ELA MS/HS Collaborative

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

April 18, 201312:30-3:30

Think about recent successes and challenges that you have experienced in your classroom.

Record any successes you would like to share on the Stars poster.

Record anything you wish to have help with on the Wishes poster

Stars/Wishes

Sentence/Phrase/WordClaims activityMAISA unitsResources/materialsSBAC information10 Things bookTeaching strategies

Gots/Needs Feedback

More timeMaterials to supplement MAISA unitsAssessment ideasFull day collaborativesMentor/exemplar texts for writing typesAdditional SBAC examplesOpen discussion timeStandards Based AssessmentCommon Core Assessments (create)

Needs

http://engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/tri-state-ela-rubric.pdf

http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pdf/ela-teach-strat-read-text-6-12.pdf

Informational Text Resources

http://vms.vale.k12.or.us/articles-week

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/the-times-and-the-common-core-standards-reading-strategies-for-informational-text/?nl=learning&emc=learninga1

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/common-core-practice-college-basketball-defining-bullying-and-water-in-india/?nl=learning&emc=edit_ln_20130321

http://www.readingtothecore.com/resources.html

Chapter 6: Frames

1. In small table groups, choose a book with a lead that catches your attention.

2. Write the lead on a sentence strip and begin to categorize them on chart paper.

Stacks of Leads

Chapter 7: Cohesion

Automatic Transitionshttp://

learnzillion.com/lessons/1689-connect-ideas-using-transition-words-phrases-and-clauses

Manual Transitions

Like humans, African elephants are usually born singly. Elephants weigh 200 pounds or more at birth, but even a youngster this size isn’t safe from lions and other predators. If a baby elephant wanders away from its herd, an older sister will often act as a babysitter and guide it back to safety. A typical elephant herd includes twelve to fifteen family members led by an older female. Young elephants are well cared for until they are about twelve years old. At this age, males leave the group to live on their own. Females, however, stay with the herd and help take care of the younger siblings, bathing them, feeding them, and keeping them safe.-Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World

Sum It Up!

See writing as performance. Play with sentence patterns and length. Punctuate your style. Read a variety of texts with an eye (and ear)

for energy. Make it personal. Read your writing aloud to find rhythm and

fluency.

Chapter 8: Energy

Chapter 9: Wordshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU

Verb Sorts

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/build-student-vocabulary?utm_campaign=digest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=digest

1. Skim through pages 214-222.2. How could you use paint chips with your

students?3. Whip around

Vocabulary Paint Chips5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in

word meanings.

Chapter 10: Clutter

Delete unnecessary and repeated words.

Rearrange sentence parts/chunks.

Add connector words.

Form new verb endings.

Talk it out.

www.missionliteracy.com

DRAFT sentence combinations

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”

Charles Mingus

http://engageny.org/english-language-arts

http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/TasksUnitsStudentWork/default.htm

Common Core Resources