Greenwood HS
Resources & Expository Focus, 1/13/15
What To Expect Today:
- Debrief Class Period
- Review Available Resources
- Create an Expository Game Plan
Face to Face Training: Round 2 Recap
- Figure 19 Focus: Summary Strategies
- Technology Extension Activities
- go.esc18.net/f2felarhs2
Sample Student Lesson
- Figure 19 Focus: Summary Strategies
- Generic and adaptable for any topic
- Ability to scaffold up or down based on grade level
- tinyurl.com/kilemodel2
Paper Tweets & #Summaries
Paper or Exit Tweet: concise, 140 characters
Use the pdf template: tinyurl.com/papertweets
#Hashtag: summary, commentary, insight, or inference
Handy Reference Documents For Reference:
For Writing:
- TEA's 26 line Composition Box pdf (click here)
- STAAR Test Design Flow Charts: 7th, 9th, 10th
- TEA: All Things Writing http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/staar/writing/
Rubrics, Rubrics, Rubrics
- Rubrics: Expository for English I here
- Jigsaw break down activity (see Face to Face presentation)
- Creating ownership: student friendly language
- Self assessment
- Moving forward --> always moving to the right
- TEA's Student Samples click here
Additional Resources
Additional Ideas for Prompts:
- 501 Writing Prompts: http://goo.gl/azuMdF
- 365 Things to Make You Go Hmm, Sparky Teaching: http://goo.gl/1jPJD7
Additional Expository Texts:
- Common Lit: http://www.commonlit.org/
- Newsela: https://newsela.com/
Other Random Resources:
- 60 Second Recap: http://www.60secondrecap.com/
- Classroom Timers: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers
CRAFTS: Foldable & (Pre)Writing Idea
How to Use “CRAFTS” with STAAR:
Summarizing the PROMPT
Scaffolding for prompt breakdown
Modeling Think Aloud process for writing
Prewriting venue for essays
C: Context (What is the context for the piece you are creating?)
R: Role (Who or what are you?)
A: Audience (Who are you addressing? Who is this writing for?)
F: Format (What form will the writing take: essay, editorial, response, journal, etc.?)
T: Topic (What is the purpose and topic of the piece? Why?)
S: Strong Verb (What verb defines the purpose of the assignments?)
CRAFTS Implementation: Use to teach Point of View, Character Analysis, Intended Audience, STAAR Prompts (both Expository, Persuasive)
Use sample ideas chart from Michigan Department of Education
Use the RAFT handout template here
TEKS Resource System
To note:
YAG (Year at a Glance)
IFD (Instructional Focus Document)
VAD (Vertical Alignment Document)
- Performance Assessments
For Planning:
Lesson Planning Reflective Questions
How do we plan to?
communicate your expectations to students?
obtain evidence that students have demonstrated mastery/ understanding?
make the lessons relevant to the students?
include meaningful activities?
use visuals?
model the thinking required to accomplish the assignment?
the sequence or order your lesson should have for the most impact?
instructional groupings during this lesson?
provide differentiated instructional methods within your lesson?
the pacing of the lesson that provides opportunities for students to learn that progress at different rates?
ensure that instructional time is used efficiently and effectively throughout a lesson so that students remain engaged?
maintain focus on the learning objective throughout the lesson?
materials to use during the lesson?
activities to use during the lesson?
higher order questions during a lesson?
opportunities for all students to respond to questions?
Tech Tool: Review with Kahoot!
Engage your students with an interactive and competitive review!
- Use Kahoot! to review and interact with your students and gamify your classroom
- Ideas: review concepts, vocabulary, grammar, elements of a STAAR rubric, classroom rules
- Enrich: have students create their own Kahoots! to play as a class
- Let's play! Go to kahoot.it
- Ready to create your own? getkahoot.com
Plan to Attend our Next Round of Face to Face English Content Training!
Note: we present by grade level; choose the one you want!
Laura Kile
Email: lkile@esc18.net
Website: http://www.esc18.net/site/default.aspx?PageID=1
Location: Region 18 Education Service Center, La Force Boulevard, Midland, TX, United States
Phone: 432.561.4319
Twitter: @mslkile
Face to Face Training: escU catch up
Getting started in escU is as easy as 1, 2, 3...
1. Create an escU Account
Instructions: http://go.esc18.net/esculogin
escU Link: escu.edlink18.net
Account Setup Helpdesk: (432) 561-4321 (should you have account setup issues)
2. Enroll in the escU course for your content area only
English Language Arts: AG47DJ
Mathematics: PXPTLN
Science: 74K6K7
Social Studies: CRN9RD
Use the course code to register here: http://www.edlink18.net/escu/enroll/
3. Complete the course requirements
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