-Up Survey
All but one of the Wednesday, March 9th Secondary English sessions now have recordings on the English sessions page from the PD Day. If you were unable to attend a session that you wanted to, you can now access the recording of that session.
CCS POETRY SLAM 2022
After a 2-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the 2022 CCS District Poetry Slam will tentatively be held on Saturday, April 30, 5-9p.m. at Eastmoor Academy High School. Download and complete this POETRY SLAM REGISTRATION to get your school into the competition! Schools do not have to have a full team in order to compete. Download the POETRY SLAM FLIER to post around your school and community.
Middle School Poetry Slam Rules
1. Each middle school may bring a total of eight (8) poets.
2. Each middle school will have four slots or times to perform (four individual and/or group poems total).
3. The same rules apply as in the high school slam:
a. No props, costumes, instruments, or music.
b. There is a three minute time limit with a ten second grace period.
4. No poet may perform in more than two poems, for instance, a poet may perform one individual poem and one group poem, or in two group poems.
5. Group poems may not have more than six (6) poets on stage at once.
6. Poets may bring their typed poem up on stage; there will be a music stand.
7. Poems must be school appropriate.
High School Poetry Slam Rules
1. Each high school may bring a total of six (6) poets.
2. Each high school will have four individual slots or times to perform (four poems total—one per poet).
3. The same rules apply as in the middle school slam:
a. No props, costumes, instruments, or music.
b. There is a three minute time limit with a ten second grace period.
4. Poets may bring their typed poem up on stage; there will be a music stand.
5. Poems must be school appropriate.
Optional High School Group Poetry Rules
There will be an optional group poem competition for the high school slam. Group poems follow the same rules as above, but schools may only have up to six poets on stage. The high school group poems will be performed prior to intermission.
Judging
There are five judges who will score the poems on a scale of 0-10 (out to one decimal point). The scores are not shown to the audience (which is different than a traditional slam).
Trophies and Medals will be awarded for each of the following:
- “Sandy Cox” Memorial Trophy-Winning High School Team
- CCS Middle School Trophy-Winning Middle School Team
- Medals-Top Three Middle and High School Teams
- Medals-Top Three Middle and High School Poets
- Medals-Top High School Group Poem
Deadline: After the March 28th 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.
OSU Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Ophelia Event
Have you ever wondered how adaptations of novels make their way from the printed page to Hollywood studios? Join the OSU Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies on Friday, April 1, to hear from author Lisa Klein (Ophelia) and screenwriter Semi Chellas (Mad Men, The Romanoffs) as they discuss the journey of Klein’s novel of the Hamlet story from Ophelia’s point to the big screen, starring Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) as Ophelia.
Schedule
6:30 - 7:30 Discussion, moderated by Professor Angus Fletcher (English, OSU)
7:30 - 9:30 Film screening
Speaker bios:
-Lisa Klein is the author of five novels for young adults: Ophelia, Two Girls of Gettysburg, Lady Macbeth's Daughter, Cate of the Lost Colony, and Love Disguised. She is currently working on a historical novel for adults. Find out more at www.authorlisaklein.com.
-Semi Chellas is a writer/director/producer best known for The Romanoffs and Mad Men, where she was nominated for six Emmys and ran the writers’ room for the last two seasons. Her award-winning movie American Woman premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and had a gala presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival, and opened The Female Eye Film Festival; she was named one of Indie Wire’s 25 Rising Directors to Know. She has written a number of indie features, including Ophelia (starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Clive Owen).
Registration link for Zoom attendance: https://osu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlde6hrTkuH9VhGJyNIAfkGimfER0NctjL
Registration link for in-person attendance: https://cmrs.osu.edu/events/2021-2022-in-person-rsvp-form
ODE English Language Arts Virtual Meetup
Writing Your Teaching Story
As teachers we help students find their story, but what about writing our own stories? In this session, join the Ohio Writing Project and the Ohio Department of Education for an interactive session where we will write our teaching stories. We’ll share in a mini-writing workshop as we use story to write about teaching and learning, thinking and being – and probably learn something for our classrooms along the way. This virtual session is open and free to all who would like to participate.
