2018-2019 English Department MeetingsPrepared by Jenny Wnuk

Summer 2018

September 4thOpening Meeting

Curriculum Roll Out

This year is going to challenge us . . .

I make mistakes too . . .Membeam

Added a mystery hour to the summer PD

6-12 Tasks for Jenny to Complete Over the Summer:● Order books● Order shelves● Reorg Book Rooms● Prepare Data Folders ● Letter to Parents about new curriculum ● Add scoring information to rubrics● Find anchor texts for PCRs and Writing pieces● Generate a PD plan● Offer summer workshops-Aug 30th● Generate Draft Summative Assessments

Remember last year?

Let’s warm up our brains and revisit the curriculum roll out info. . .

JT English Department Mission and Vision

How we teach . . .

Instructional Practices

Why we teach . . .

-Literature helps individuals define who they are.

-Literacy is power.

The Jefferson Township English Language Arts

Curriculum

What we teach . . .

-NJSLS Standards (skills)

- Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings

-Novel Titles (content)

JT English Department Mission and VisionDRAFT:

Mission: The mission of the Jefferson Township School District English Language Arts Department is to foster the development of literate individuals who critically read and purposefully write for a variety of inter- & intra- personal purposes, so as to fulfill their need to connect with texts and the world.

Vision: When students engage in meaningful literacy instruction, by being exposed to diverse texts and a variety of literary perspectives, they become self-motivated in their learning. The Jefferson Township English Department encourages students to examine the how and why of human passions, hopes, dreams, achievements, anxieties, downfalls, transgressions, and failures of the past, present, and future through literature.

Why we teach . . .Don’t ever forget . . .

If we believe that we are who we are . . . that our individual voices are a product of all of our experiences including everything we have read, then knowing and harnessing what we are curious about is important. Being a critical, thoughtful, and reflective reader and writer is crucial to this human process.

What we teach . . .Skills, Strategies, Content - Texts

But more importantly literature helps us teach things like compassion, empathy, social justice, and metacognition.

How do students learn?

How do we support learners?

Zone of Proximal Development

How We Teach-Our Instructional Practices1. Book Love2. Text Dependent Questions3. Close Reading

a. Close Reading Fictionb. Close Reading Nonfiction

4. Academic Conversation5. Socratic Circles6. PACER7. The Writing Traits8. Writing With Mentors9. Crafting Arguments

10. Rhetorical Analysis11. Conferences12. Tableau

Review Unit Components

Part 1 Core Novel/Text

Part 2 Socratic Circles (Book Clubs)

Part 3 Writing

Refer to handout from May 22nd.

Review Unit Scope and Sequence

Handout.

Which texts go where?

Handout.

Instruction Non-Negotiables The emphasis of this curriculum is releasing the responsibility to the students, so they learn to do this work on their own.

So . . .

We only read aloud to our students for 10-15 minutes at a time, if at all.

We only watch clips of movies.

Instruction Non-Negotiables Claim Evidence Warrant-All year long!!

Stop Calling on Students one at a time

Data and Goal Setting

Feedback

Exemplar pieces for writing

Video Link

Writing with Mentors

80/20

Lesson Plan ExpectationsLesson Planner Folder in the English Curriculum Google Folder

I did not write your lesson plans . . .

Day 8 (53 min)

NJSLS: RL.9-10.6. Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.Objectives SWBAT:

● Recognize and understand a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a text from outside the United States.

● Read multiple texts from world literature to analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a text.Instructional Practice: Close Reading Notice and Note Fiction & Crafting Arguments & Academic Talk

Activity 1: (10 min) MembeanActivity 2: (15 min) Mini Lesson Focus-Point of View Activity 3: (18 min) Students read and annotate core novel. Teacher meets with students in small groups or one on one. Activity 4: (10 min) Students work in small groups academic talk. Teacher meets with groups to assess S&L standards.

Assessment Non-NegotiablesStudents who earn A’s demonstrate mastery of the standards.

Not everyone will earn an A.

Grades should report student achievement.

Assessments must be aligned to the standards.

Link it! (metacognition) Non-NegotiableUse Link it! Data to guide your interactions with your students

Students should be involved in setting their own goals.

Differentiate by meeting with students in small groups or one on one.

This will promote growth for all students, as well as help students work to their potential.

(I will expand upon this on slide 50.)

Survey your students! (metacognition) Non-Negotiable

Why are you in this English class?

What do you see as the big purpose for English coursework?

Do you like to read?

Are you a good reader?

What reading strategies do you use?

Do you like to write?

Are you a good writer?

What writing strategies do you use?

What are you curious about?

How will you be supported?

English Department PD Plan for 2018-2019

Link:

English Department PD Plan

Handout.

To Do . . .By September 14th:✓ Survey your students.

✓ Print out individual student reports from Link It! for student reflection and goal setting:

○ 2017- 2018 Form C Link It! Test

○ 2018 PARCC-ELA

○ SAT

✓ Lead a class discussion on the purpose of English coursework in the public school system.

✓ Lead a class discussion on the department vision and mission.

✓ Show video clip on curiosity-lead discussion on how they learn. https://youtu.be/W1K2jdjLhbo

✓ Share this prompt and lead a discussion on curiosity: If we believe that we are who we are . . . that our

individual voices are a product of all of our experiences including everything we have read, then knowing and

harnessing what we are curious about is important. Being a critical, thoughtful, and reflective reader and writer is

crucial to this human process.

ADD THE CURRICULUM FOLDER TO YOUR DRIVE!!!!!

English Curriculum 6th-12th

Online Subscriptions

You have access to . . .

