Secondary English Weekly #17
Issue Seventeen / January 7-11, 2019
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT-SOME READINGS & A WEBINAR TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE NEW YEAR
- The Secret to Student Engagement (Education Weekly)
- The Guide to Motivating Students (Corwin)
- Three Classroom Management Techniques to Build Students Up (Corwin)
- Summarization in Any Subject: 60 Innovative, Tech-Infused Strategies for Deeper Student Learning, 2nd Edition (ASCD Book)
- Summarization in Any Subject Webinar January 15th at 3pm (ASCD Members Only)
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH AND ENGLISH CURRICULUM LIAISONS-Selections Need to Be Made by This Thursday, January 10th
It is time for each middle school to confirm or select its ELA and Math Curriculum Liaisons. Each middle school and K-6/K-8 building will select one person to act as the ELA Curriculum Liaison and one person to act as the Math Curriculum Liaison for their building. The liaison for math and the liaison for ELA should not be the same person because the meetings happen simultaneously. Please check to be sure your school has made its selections.
Principals or Principal Designees should use this form to review or add the names of your school’s selected ELA and Math Curriculum Liaisons by January 10th: https://tinyurl.com/2019CurriculumLiaisons
- Each middle school and K-6/K-8 building will only select two people: one from ELA and one from Math to act as their Middle School Curriculum Liaisons.
- The two people chosen should be leaders in ELA and Math content, respectively.
- They should be chosen by the building administration or BLT and may be members of the BLT. They could also be chosen by collective decision of the ELA and Math teachers in the building.
- They will serve as liaisons between the Curriculum Department and their building administration/teachers, with the understanding that they will share information gained and professional development experienced at scheduled liaison meetings. This is similar to the former Teacher Leader positions.
- Liaisons will receive up to a $600 Stipend based on meeting attendance and sharing back at their buildings.
- Meeting Dates: January 15, February 12, March 12, April 9, and May 7
- Time: 4-6pm
STUDENT SHOUT OUTS!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO BIANCA MOORE, A SOPHOMORE AT EASTMOOR ACADEMY, WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO SPEAK AT THE 2019 MLK BREAKFAST AT THE COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER ON JANUARY 21, 2019!
UPCOMING AUTHOR VISITS
Westerville Public Library is bringing Jason Reynolds to their Meet the Author Series at Westerville Central High School Auditorium (7118 Mount Royal Avenue, Westerville, OH 43082) on February 21, 2019 at 7pm. Doors open at 6pm. Book signing at 8pm. Tickets cost $10 for general seating and $5 per student (discount code: student126). Rows will be released from front to back for the book signing. Jason Reynolds is a graduate of the University of Maryland who now lives in Brooklyn. He is the mastermind behind these bestselling and award-winning titles: A Long Way Down, When I Was the Greatest, All American Boys, Ghost, Miles Morales: Spider-Man and more. He is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a two time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. Reserve Tickets HERE. Do it now, they are going fast!!
Cover to Cover Bookstore is bringing New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander to Upper Arlington Public Library on Monday, April 8, 2019 from 6:30-8:30pm! Kwame is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 28 books, including Swing, Solo, and Rebound, the follow-up to his, Newberry medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. Some of his other works include Booked, a National Book Award Nominee, The Playbook: 52 Rules to Help You Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game of Life, and the picture books, Out of Wonder, Surf's Up, and The Undefeated. Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Prize, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award, and the 2018 NEA Read Across America Ambassador. He believes that poetry can change the world, and he uses it to inspire and empower young people around the world through THE WRITE THING, his K-12 Writing Workshop.
Online registration is required for this event and will begin in late March on the UAPL Website or the Upper Arlington Facebook Event Page. This event will be held in the main library's atrium, which accommodates approximately 200 guests.
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. To learn more, go to http://www2.ncte.org/get-involved/african-american-read-in/.
NCTE 2019 Call for Proposals is Now Open!!
Next fall, the NCTE Conference will be held in Baltimore, MD from November 21-24th.The theme is Spirited Inquiry and they want YOU to present. NCTE invites you to inquire together, dare to wonder, and to be bold and creative in your curiosity. They want educators to reawaken their own spirit of inquiry as teachers, leaders, writers, readers, and thinkers.