- Date: March 23, 2022, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Meeting link
- Presenters: Beth Rimer, Ohio Writing Project; Teresa Castellaneta, Ohio Department of Education
Contact Teresa Castellaneta with questions: teresa.castellaneta@education.ohio.gov.
Gordon Square Review Ohio Writing Contest
OHIO WRITERS: Submit your prose and poetry to the Gordon Square Review Ohio Writing Contests judged by Eman Qutah and Noor Hindi. Winners receive $500 and publication in Issue 10 of GSR. One runner-up in each genre will also be selected for publication. Deadline: April 10, 2022. Learn more HERE.
Tuesday, March 15
- StudySync Webinar: How Administrators Can Best Utilize StudySync Register 4-4:30pm
- Thurber House: Young Writers' Studio REGISTER HERE 6:30–8:30 pm
Wednesday, March 16
- English Chair Meeting: 3:30-5:30pm
Thursday, March 17
TeachingBooks Webinar: Plan Ahead for Summer Reading with TeachingBooks 3-3:20pm
StudySync Webinar: Cover All Your Standards with Spotlight Skills Register 4-4:30pm
THREE DISCIPLINARY LITERACY ARTICLES FROM ENGLISH LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY
- Disrupting the Status Quo in Disciplinary Literacy Professional Learning Jenelle Williams and Laura Gabrion
- Disciplinary Literacy Stretches Thinking and Enhances Learning Latrese D. Younger
- Literacy Coaching for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction: An Exploration of a Partnership at the Secondary Level Kathy Smith
CCS SECONDARY ENGLISH 2021 OST REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS
CCS SECONDARY ENGLISH 2021 OST REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS
LITERACY & CURRICULUM PD DAY RECORDINGS
Curriculum Maps, Course Folders, and Resource Lists
-Visit these Curriculum/Instructional Resources Quick Links on the ELA 6-12 Webpage for all Secondary English Curriculum.
At these links, you will find your COURSE FOLDERS that have everything you need for your courses including Curriculum Maps, Course Introduction Pages, Standard docs, digital novels, adopted resource trainings/tutorials, etc. To access many curricular and district, you must be logged into Google using your CCS credentials and not a personal account. Curricular documents are also linked on these Google docs:
-Here are the Resource Lists for Secondary English.
- 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 contact person for this resource is Sonja Dill.
- The Supplemental Resource is TeachingBooks.
Curriculum Resources: Access, PD, Tutorials, & Trainings
StudySync (Tier 1 Adopted Resource English 6-12)
- Access: You AND your students access StudySync via the Clever icon or http://clever.com/in/columbuscity. Click on the McGraw Hill icon. Then, launch the StudySync App.
- Students Reading & Writing Companions: For the English 6-12 courses, student consumables were sent to the buildings this summer. Be sure to locate these and distribute them to students in these courses. The six units for each grade at StudySync online are included in the consumables and can increase modality options for students.
- Change Course Names: Your classes are marked with X and Y. The X classes are 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
- Link with Google: 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
- Link with IC via Google: IC Integration for Grade Passback
- FREE PD: Weekly FREE Webinars Several Available Each Week
- Newer Features or Videos: Live Monitoring, Teacher Video Feedback Tool, Reteaching, and Advanced Scoring Feature, UDL Framework, Digital Scaffolding
Lesson Planning Guide
- Help Center: Finding the Help Center in StudySync (video): You can find self-paced Training in the Help Center.
- Tutorials: StudySync Tutorials (Some of the most popular tutorials)
- Trainings: StudySync Trainings (Recorded CCS StudySync trainings from 2020 and 2021)
- Demo Code: 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: https://my.mheducation.com, UN: studysync2021, PW: MHEela21
- Errors: If you notice an error in a StudySync assignment, send an email to Carla Mae cphillips3865@columbus.k12.oh.us. She will let both McGraw Hill and StudySync know so that they can make corrections.
- For the latest information at StudySync, sign up for the SyncUP monthly newsletter. Opt-in here: studysync.com/subscribe
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Bedford/Launchpad (Tier 1 Adopted Resource Honors and AP)
Access: To get to Launchpad through Clever http://clever.com/in/columbuscity, click the Launchpad icon and click on the name of class/textbook.
