Open House 2013

• Teacher’s Web Page

Contains Policies, Expectations, Curriculum, Grading, Extra Help, and Contact Information for each course

• Homework Web Pages

English 11R, English 12, AP Language & Composition

• Parent Portal

Accessing Web Page

• Teacher Web Page• All assignments will be posted on my web page

daily.• Go to www.marlboroschools.org• Choose “High School” from the “Select A

School” menu• Click on “Faculty”• Click on my name• Choose the appropriate class from the menu on

the left

College Preparation

• PSAT and www.collegeboard.com• All students should take the PSAT and prepare

to take the SAT exam in 11th grade.• The PSAT is being offered at MHS on Saturday,

October 19. Sign up tonight!• Students can get an SAT “Question of the Day”

e-mailed to them by registering at www.collegeboard.com

• In class, Word of the Week, vocabulary in context, and extra-credit on School Island are intended to prepare students for the SAT.

Extras

• Extra Credit – Assignments available each quarter through School Island.

• Extra Help

I am available for extra-help during the following times:– During school hours: Periods 4 & 6/6A– After school: 2:15 – 3:15 by appointment

Shifts in ELA/LiteracyShift 1

Balancing Informational & Literary Text

Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts.

Shift 2

Knowledge in the Disciplines

Students build knowledge about the world (domains/ content areas) through TEXT rather than the teacher or activities

Shift 3

Staircase of Complexity

Students read the central, grade appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and space and support in the curriculum for close reading.

Shift 4

Text-based Answers Students engage in rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about text.

Shift 5

Writing from Sources Writing emphasizes use of evidence from sources to inform or make an argument.

Shift 6

Academic Vocabulary Students constantly build the transferable vocabulary they need to access grade level complex texts. This can be done effectively by spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts.

ELA Test Question – Pre Common Core

In both the Demosthenes biography and the Icarus and Daedalus myth the main characters are given advice from other people. Do you respond to advice from other people more like Demosthenes or more like Icarus? Write an essay in which you explain who you are more like when it comes to taking advice and why. Use details from both articles to support your answer.  

In your response, be sure to do the following: •tell whether you are more like Demosthenes or Icarus •explain why you are respond to advice similar to Demosthenes or Icarus •use details from both passages in your response

ELA Test Question – Post Common

• In both the Demosthenes biography and the Icarus and Daedalus myth the main characters exhibit determination in pursuit of their goals. Did determination help both main characters reach their goals, or did it lead them to tragedy? Write an argument for whether you believe determination helped or hurt the two main characters.  In your response, be sure to do the following:

 • describe how determination affected the outcome in Demosthenes • describe how determination affected the outcome in Icarus and

Daedalus• explain the similarities or differences that exist in the ways

determination played into the outcome of both texts• use details from both passages in your response

NYS Common Core Standards Shifts Impact NYS Assessments

6 Shifts in ELA Literacy

Common Core Implementation Common Core Assessments

1. Balancing Informational and Literary Text

2. Building Knowledge in the Disciplines

3. Staircase of Complexity

4. Text-based Answers

5. Writing from Sources

6. Academic Vocabulary

1 & 2:

Non-fiction TextsAuthentic Texts

3: Higher Level of Text Complexity Paired Passages

4&5: Focus on command of evidence from text: rubrics and prompts

6: Academic Vocabulary