News ELA

Membean

No Red Ink

Listenwise

Record your questions here!

Reference support here!

Who piloted?

MembeanSharon ClaytonAmy StettlerNo Red InkChristina LaMonicaSonja GutwerkNewsELASharon ThomasPatricia VandigriffListenwiseKelly TarsitanoChristina Russo

Assessment

JTHS Quarterlies vs. Final Exams

Marking Period 1: 20%

Quarterly 1: 5%Marking Period 2: 20%

Quarterly 2: 5%Marking Period 3: 20%

--Marking Period 4: 20%

Final Exam: 10%

Formative/SummativeUNIT 1

Part 1Formative Assessments Part 1-2 Annotations2 membeans1 Speaking and ListeningSummative Assessments Part 1-Day 11 Summative

Part 2Formative Assessments Part 2-2 Annotations1 Membean1 No Red Ink1 Speaking and ListeningSummative Assessments Part 2-Day 11 Summative1 Socratic Seminar

Part 3Formative Assessments Part 3-Writing Process2 No Red Inks

Summative Assessments Part 3-Published Piece1 Book Talk/Conference

UNIT 2Part 1Formative Assessments Part 1-2 Annotations1 membean1 No Red Ink1 Speaking and ListeningSummative Assessments Part 1-Day 11 Summative1 PCR

Part 2Formative Assessments Part 2-2 Annotations1 membean1 No Red Ink1 Speaking and ListeningSummative Assessments Part 2-Day 11 Summative1 Socratic Seminar

Part 3Formative Assessments Part 2-Writing Process2 No Red Inks

Summative Assessments Part 2-Published Piece1 Independent Book Reflection

Summative Assessment Examples

Summative Assessment Folder in the English Curriculum Google Folder

These are examples. Work together and use your teacher expertise to create the summative assessments for each unit. These are a good start.

CP v. Honors-You have to revise accordingly.

* Additionally you can build your assessments in Link It!

Page 12- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lkgn_WwYKSvCSybew483IK0Ul92DRvTt/view

LInk It! Grammar Assessmentt: https://docs.google.com/document/d/171stY0UGSFCfOeINPDaxgDlP9kDfTekdDeQg4EduBYc/preview

Finalized Assessments

Share your finalized assessments in the English Curriculum Google Folder.

Summative Assessments

Rubrics & Anchor Texts

Rubrics and Anchor Texts in the English Curriculum Google Folder

(Handout)

Link It!

Link It! Timeline

Form A September 6th-October 1st

Form B January 2nd-February 1st

Form C May 15th-June 14th

Link It!

You have to use the second step verification, when assigning assessments in Link It!

Link It!● The default is: students do not have to answer all

questions to submit. ● Any teacher can change the settings when assigning

the test. ● See screenshot.

Data Folders

Data Folders

I will guide you through a data analysis at the September 12th English Department Meeting. We will also discuss the information in these folders at your Prelim Meeting.

Here is your folder to preview. DO NOT LOSE IT!!!!

The Book Room

We have to work together . . .

● Checking books in and out● EOY Inventory

Communicating with Parents

At Back to School Night

We are very excited to implement the new ELA curriculum that

● balances fiction and nonfiction.● balances traditional and contemporary texts.● emphasizes writing instruction, especially the writing process.● includes student choice.

JTPS English Department Mission and VisionDRAFT:

Mission: The mission of the Jefferson Township School District English Language Arts Department is to foster the development of literate individuals who critically read and purposefully write for a variety of inter- & intra- personal purposes, so as to fulfill their need to connect with texts and the world.

Vision: When students engage in meaningful literacy instruction, by being exposed to diverse texts and a variety of literary perspectives, they become self-motivated in their learning. The Jefferson Township English Department encourages students to examine the how and why of human passions, hopes, dreams, achievements, anxieties, downfalls, transgressions, and failures of the past, present, and future through literature.

How will we accomplish this?4 Units,

Part 1-Core Text

Part 2-Socratic Circles/Book Clubs

Part 3-Writing

Get Involved!Parents,

Please take some time to review the English curriculum on the District website. The curriculum has been developed to include a variety of genres and themes. For every unit, your child will be choosing a title and engaging in a socratic circle/book club. This choice and ownership will be very exciting and truly cultivate their love for reading. We want you to be a part of celebrating this reading, so you are invited to preview the books as your child makes their selections; this will give you the opportunity to stay involved and discuss the subject matter and content with your child as they read. Please keep in mind, some of text choices for the socratic circles/book clubs may contain more sensitive content than others.

Other Notes

SGOs and Link It!

SGOs-October 8th (You will have 3 hours to prepare.)

They are due to me by October 22nd.

Here is the link for the directions:

SGO Directions

PDPs

PDPs-October 8th (You will be given time to prepare.)

I will provide draft Goals 1 & 2 for you.

They are due to me by October 22nd.

GCN

Due December 1st!

Curriculum Writers

Please update titles ASAP:

1. Unit Cover Page2. What was ordered3. Text Titles Scope and Sequence

These MUST match!!

I will send an e-mail to remind you.

Online Resources for Teaching ResearchFrom Kelly Villa: Please do not have the students solely use Google for research. Please reach out to Wendy Towers and Carolyn Casey for support.

Check these out!○ https://sites.google.com/site/kikerlearning/google-dashboard-Google links for everything

education○ https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/college-and-continuing-education/en/research-a

nd-writing/overview.html-(how to research)○ https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/training/course/verification-(valid websites) true and

real data○ https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/-(article to go with it)○ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DIVK9Jxyq3P_t7kG2mxi9TBbXYd8HqJLmxCQ_UZ1q3

U/edit -extension list)