Support: HELP CENTER FORM: https://macmillan.force.com/bfwhighschool/s/
- Trainings & Tutorials: Bedford Overviews, Slideshows, Trainings, and Tutorials
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- Access via the Clever icon or http://clever.com/in/columbuscity. Click on the TeachingBooks icon.
- Novel Lists: This is the tool that houses the lists of novels we have in the warehouse and in the Secondary English Curriculum Office. Use this document TEACHINGBOOKS: ACCESSING COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS’ NOVEL LISTS and/or this video TeachingBooks Tutorial to learn how to access the CCS book lists.
- CCS-Novels Available in the English 6-12 Curriculum Office
- CCS Middle School Curriculum: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS High School Curriculum: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS English 6: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS English 7: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS English 8: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS English 9: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS English 10: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS English 11: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- CCS English 12: Novels in Warehouse, Course Folder, or Adopted Resource
- 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.
- Spring Highlights: Spring Activities on the Go, Women's History, and More!
- Some Upcoming 20-Minute Webinars:
- Plan Ahead for Summer Reading with TeachingBooks : March 17 3PM
- Creating, Analyzing, and Using Lists on TeachingBooks : April 14 4PM
- Welcome to TeachingBooks: TeachingBooks 101 : May 12 4PM
- Unlock the Magic of Fairy Tales with TeachingBooks : June 16 4PM
- Ready-to-Use Marketing Tools on TeachingBooks : July 14 4PM
- Recorded Training: October 16th PD Session for CCS: Virtual and Blending Learning Recording
- Recorded Training: February 3rd PD Session for CCS: Booklists, Virtual Ideas, and More on TeachingBooks
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Secondary English Curriculum Videos
- Video-Getting to Know Your Secondary English Resources for New Teachers
- Video Orientation to Curriculum Docs/Folders
- Video-Using the Curriculum Maps with StudySync
- Video-Using the Honors Curriculum Maps with Launchpad
- Video-Using AP Pacing Guides with Launchpad
- Video-StudySync is Your Adopted Curriculum Resource, Not Your "Program"
- Video-Close Reading of Complex, Grade-Level Texts: Research & Practice
- Video-StudySync and Vocabulary Acquisition
outings, classes, contests, grants, and additional pd
ODE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR CONTENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES
The Ohio Department of Education is now accepting applications for participants to serve on two ELA Content Advisory committees for Ohio’s State Tests. The committees review and evaluate test questions and related test materials to ensure that each question is a valid and appropriate measure of the Ohio Learning Standards for that particular subject area and grade level. Content advisory committees meet on an ongoing basis to review new test questions and materials as they are developed. The number and frequency of meetings depends on the volume of new test item development, but typically these committees meet once or twice annually.The content advisory committees will convene in June for virtual meetings. The dates for each of the grade level meetings are listed below. These dates are specific only to the June 2022 meetings. If you are chosen to serve on a content advisory committee, we will invite you to the June meeting and then subsequent meetings as they are scheduled.
- ELA Grade 6: June 21
- ELA II: June 22
Complete this application if interested in applying.