Submitting Proposals
- Use this online form to submit your proposal.
- The NCTE online proposal system will close at 1:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, January 16, 2019.
- For more information about proposal specifics, please click here.
- Find answers to frequently asked questions related to proposals here.
1. CAPA INVITES STUDENTS AND ADULTS TO PARTICIPATE IN FIRST-EVER POETRY SLAM COMPETITION FOR HAMILTON TICKETS
The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA), in partnership with The Columbus Foundation, is hosting a Poetry Slam competition for both experienced and amateur poets. The Poetry Slam will be held at 7 pm on Wednesday, January 23, at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center Auditorium (546 Jack Gibbs Blvd.). Those interested in competing must attend one of four free spoken word workshops, and then write and present an original poem inspired by themes from the Broadway musical HAMILTON at the Poetry Slam. The top two poets-one in the youth category (18 and under) and one in the adult category (19 and older)-will each be awarded two tickets to the Columbus engagement of HAMILTON on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 7:30 pm, at the Ohio Theatre. Tickets are non-transferable and must be picked up at Will Call with a photo ID on the day of the performance starting at 5:30 pm. THIS IS A FABULOUS WAY TO ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS TO BUILD YOUR TEAMS FOR THE SPRING CCS POETRY SLAM!!
Some Specifics
-Workshop participants will experiment with poetic techniques, draft theme-inspired spoken word poems drawn from personal experiences, and share works-in-progress for constructive critique. No previous poetry or spoken word experience is necessary, but registration is required for the workshops.
Workshop dates, times, and locations:
Saturday, January 5, 10 am - 12 pm, Ohio Theatre (55 E. State St.)
Wednesday, January 9, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Parsons Library (1113 Parsons Ave.)
Saturday, January 12, 10 am - 12 pm, Transit Arts (1251 Bryden Rd.)
Wednesday, January 16, 7 pm - 9 pm, Lincoln Theatre (769 E. Long St.)
-After attending a workshop, those who wish to compete in the Poetry Slam must register at https://www.capa.com/home/hamilton-spoken-word/. At the slam, workshop participants will perform their completed poems for community attendees and a panel of judges. Poems must be written and presented by the workshop participant only and include Hamilton-inspired themes such as overcoming obstacles, being an agent of positive change, and/or creating a legacy.
2. START 2019 OFF "WRITE" WITH A THURBER HOUSE WRITING PROGRAM
Thurber House/Thurber Center (91 Jefferson Ave.) is offering the following writing opportunities. Encourage your students to register and attend.
WRITING WIZARDS FOR GRADES 6-8 ON SATURDAYS FROM FEBRUARY 9-MARCH 9 ($125*)
Register by January 25th at http://www.thurberhouse.org/writing-wizards/.
-Nonfiction with Flair (10am-12pm)
Want to be the next Lin-Manuel Miranda? Do you love history or geeking out over research? We will delve into what it takes to write awesome literary nonfiction, from picking a topic, to how to put the research into an interesting story (or maybe a hit Broadway play). You don't have to be obsessed with Hamilton to enjoy this class.
-Generation Next (1pm-3pm)
Every generation insists that the younger generation is "different." In this class, we'll have fun with the premise that Gen Z really is different. Using genres like science fiction, fantasy, and alternative history, we'll figure out what powers, talents, and philosophies set you apart...and tell the story of how you'll take over the world!
*Scholarships are available but must be applied for on the registration site by January 18th.
YOUNG WRITERS' STUDIO FOR GRADES 9-12 ON WEDNESDAYS 1/8, 22; 2/5, 19; 3/5, 19; 4/2, 16, 30 FROM 6:30-8:30PM ($15 PER SESSION*)
Register at http://www.thurberhouse.org/young-writers-studio/.
Encourage your students to join other high school students from across the city for a brand new year of writing! If your students love crafting characters, settings, and conflict--not to mention throwing in a few well-placed plot twists—have them check out Young Writers' Studio starting on January 8th! They meet every other week for two hours with author and English professor, Robert Loss. They'll kick off the first hour with quality writing prompts and activities. Then, after a break for provided snacks (of course!), they'll wrap up the last hour with the chance to workshop pieces that you or others bring in. It's a safe, low-key, fun opportunity to enjoy writing and meet others!
