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Ctrl. ALT. Elite. Action Learning Team Members. Crysten Caviness Susan Mann Lindy Lombard Sheryl Stewart Allison Conaway Benny Ellison Chris Bayer Bryan Hardy. Cindy Stouff Scott Saettel Dan Chaney Eddie Massey Stephanie Hansen Amy Deweese. Teacher Goal.

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  1. Ctrl ALT Elite

  2. Action Learning Team Members • Crysten Caviness • Susan Mann • Lindy Lombard • Sheryl Stewart • Allison Conaway • Benny Ellison • Chris Bayer • Bryan Hardy • Cindy Stouff • Scott Saettel • Dan Chaney • Eddie Massey • Stephanie Hansen • Amy Deweese

  3. Teacher Goal To learn and hone strategies that will help students improve open-ended response and essay scores on the 10th grade TAKS test.

  4. Student Goal To improve the open-ended response and essay scores on the 10th Grade TAKS test.

  5. Data Analysis • We used district-wide TAKS Essay Scores. • Our Teacher Goal was to improve our strategies for teaching TAKS Essays. • We chose to pursue the student and teacher goals by using Gretchen Bernabei’s Reviving the Essay TAKS Writing Structures.

  6. 2 SECTIONS OF ENGLISH II SAME STUDENTS USED WHICH WERE IN CLASS CONTINUOSLY FOR THREE ESSAYS 1ST PERIOD- 23 STUDENTS 2ND PERIOD- 16 STUDENTS Scores: A= 3 OR 4 B= 2 C= 1 F= 0 or did not turn in DATA

  7. COMBINED CLASSES- 39 students

  8. Progress Report • While most of our teachers saw an improvement in student Writing TAKS Scores on Benchmark tests.

  9. Conclusions and Future Plans • We have found that with new teaching strategies, students can and will improve their TAKS Writing scores. • Our future plans include: continued use of Gretchen Bernabei’s TAKS Writing Structures, andparticipation in future Gretchen Bernabei TAKS Writing Workshops.

  10. FUTURE GOALS • Next year, we will be able to apply these methodologies and begin analyzing the data much earlier in the school year. • For continuous improvement, we would also like to collect data from the students about which strategies work best for them. • After looking at this year’s TAKS results, we will have a clearer understanding of how effective these teaching methods are and can alter our plan of action accordingly.

  11. S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Restate, argue, defend A-B-C’s Put those quotes to bed!! Theme Cube Text Structures Timed Writing Topics Bank Reviving the Essay Methodologies for Master: The TAKS Essay and Short Answer

  12. Methodologies for Mastery: Open-Ended Response Restate Argue That’s totally RAD, man! Defend Presented/Created by: Crysten Caviness

  13. Methodologies for Mastery: Open-Ended Response A-B-C’s of Short Answers A-Answer the question B-In your own words, give 3 reasons that explain your answer 1- 2- 3- C-Find text evidence to support each of your 3 reasons 1- 2- 3- Presented/Created by: Susan Mann

  14. Methodologies for Mastery: Open-Ended Response Oh Yeah… Prove It!! The students become lawyers who need to gather evidence to convince the jury to agree with them. This activity works very well with the courtroom scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird. Presented/Created by: Crysten Caviness

  15. Methodologies for Mastery: Open-Ended Response EmBEDded Quotes Blanket: Your Words Put those quotes to bed!! Mattress: Borrowed Words from Text Frame: Your Words Presented/Created by: Crysten Caviness

  16. Methodologies for Mastery Theme Cube: Reading Strategy -After reading a chosen piece, give all students a cube template -The students will use each side of the cube for information about the story: 1. Is the title appropriate? Explain. 2. List traits of main character 3. Write a summary sentence 4. What similarities do you share with the main character 5. Write a theme statement 5. Draw a symbolic picture -Attach sides and discuss answers/pictures Presented by: Lindy Lombard

  17. Supporting Teacher Goals Book Study Analyzed and utilized highlighted reading strategies Presented by: Crysten Caviness

  18. Supporting Teacher Goals Book Study Analyzed and utilized highlighted writing strategies Presented by: Sheryl Stewart and Allison Conaway

  19. How Did Our Students’Essays Improve? “The structures fit into any prompt!” Chris Bayer HHS

  20. How Did Our Students’Essays Improve? “It develops independence and creativity in the students’ writing.” Suzie Mann RHS

  21. How Did Our Students’Essays Improve? “It gives my students confidence when they are writing.” Sheryl Stewart HHS

  22. How Did Our Students’Essays Improve? “It simply helped my students to get started” Coach Chaney BHS

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