Extended Response - Ms. McGraw's English Wiki I've heard this question many, many times! So, when I came across this excellent explanation in the newly released 2010 Senior English Syllabus in Queensland , I thought it was worth reproducing here: Purpose These techniques are used to assess the sustained application of higher order cognition of students to known and provided texts in the creation and evaluation of their own extended written and spoken/signed texts. Brief description In English, extended responses cover a number of text types and may be presented in a variety of modes.
Our Reader's Notebooks Today we had a 6th grade Language Arts teacher planning day. I was really excited about it, but I am bummed at the lack of things we actually got planned today altogether. I wish I could have just had a whole day to plan alone because I know I could have at least gotten a 6 weeks taken care of. I was actually excited to dive into the C-SCOPE materials because I have really struggled with not having a real scope and sequence to use this year. Well, I know what I am going to be doing over the Christmas break! I know that I have blogged about our reader's notebooks a few other times, but I just love them. Sorry for the bad quality, they are from the phone.
Microsoft Word - Karen Yager ICT to inspire writing and creativity.doc, page #9 Page text: Characterisation ? Build your wild self (primary): - create a half-human half animal character and download them so that they can become the main character in a narrative or blog story. ? Voki: - create an avatar for a blog story or students can play with the crafting of a character. Document info: Source url: ➤ YAGER-49_ICT_to_inspire_writing_and_creativity.pdf Author: KathyTitle: Microsoft Word - Karen Yager ICT to inspire writing and creativity.docFile size: 726250 bytesCreation date: 06/27/2010Page size: 595.22 x 842 pts (A4)Total pages: 15 Current page: 9
62 Ideas, Lessons and Humor for English Teachers #engchat I start back to school today for my eleventh year of teaching next door to my own high school English teacher. Mrs. Caldwell taught me to write and love literature. She's a fantastic teacher who is always innovating. Just yesterday, she showed me something new she'd created for her class. She never settles and has won STAR teacher over 20 times. There is no wonder I admire and want to be more like her. An indexed list of Common Core English Language Arts standards and lessons aligned with those standards. All-in-One Teacher Binder {printable} I just love binders! I like how everything can be sorted into neat little, hidden files, then stowed away oh so nicely on the shelf. However, I think I might like binders (as in the plural form) a bit too much. See photo evidence here. Thanks to the fabulous Leslie, from Kindergarten Works, I have decided to consolidate my system. Leslie just posted an incredible entry on her blog about how she keeps everything important together in one binder, in her post on Binder Basics. Anyhow, I have kept my lesson plans and district standards together in the past, but usually kept other items in different binders and folders. I started by making my own laminated tabs, so they could be a bit bigger and color-coordinated the way I want. I made four larger tabs for the basic categories: Planning, Assessing, Grading, and Info. Planning Yearlong Calendar (Leslie shares a fantastic one on her blog!) Lesson Plans (an old template from last year) Standards and GLE's Assessing District Assessments to be given
Multimedia Essays « Transmedial Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s works have been around since the 16th century. It continues to flourish even up to now. Among other great writers, his works are most well-known and most adored by people. His works have never been forgotten and survived through the test of time. Star Trek writers have accomplished spreading Shakespeare to the world through the use of their works. Spock’s comment refers to some parts of Macbeth, especially the lines of the witches as being badly written and not very Shakespearean. Khamlet (Hamlet) III.i.55ff. Khamlet: taH pagh taHbe’. Here are some Star Trek episodes that refer to Shakespeare’s works: STAR TREK (The Original Series 1966-1969) “Dagger of the Mind” The title is a reference to Macbeth. “The Conscience of the King” The title is a reference to Hamlet. “All Our Yesterdays” The title refers to Macbeth. “By Any Other Name” The title is a loose adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. “Remember Me” The title is taken from Hamlet (I.v.112).
Updated Facebook Template For the last couple of years, we've been using a PowerPoint Facebook page as a final product for a research unit. When we used the template last year, my students were quick to point out that the template was "old school" - Facebook has made major tweaks to the layout and design of its site, which weren't reflected in this version. This year, I finally got around to updating the template to reflect Facebook's current look. Heads up - I did customize parts of the template to meet our research project needs, like adding a "Resources"/"Favorite Sources" section to the Info page, and including captions underneath photos in an album. [UPDATE: Here's a link to download the rubric we used to grade the project. [UPDATE 5/1/12: Here are more versions of the page, plus the "extras" we use to support the projects: World Religions Project Global Studies VIPs Project]
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