*Scholarships are available by contacting Meg Brown at megbrown@thurberhouse.org.
3. TIME TO REGISTER YOUR HIGH SCHOOL FOR POETRY OUT LOUD
The registration for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest is OPEN NOW. Go to
oac.ohio.gov/poetryoutloud for more information and to register.
A student workshop will be held on Tuesday, January 29th from 4:30-6:30pm at Wild Goose Creative to help teachers organize Poetry Out Loud in their schools.
Poetry Out Loud encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life. Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramid structure that starts at the classroom level. Winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to a regional and/or state competition, and ultimately to the National Finals. Each winner at the state level receives $200 and an all-expenses-paid trip with an adult chaperone to Washington, DC, to compete for the national championship. The state winner's school receives $500 for the purchase of poetry books. The first runner-up in each state receives $100, with $200 for his or her school. A total of $50,000 in awards and school stipends is awarded annually at the National Finals.To remind yourself of the scope of the contest, get information on the national program at poetryoutloud.org.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE UPDATED EXTENDED LEARNING STANDARDS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ELA 6-12 WEBPAGE?
The purpose of the extensions is to build a bridge that provides grade level access for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities to the content of the OLS. The ODE developed the OLS-E specifically for students who qualify for and take the Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (AASCD). These extensions do not replace the OLS for English language arts, they are aligned to them. Teachers may use the standards and extensions as a skill or knowledge progression when designing instruction and assessments. Using a standards progression provides flexible access from varied entry points and allows learners with the most significant cognitive disabilities to grow knowledge and skill across a modified curriculum that is linked to the grade-level standards. Educators can then use the link to grade-level targets or outcomes as comparison data in present levels of performance on an IEP. Because instruction and assessment should always consider the full range of extended standards and the links to the grade-level targets and outcomes, the OLS-E development committee designed this document so that the reader can reference the OLS and the extensions on the same page to easily see the progression
Did You Know That You Have Access to Scaffolds to Support English Language Learners in Writing and Discussion on the ELA 6-12 Webpage?
You can find the document on the ELA 6-12 Webpage by clicking on the ELA Strand Resources Quick Link. The resources is in both the Writing Strand and Speaking & Listening Strand lists. It contains ideas for sentence starters for varied purposes and signal word work.
STANDARDIZED TEST PREP LESSONS FOR AIR SUCCESS USING THE READ METHOD
THIS WEEK'S LESSON: January 10, 2019 (INTRODUCTIONS)
GUIDING PAGE FOR JANUARY: INTRODUCTIONS & CONCLUSIONS
-If you have missed any of the lessons released thus far from September and October, 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)
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
APPLY TO BE PART OF AN ODE TEACHER COMMITTEE FOR OHIO’S STATE TESTS
All Call: Stakeholder Nominations for Assessment Committees
-The Ohio Department of Education is currently accepting applications for participants to serve on stakeholder committees for Ohio’s State Tests. Ohio’s educators and content specialists play a vital role in the creation of valid and reliable assessments and fill this role by serving on our Content Advisory, Rubric Validation, and Fairness and Sensitivity Committees.
-Every test has a Content Advisory Committee. The purpose of this committee is to review and evaluate test questions and related test materials to ensure each question is a valid and appropriate measure of Ohio’s Learning Standards for that particular subject area and grade level. Every test also has a Rubric Validation Committee. The purpose of this committee is to review student responses from machine-scored items administered during the online embedded field test. The review is conducted to ensure the machine is scoring the items accurately. The committee can make changes to the scoring rubric of an item for clarity, accuracy and reliability. All test items are reviewed by a Fairness and Sensitivity Committee. The primary purpose of this committee is to review and evaluate test questions and related test materials to ensure test questions are fair and unbiased for all groups of Ohio students. This committee ensures test questions do not disadvantage groups of students because of their race, ethnicity, gender or disability.