ESC OFFERINGS
-English Learners: Culturally Responsive Practices March 23 This one-hour, online session shares ideas on how to make a school or classroom a safe and welcoming environment for English learners to succeed academically. We will examine culture and explain how culture can affect learning and behavior. Tips will be shared to build a school culture of diversity where all students feel safe and accepted. Register Here
-Reading Comprehension for English Learners April 7 What does reading comprehension mean for English learners? Do they need strategies or more background knowledge? This online session examines the unique needs of ELs and supports that help ELs make sense of a text. This session will be of particular interest to EL Teachers, Reading Teachers and Classroom Teachers. Join Jill Kramer and Katie Mikita for this one hour session. Sign Up Here
-Gifted Institute June 6-7 The ESC of Central Ohio is pleased to announce an in-person professional development opportunity for teachers and gifted instructors on June 6 and 7, 2022. Our presenter will be Lisa Van Gemert, nationally renowned GiftedGuru. Lisa is a “giftedland” native who has vast experience as a gifted educator, parent of gifted children, and a gifted individual herself. Participants have the option to select either one-day or two-day gifted education professional development. Register Now
-Summer Literacy Institute 2022 June 14 Literacy lovers unite at our 2022 Summer Literacy Institute! Join fellow Central Ohio educators for a day full of literacy learning--from new tools to consider to curating text sets to English Learner language development. There will be a session for everyone. Learn More
-Learning and Thinking that Make a Difference June 15 Go deep this summer at the Project Zero in Ohio one-day conference. Learn how to develop and deepen cultures of thinking in your classrooms and explore practices for engaging students and educators. Learn More
-Summer Institute for Authentic Learning and Leadership July 20-21 Bring a team and join us for two inspiring days filled with hope, creativity, collaboration, and innovation. This conference will stimulate your thinking and feed your soul. You’ll be engaged in opportunities to envision authentic learning, be inspired by the work of others, personally experience authentic instructional strategies, and reflect on “lessons learned” and commit to next steps. Most importantly, you’ll find ways to help students connect intellectually and emotionally with their own learning. Register Today
STANDARDS INSTITUTE
The Standards Institute is an immersive and transformative five-day in-person learning experience for teachers, coaches, and leaders. Educators who attend the Standards Institute have conversations about race, examine bias and its role in instruction and learning, and commit to adaptive change within themselves as practitioners while learning practical strategies that can improve instructional practice and leadership in schools and systems.
The Institute
- Five days of in-person immersive, coherent learning sessions led by our highly trained facilitators Monday, March 28, 2022 – Friday, April 1, 2022 Las Vegas, NV
Price: $2,800 / person
- Powerful, transformational keynote speakers
- Courageous conversations and open dialogue about implicit bias and racist structures, with insights and actions to share with colleagues
- Tools, strategies, and frameworks to enhance instructional practices
- The opportunity to form strategic relationships with like-minded educators leading the movement towards equitable and anti-racist instruction
EVENT DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
Feel like you could use a professional recharge right now? Join the Association for Middle Level Education, Debbie Silver, Phyllis Fagell, and other amazing educators for a half-day workshop full of inspiration and practical strategies on April 2 from 10am-2pm.
Register Online I Download PDF Member – $99.99, Non-Member – $199.99, Whole School Registration – $249.99 Recordings of the sessions will be available through August 2022. You can continue to catch up and revisit sessions through the beginning of next school year. Learn more here: https://www.amle.org/recharge-workshop/.
OHIO TEACHER OR THE YEAR
Nominations for the 2023 Ohio Teacher of the Year are open through April 8. Each year, the Ohio Teacher of the Year program celebrates exceptional teachers for their effective and inspiring work both inside and outside of the classroom. The program also gives honorees opportunities for professional growth, elevates their position as leaders and advocates for public education. The program offers two levels of statewide recognition. The regional State Board District Teacher of the Year honor goes to one teacher in each of the 11 State Board districts. From those 11 honorees, one is named as Ohio’s Teacher of the Year.
Nominees must hold a professional Ohio educator license, work full time with a minimum of five years of teaching experience under a professional license in a state-approved public school, community school or career center. They also must work directly with students at least 50% of the time, have received no previous Ohio Teacher of the Year recognition and plan to continue in active teaching status. Resident Educator License holders do not qualify.
Anyone may submit a nomination for one or multiple teachers. Self-nominations are not accepted. Qualified nominees will receive a certificate of recognition and an invitation to apply to Ohio’s most prestigious and long-standing teacher recognition program.
Nomination information is available on the Ohio Teacher of the Year webpage. Contact Angela Dicke with questions.
COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY CARNEGIE AUTHOR SERIES
Here is the 2022 Carnegie Author Series lineup.
- Saturday, April 9 | 2 p.m. Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray, authors of The Personal Librarian
- Sunday, Aug. 28 | 2 p.m. Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief
- Sunday, Oct. 23 | 2 p.m. Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind
All author talks are free and open to all. Registration details will be released in the weeks leading up to each program on their Special Events page.
STANDARDS INSTITUTE VIRTUAL SUMMITS
The Spring 2022 Virtual Summit has interactive sessions focused on strategic support and equitable instruction to ensure students have equitable access to grade-level instruction. Learn more.
