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Welcome to the Educator Enhancement Academy

Welcome to the Educator Enhancement Academy. English Language Arts and Literacy Grades 6-8. We are glad you are here!. Introductions. Name Position Experience with the Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives for English Language Arts & Literacy. Sir Ken Robinson Table Talk.

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Welcome to the Educator Enhancement Academy

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  1. Welcome to the Educator Enhancement Academy English Language Arts and Literacy Grades 6-8 We are glad you are here!

  2. Introductions • Name • Position • Experience with the Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives for English Language Arts & Literacy

  3. Sir Ken Robinson Table Talk

  4. World Cafe • Why do we have content standards? • What do content standards represent? • How should content standards be used?

  5. CCSS New Foundation A New Foundation

  6. Teach 21 http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/

  7. Overview of Next Generation Content Standards • Introductory Paragraph • Performance Descriptors • Numbering System • Mouse-over feature • Cluster Alignment • Objective Across Grade Level • Key Word Search • Search Across Clusters

  8. Important Fact! ELA NxG CSOs = Common Core • Used a different numbering system ELA.6.R.C1.1 • Combined the Reading Strands RL, RI, RF • Created Separate Grades from Grade Bands 9-10 and 11-12 • Added Performance Descriptors

  9. CUT-IT-OUT ActivityTaking a Look at Vertical Alignment Vertically align each standard across grades 5-9.

  10. Why Common Core " I Choose C"

  11. GIST Choose either the Sir Ken Robinson video or the I Choose C video to summarize using the GIST worksheet.

  12. LUNCH

  13. Reading Standards Publishers’ Criteria Book –A-Day Activity

  14. Recommended Percentages for Reading throughout the Day

  15. Recommended Percentages for Reading during English Language Arts Class

  16. Text Complexity

  17. What is a Quantitative Measure?

  18. What is a qualitative measure?

  19. 4Cs Connections – What connections do you make with the standards?Challenges – What challenges did you see with the standards? Concepts – What key concepts are important? Changes – What changes in thinking must occur?

  20. Text-Dependent Questions

  21. What makes Casey’s experiences at bat humorous? What can you infer from King’sletter about the letter that he received? “The Gettysburg Address” mentions the year 1776. According to Lincoln’s speech, why is this year significant to the events described in the speech? Non-Examples and Examples Not Text-Dependent Text-Dependent In “Casey at the Bat,” Casey strikes out. Describe a time when you failed at something. In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Dr. King discusses nonviolent protest. Discuss, in writing, a time when you wanted to fight against something that you felt was unfair. In “The Gettysburg Address” Lincoln says the nation is dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Why is equality an important value to promote?

  22. Example? James Watson used time away from his laboratory and a set of models similar to preschool toys to help him solve the puzzle of DNA. In an essay discuss how play and relaxation help promote clear thinking and problem solving.

  23. Article of the Week Activity Kelly Gallagher

  24. EBSCO/ Info Depot Informational Text Resource Wvinfodepot.org Sustained Silent Reading

  25. Exit Slip On a post-it note, complete the sentences below. Place it in the designated area before going to your designated county area. I used to think_______. Now I think_____________.

  26. County Meeting Time Use this time to collaborate with your county colleagues. See you tomorrow!

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