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Welcome to Mr Joob and Miss Chamoun’s Co-Taught English Class!

Welcome to Mr Joob and Miss Chamoun’s Co-Taught English Class!. Team Imagine 8 th Grade. About Me. Park Ridge, IL BA and MA from the University of Dayton 1 year at Leo Burnett 2 years teaching 7 th and 10 th grade in Milford Exempted Village Schools

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Welcome to Mr Joob and Miss Chamoun’s Co-Taught English Class!

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  1. Welcome toMrJoob and Miss Chamoun’s Co-Taught English Class! Team Imagine 8th Grade

  2. AboutMe • Park Ridge, IL • BA and MA from the University of Dayton • 1 year at Leo Burnett • 2 years teaching 7th and 10th grade in Milford Exempted Village Schools • 1 year as the 7th grade differentiation support teacher {gifted} at Wilmette Junior High • 1st year teaching English and advisory at Washburne

  3. BA in English from University of Michigan MA in Special Education from National Louis University 5th Year working at Washburne as a Special Education teacher and 2nd year co-teaching English New Dad as of 1 week ago

  4. Differentiated Instruction (DI) • Students come to the material from different levels and directions as a result from… • Different educational backgrounds • Different life experiences • Different areas of interest and readiness • Different natural areas of strengths and struggles • DI is based on interest and academic level • Levels assessed by preassessments and formative & summative assessments

  5. Differentiated Instruction (DI) • What it looks likes in the classroom… • Flexible grouping/seating • Different homework assignments • Choice and autonomy • Small group vs. large group instruction • What is does NOT look like… • Students given “more” or “less” work or given “free time” based on their level • Permanent grouping • “Smart” students vs. “not smart” students • WHY differentiate? • Help each student achieve success based on his/her own level • Research-based by Carol Tomlinson

  6. Why Co-Taught? • Models and fosters positive collaboration and problem solving • Co-teaching allows a greater variety of teaching strategies and flexible groupings • More direct support is available for students who need it • Variety in teaching style and voice engages more students

  7. English Curriculum • Writing • Literature • Independent Reading • Greek/Latin Roots and Affixes • Grammar

  8. Writing • Responses to literature (2-3 times a week) • Box Format (7th Grade) • Freak (8th Grade) • Memoir • Fiction • Literary Essay • Poetry • Argument Writing • Writing Goals • Writing Portfolio • Writers Workshop • 6 Traits Rubric: Organization, Ideas, Sentence Fluency, Voice, Conventions, word choice

  9. Literature • 7th Grade • The Giver • The Outsiders • A Christmas Carol (field trip) • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • Assorted short stories and poetry • 8th Grade • Uglies • Assorted short stories and poetry • Selections from Our America • To Kill a Mockingbird • Midsummer Night’s Dream (Field Trip) • The Book Thief Skills: Annotating, written responses, seminars

  10. Independent Reading • Self-selected text • Minimum of one novel per month • Will not need to annotate • Create own IR questions • Work with Ms. Summerville or Ms. Nelson to create reading goals • Log reading and attainment of monthly goals • Project each trimester

  11. Vocabulary • Greek and Latin roots and affixes • New list every other Friday • Study guide will be due on Mondays (vocabulary menu) • Quiz every other Friday • Mini-lessons and activities throughout the week • Goal Give students another tool to decode words • Vocabulary lessons will also be taught during the novels we are reading

  12. Grammar • Pre-test each trimester • Data used to group students for mini-lessons during Writers Workshop • Lessons will include: • Parts of speech, parts of sentences, types of sentences, punctuation, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, commonly confused words • Post-test end of each trimester

  13. Important Information! • Email:daniellechamoun@winnetka36.org • Websites: • www.MissChamounS201.weebly.com

  14. Website

  15. Helpful Links on Website Monthly Newsletters: Student of the month, questions to ask students, preview of next month, district/school news Weekly In Class Activities: Daily classroom activities listed by week; handouts are attached Weekly Agenda: Daily homework listed by week; handouts attached; also hanging in classroom; should written in students’ assignment notebook Helpful Websites: Resources

  16. Missing Work Reports • Every Friday (starting tomorrow!) • Even if everything is turned in, they will receive a note saying so.

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