-Spring 2022 Virtual Summit, April 20 & April 27 Register for the Spring Virtual Summit
OHIOANA 2022
The 2022 Ohioana Book Festival, the 16th annual celebration of Ohio literature, will be presented virtually over three days, April 29-May 1. Details are still being worked out, but you can check out their blog or newsletter to see the complete list of 2022 authors.
GIVEAWAYS
2022 OSU-EAST ASIAN STUDIES CENTER SIJO STUDENT COMPETITION
The East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University is excited to announce Sijo (Korean Poetry) events for teachers and students. Some CCS Students were winners in last year's Sijo Competition, so be sure to have your students enter this year!
“Ohio-Kentucky Sijo (Korean Poetry) Student Competition” Jan – May 1, 2022
- Who: Any K-12 student in Ohio & Kentucky (winners in each state)
- Where: Online submission
- When: Deadline May 1, 2022
- Sijo Introduction: Online Materials
- Website: https://easc.osu.edu/events/sijo-competition-2022
- Online submission (required): online link
- Flyer: Sijo Student Competition
“Asynchronous Sijo (Korean Poetry) Workshop 101” Jan – May 1, 2022
- Who: Any educator in any state (pre-service and in-service teachers, librarians, administrators, others)
- Where: Online
- When: Self-paced, asynchronous, finish by May 1
- Benefits: Resource material for completing workshop, worth 2 contact hours
- Website: https://easc.osu.edu/events/sijo-teacher-workshop-2022
- Registration (required): online link
- Flyer: Sijo Teacher Workshop 2022
- Who: Any educator in any state (pre-service and in-service teachers, librarians, administrators, others)
- Where: Online
- When: April 4, 2022 7:00 – 8:30pm ET
- Benefits: Resource material and 1.5 contact hours
- Website: https://easc.osu.edu/events/sijo-workshop-apr4
- Registration (required): online link
Prizes:
- Midwestern Grand Prize: $400 (Each division, KY/OH/WI)
- First Place: $250 (Each division, each state: KY & OH)
- Second Place: $150 (Each division, each state: KY & OH)
- Teachers of place winners will receive $100 of Korea-related materials.
Notes about Sijo:
Sijo (pronounced SHEE-JO) is a form of Korean poetry that was sung in three lines. The first line introduces the theme or question, the second line answers the theme or question and the last line has a twist for the end. There are a total of 44-46 syllables total, with 14-16 per line broken up in sections. Each line has a pause in the middle with smaller pauses between the other sections. Lines 1 and 2 have similar syllable count (3-4-3-4 syllables per section) and content, Line 3 has a different syllable count (3-5-4-3 per section) and content (twist). There is some variation in syllable count per line. As each line can be long, they are sometimes broken up into two. More details at Sijo Introduction.
THURBER HOUSE YOUNG WRITERS' STUDIO FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
For Winter/Spring 2022, Young Writers' Studio is hybrid (held in-person at Thurber Center and simultaneously Zoomed for virtual participants). You must register in advance, but students can participate from anywhere. After you register, if you will be participating virtually, they'll email you the Zoom access instructions. Young Writers' Studio is $15 per session. If students are unable to pay online or need financial assistance, please email Meg Brown at megbrown@thurberhouse.org.
Dates/Times
Tuesday, March 15 from 6:30–8:30 pm
Tuesday, March 29 from 6:30–8:30 pm
Tuesday, April 12 from 6:30–8:30 pm
Tuesday, April 26 from 6:30–8:30 pm
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Now in its 21st year, this contest seeks today's best humor poems. The top 12 poems will be published with $3,500 in prizes being awarded. There is no fee to enter but you can only enter one poem, 250 lines maximum. Both unpublished and previously published work accepted. The poem you submit should be in English. Inspired gibberish is also accepted (example). Read the winning poems from our 20th contest. This brief video and this short entry checklist can guide you through the entry process. The results of our 21st contest will be announced on August 15, 2022. Submit Here. Supplemental contest information (copyright, privacy, special assistance, etc. Here. Deadline is Apr 1.
Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival
The Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival is a new teen book festival focused on teens and tweens of Northwest Ohio. The festival will be hosted at Rossford Junior/Senior High on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 9 am to 3:30 pm. The festival will consist of five sessions, with five breakout options per session. Each attendee will be scheduled for one lunch breakout, so they will be attending four breakouts total. The event will end with a Book Signing session where participants can get their books signed by the authors! In the list of 2022 Participating Authors is CCS Teacher Sean Billingslea. Register and Learn More Here.
2022 StudySync Media Contest
9TH ANNUAL STUDYSYNC MEDIA CONTEST
Are you ready to show off your students’ creativity? Get ready for the 9th annual StudySync media contest! To enter, students can record and submit their own StudySyncTV video, podcast episode, preview video, concept definition video, novel poster, or a short story of their favorite book outside of the StudySync library. The grand prize for the top entry will be a $500 Amazon gift card (awarded to the submitting teacher) for classroom materials and a classroom Zoom chat with StudySync CEO Robert Romano; $100 Amazon gift card prizes are also awarded to the submitting teacher for top middle and high school entries in each category listed below! Teachers have until 5 pm on May 4th, 2022, to send in submissions on behalf of their students along with parent/guardian permission forms to mysynctv@studysync.com OR submit via Google form. Submissions are limited to five (5) entries per category per teacher. Consider having students peer review videos, podcasts, and posters to select the five (5) per category to be submitted. A parent or guardian permission slip must be included for each student participating.
CONTEST CATEGORIES AND DETAILS
- StudySyncTV Student-created StudySyncTV episodes have been voted the “most popular” of our annual contest. Students can collaborate to produce a 5-minute-or-less StudySyncTV-style or SkillsTV-style episode for any text or skill in the StudySync Library that currently does not include a video. Students should use only original images, artwork, music, and content and check the StudySync Library to ensure their choice does NOT already have a StudySyncTV video.
- Podcast Develop and record an original podcast about any text in the StudySync Library. Students can offer their perspectives on a theme or pertinent topic surrounding the text. Have your students listen to the podcasts embedded in some of our Blasts for inspiration, or even have them listen to one of their choice from Apple or Spotify! Have students take notes about what makes a good podcast to help them plan and script their own. Students should use only original images, artwork, music, and/or content.
- Preview Video Produce a video mirroring the Preview videos in StudySync's Intro tab of a text. Students can highlight details about the title’s time period and theme. Please select a novel or text in the StudySync Library that does NOT currently have a Preview video or choose a favorite novel that is not yet in the StudySync Library and develop an audio-visual representation of what is typically found on a book's jacket. Create an introduction that entices fellow students to read the selection. Students should use only original images, artwork, music, and content.
- Concept Definition Video Produce a video mirroring the Concept Definition or SkillsTV videos! While it is ok to submit a concept definition that is already in the StudySync program, please advise students to rewrite their own script and new conversation between students. Students should use only original images, artwork, music, and content. To get started, download a Concept Definition sample script!
- Novel Poster Students develop a digital poster image from an original photo, digital image, or artwork as a backdrop clearly identifying the author and title of the book, for one of their favorite titles NOT already in the StudySync Library. Students should use only original images, artwork, and content.
- Graphic Novel Let your writing shine! Create a graphic novel based on a favorite title of theirs that isn’t part of the StudySync Library. Text and imagery should be original and concise as well as 10 pages or less in length. Students words should be their own! Students should use only original images, artwork, and content.
TIPS FOR GETTING STARTED
- If you’re considering having students enter the contest, take a look at last year’s winners to get an idea of what they will need to produce.
- Assign the MyStudySyncTV Unit using the Contests filter in the Units tab within the StudySync Library. The MyStudySyncTV Unit engages students in the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking skills that are necessary to develop a multimedia project. Completion of the MyStudySyncTV Unit or assignments are NOT required to enter the contest.
- Have students watch several StudySync® TV, SkillsTV, and Preview videos in the Library to provide students with a framework for the project. Also, using the Blasts filter feature, locate podcasts in the Blasts Library by selecting Blasts with ‘audio’ to provide a model for podcast entries.
- Visit THIS STUDYSYNC MEDIA CONTEST site for more information.
Carla Mae Phillips
Southland Center, Suite 125
Previous Newsletters available on the CCS ELA 6-12 Webpage.
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