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Killing Two Birds with One Stone:  An Innovative Approach to Teaching English and Government

Explore the unique combination of teaching English and government through engaging activities, discussions, and real-life connections. This innovative approach enhances learning and understanding in both subjects.

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Killing Two Birds with One Stone:  An Innovative Approach to Teaching English and Government

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  1. Killing Two Birds with One Stone:  An Innovative Approach to Teaching English and Government Tracey Ingle and Meredith Perry July 2018

  2. High Hopes Listen to the song, High Hopes, by Panic at the Disco.  As you listen, reflect on how you think this song could relate to your life.  Write a few sentences describing this connection.  

  3. Activity Combine your thoughts and create a thesis statement for a marketing pitch that will persuade Panic at the Disco to feature you in their next music video. Write it out and then share it using FlipGrid. flipgrid.com/persuadepanic

  4. Content Featured • English • Current Events • Nonfiction articles • Resumes • Beowulf and Macbeth • Poetry • Government • Foundational Documents • Branches of Government • Citizenship • Campaigns and elections • Specific Bills

  5. So Far This Year…. • 1st Day Email (writing pre-test) • 1st Day Political Issue Choice (research pre-test) • What is your theme song? Discussion Post • 9/11 RAFT • Resume & Cover Letter

  6. So Far This Year…… • Thank You Letter • Analyze and Interpret • Senses Discussion Post • Scenario Discussion Post • Beowulf and the U.S. Constitution Discussion Post

  7. Email Pre-assessment (1 of 2) After high school I plan on working with my dad until I figure out what I want to do in the work force. I plan on helping his because he runs his own business and he works alone and always appreciates the help.

  8. Email Pre-assessment (2 of 2) The qualities of a good teacher involves caring and kindness. A teacher who cares about his or her students and always offers help with assignments is the best kind of teacher to have. The teacher cares about the students grades just as much sometimes even more than the students themselves.

  9. Modeling Good Writing • Kelly Gallagher • Two Little Leaguers • Student Sample • Feedback Loop

  10. Strategies Implemented (1 of 2) • Discussion Boards • Blogging • Metaphor & Simile Connections • Green Screen • Signposts • Flipgrid • Recursive Process of Writing

  11. Strategies Implemented (2 of 2) • Cross-curricular Connections • Sticky Notes • Interviews • Research • Storyboard That

  12. Padlet • Discussion Post: Discussion Post • An invader has entered your country.  This "being" begins to plunder, kill, and destroy. There is a tremendous loss of life, including your greatest warriors.  The enemy enters in silence and retreats to a hidden place where no one can find him. There is only one person who has the courage to fight against the destroyer...a great hero.  Does this remind you of anything in our nation's history? If so, what and why?

  13. Field Trips • Fall • Washington DC • VA State Police Academy • VA Holocaust Museum • Winter • Luck Stone • Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries • General Assembly • VA War Memorial Museum • Spring • TBD

  14. Service Learning Project • CHOICE (the most impactful “C”) • Citizenship • Communication • Collaboration • Creativity • Critical Thinking

  15. Service Learning Project Reflection “I enjoyed this project and I am happy that this is the last project I will do in high school because I feel like it was also the most meaningful project of my high school career.”

  16. Motivation “Every day try something new.  It won’t cost much more than the courage it takes to do it!” -HpLyricz.com

  17. Thanks! Any questions? You can contact us at: tracey.ingle@powhatan.k12.va.us meredith.perry@powhatan.k12.va.us

  18. Works Cited Beers, G.K., & Probst. R.E. (2016). Reading     nonfiction:  Notice & note stances, signposts, and     strategies.  Portsmouth, NH:  Heinemann. Flipgrid- Video for student engagement and     formative…(n.d.). Retrieved from https:     //flipgrid.com/ Prototypes, LLC Clever. “The World's Best Free Online     Storyboard Creator.” Storyboard That, Storyboard     That, www.storyboardthat.com/.

  19. Disclaimer Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.

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