-More information about these committees and test development information can be found on the Department’s Assessment Committees webpage. If you are interested in participating on one of the assessment stakeholder committees, you may complete the Stakeholder Committee Nomination Form. Applicants are asked to describe their experience in education, including expertise with Ohio’s Learning Standards in English Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Please be sure to to identify grade level and content area assignment preferences. Applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 18. Applicants selected to participate will be notified by the Department once there is an opening for their preferred grade level/content assessment committee. Please be sure to include an active email address for notifications.
-Please note, the Department continually updates committees when there are vacancies. Submitting a nomination form is not a guarantee that a stakeholder meets the demographic, geographic, or content need of committees with vacancies. Nomination forms will be kept on file for the eventuality of a committee vacancy. We hope you will consider applying to be part of this valuable stage of the test development process. If you have questions or need additional information, please send an email to statetests@education.ohio.gov.
TEACHER CONTESTS AND PD OPPORTUNITIES
OCTELA CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION is open for OCTELA 2019 which will be held at the Worthington Doubletree Hotel on March 1-2, 2019. Keynote speakers will include Dr. Alfred W. Tatum, Marc Tyler Nobleman, blogger Love, Teach, and Dave Stuart, Jr. The theme this year is Lighting the Fire: Inspiring Creativity in Teaching and Learning.
ASCD EMPOWER19 CONFERENCE-MARCH 16-18, 2019
Join ASCD in CHICAGO to explore new perspectives in education. Educators from around the world will embark on this transformational journey at ASCD Empower19: the Conference for Every Educator. Get the pieces you need and SYNTHESIZE the learning in your classrooms, districts, and communities. Come equipped to learn, share knowledge, and gain tools to lead students into the future. General Session speakers/presentations are Remarks by Ashton Kutcher, Teaching Through Adversity: Facing Challenges and Making a Difference/Ron Clark, and Presidential Leadership Lessons: A Conversation with Doris Kearns Goodwin. Register by February 1 and save $100 off the regular rate.
BULKBOOKSTORE $500 MONTHLY GIVEAWAY
BulkBookstore's Educators Monthly Giveaway of $500 in free books shows appreciation for teachers, librarians, and schools around the country. Click HERE to enter.
RETURN BORROWED NOVELS TO THE CURRICULUM OFFICE WHEN YOU FINISH WITH THEM
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: 36 at Whetstone; 18 at Westmoor; 45 at Dominion (A. Stemen)
The Angel Experiment: 30 copies checked out at Livingston E. (T. Shulze)
Animal Farm: 24 checked out at CNIS (A. Weiss)
The Big Lie: 12 checked out at Hamilton STEM (L. Morehead)
The Diary of Latoya Hunter: 3 checked out at (L. Morehead)
Empty: 30 at Hubbard Mastery (J. Harvey)
The Glass Castle: 60 at West HS (Michelle Prenger), 4 copies at Indepence (T. Gale)
The Glory Field: 34 copies at CGA (B. Shaffer)
The Great Gatsby: 24 at Independence, 30@ Briggs (Scoglietti)
The Hate U Give: 40 at Independence (Lauren Flynn); 19 at Ft. Hayes (C. Johnson)
Holes: 6 at Sherwood (J. Want)
The House on Mango Street: 39 at South (A. Cauthorn)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: 15 at Marion Franklin (S. Carter)
Let the Circle Be Unbroken: 8 at Hamilton STEM (L. Morehead)
A Long Walk to Water: (44 at Independence; 30-Champion; 15 at Scioto (A. Wyatt); 50 at Sherwood (Barber), 23-CCPSB (Austin)
Native Son: 40 at Independence (G. Pullins)
Night: 47 copies at Eastmoor Academy (B. Alexander)
Nightjohn: 12 at Hamilton STEM (L. Morehead)
The Outsiders: 12 at Buckeye (S. Austin)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: 4 at Hamilton STEM (L. Morehead)
Taking Sides: 10 at Sherwood (D. Enoch)
To Kill a Mockingbird: 8 checked out at Briggs (Scoglietti)
Tuck Everlasting: 7 at Hamilton STEM (L. Morehead)
Walk Two Moons: 6 at Hamilton STEM (L. Morehead)
The Whipping Boy: 6 at Hamilton STEM (L. Morehead)
A Wrinkle in Time: 35 at Woodward Park (J. Garriott)
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