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ELA 9-12
ELA 9-12
ELA 9-12
ELA 9-12
Technology Integration:
- Smartboard
- Utilize Library media Specialist for technology collaboration on projects
- www.modelschools.org
- Animoto for book trailers
http://animoto.com/
- iMovie, photostory
- Glogsters for poetry expression, multimedia collage in response to reading
http://www.glogster.com/
- Prezi or powerpoint
http://prezi.com/
-Noodle tools- to organize the research process (thesis creation, essential question,
notecards outline, etc...)
http://www.noodletools.com/
(cost involved)
- quiki app- topic presentation by pulling from many sites (ipad)
- Alternative websites
http://www.similarsitesearch.com/
- Collect, organize, share everything on the web
http://www.pearltrees.com/
- dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/
- databases for online research
- turnItIn for plagiarism checks
http://turnitin.com/
- criterion
- educreations.com (or app)
- iPad (carts/laptops)
- flipping the classroom
- Scoop.it!- kindle like flipboard
- Nearpod app
- Edmodo, blackboard, moodle (online learning management systems)
http://www.edmodo.com/
http://www.blackboard.com/ (cost involved)
https://moodle.org/
- Titan pad- public speaking class uses to write a collaborative script, chat feature,
web-based tool, shows who edits or adds to the doc, no account needed, teacher
manages if necessary
http://titanpad.com/
- ToonDoo- cartoon generator
http://www.toondoo.com/
- Pic-ilts Click on pic- work bank (vocab builder)
- Essay writing
- multimedia text
- imitation- MLA citations
- Easybib- app, scan barcode and it cites for you
- collaborizeclassroom.com (free platform)
- wordle.com
- engrade
ELA 9-12
ELA 9-12
Informational Text:
- primary source documents
- newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
- webquests
http://webquest.org/
- magazine articles
- author bios
- library databases (Novel NY, Gale)
- Research articles- reliable sources- teaching students how to analyze the validity of
sources databases are great
- linking info to literary texts
- evaluate purpose for informational texts
- use as a means to connect literature to current events
- should there be a balance between literary and informational texts?
- Use for close reading
- literature/ informational text have students find an article that relates- then read,
analyze and connect
- “Kelly Gallagher” Readacide
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ELA 9-12
Differentiation:
- Scoring rubric- co-create (A-do this, B-do this, C-do this)
- IR books- choose your own based on interest and ability
- confidence- choice of projects (art, music, tech, writing, presentations)
- multimedia projects and lessons
- word walls
- bring in different models of writing- short stories, speeches, blogs, research,
brochures, essays, etc...)
- writing- selecting topic based on interest
- use of quotations from a work of literature to focus student thoughts
- choices
- “project based learning”- student directed
http://pbl-online.org/
- differentiated research papers- grade is different, many similar aspects,
differentiated sources, lexile levels, etc...
- independent reading
- eBooks- audiobooks
- 10th period to individualize for students who need help
- incorporate technology for writing, different types of writing styles
- free writing
- open students’ eyes to the future
- using inventions to determine learning styles and interests
- finding grade level material
- computers with read aloud for instructions and questions
- Dragon Speak
http://www.nuance.com/dragon/index.htm
(cost involved)
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ELA 9-12
Checking for Understanding:
- teacher summarize and prep for next activity
- journal writing
- pre-assessment
- ticket out the door
http://www.cobbk12.org/Cheathamhill/LFS%20Update/summarizing_strategies.htm
- bell ringer
http://fcstn.net/show%20me%20the%20strategies.htm
- child re-state info
- think-pair-share
- tech- review games
- flashcards
- quizlet
http://quizlet.com/
- online jeopardy
- castle learning
https://castlelearning.com/review/castlesoftware/home.aspx
(cost involved)
- hangman
- homework, quizzes and tests
- student re-teaching
- preview study questions/ after reading
- snowball
- shared students responses
- opportunity to re-do a quiz or test before/after school if the initial grade is poor
- socrative app
- SAS flashcard app
ELA 9-12
ELA 9-12
Writing Standards:
- Special Ed- more key boarding
- journal entries with seniors- other grades as well
- talk about it before you write (speaking as prewriting)
- student generated topics
- timed writings on a topic prior to reading
- revisions for word (clarity)
- grammar in context
- diagram of essay parts by paragraph at all grade levels
- outlining
- broad topic writing related to the literature (ex. Angela’s Ashes-alcoholism, I am the
Cheese- witness protection, Boy in the Striped Pajama- Holocaust)
- Journaling with them- gratitude
- scrapbooking in journal- momentos/ collectibles to include, then journal on subject
- Dragon Speak for Special ed Kids
- Narrative
- Memoirs
- Research in response to literature
- citations
- noodle tools
http://www.noodletools.com/
- short projects
- museum (online)- cultures
http://www.si.edu/Museums
http://www.amnh.org/
http://www.metmuseum.org/
http://www.louvre.fr/en
http://museumca.org/usa/
- letters/epals
http://www.epals.com/
- persuasive writing- multimedia commercials (Dead Poet’s Society, Ethos, Pathos,
logos)
- Portfolio to see growth
- personal connections
- compare/contrast/analyze literary elements
- including/focusing on academic vocabulary
ELA 9-12
ELA 9-12
Common Core Units:
Universal themes- what should we be getting out of this unit???
Texts:
Night
Frankenstein
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
The Old Man and the Sea
Freedom Writers
Shakespeare- (R & J, MacBeth, Hamlet, Caesar)
Spirit Bear
Supporting Materials:
•Articles
•graphs
•pictures
•news stories
•memoirs
•short stories
•author information
•videos
•clips
•youtube
•mock trials
•debate
•birthdays/important people
•connect real life to literature
•today in history (once a week)
•united streaming
Shifts:
•evidence of information -discuss evidence
•dose reading (dig deeper)
•conferencing, journaling (ind. rdg)
•alignment with SS teacher
•Day by day unit (topic) job skills BOCES (read recipes, teach skills)
•use of easyBib
•In-text citations (technology)