This link has tons of resources specifically for KY middle school ELA: on-demand writing resources, articles on reading, unit planning for standards based curriculum, a great Socratic circle handout, and tons more! *Tiffany can add it to our Important Links section on the right when she gets a chance. :)
http://jcps.jefferson.k12.ky.us/section/content/default.asp?WCI=pgDisplay&WCU=CRSCNT&ENTRY_ID=4A2C86974FE34CDC8D3DF0C8289FD587
Minutes from Power Hour 9/26:
1. Expertise roles were assigned as follows:
Tiffany: Reading materials & struggling reader materials (A-Z, adapted texts, etc).
Chris: Grammar year-long plan per college readiness standards, test-formatter (is that a word?)
Josh: 21st century-connector, bellwork bank, grammar unit plan
Sarah: vocabulary year-long plan, learning target remediation*this is for anyone not just sped
Abby: Writing, learning target enrichment, curriculum document maintenance
2. Brainstormed ideas for RL.8.7 - To Kill a Mockingbird, Harry Potter, Hatfield-McCoys/Coffin Quilt, Hugo Cabret, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Blind Side...
*I thought of Gulliver's Travels when I got home. Here is link to a READ.WRITE.THINK lesson that could really help us with this assignment. It can be adapted to any book/movie combo. It mentioned Light in the Forest. This is a short novel - has a huge culture connection. There is a film version.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/know-movie-coming-what-854.html?tab=3#tabs
3. Need to develop our questions for Unit 2 Common Assessment
As far as the novel--are we just pulling excerpts?
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