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S.P. A.C.E.S. District Learning DaySeptember 16, 2016
12:15 – 3:15
English III and IV
Aligning ELA Instruction from
Opening to Closing
Tondrea C. McWright – Instructional Literacy Coach
Specializing in Pedagogy And Content for Education in Secondary Schools
iZone High School Team
Future Collaborative Dates
High School English Language Arts– Tuesday, November 1st
– Tuesday, December 6th
– Friday, February 10th (DLD)– Tuesday, March 7th
– Tuesday, April 18th
The iZone High School Instructional Support Team's vision is to be a highly valued team that provides effective content and pedagogical support for teachers to increase student achievement that leads to college and career readiness, lifelong learning, and productive citizenship.
Our mission is to provide data-driven instructional support through content coaching and professional development that increases teacher capacity. Building positive relationships, communicating effectively, embracing diversity, and engaging in on-going reflective practices are the cornerstones of this work.
Vision & Mission
iZone GoalWe must move our schools from the bottom 5%
to the top 25%!To accomplish this, we must ensure that
effective instruction takes placeEVERYDAY and in EVERY school.
Session Goals
Know:• the components of an effective ELA lesson.
Understand:• how to align all components of an effective ELA lesson.
Do:• create a lesson in which all components are aligned to a grade
appropriate ELA standard.
AGENDA
• Ice Breaker/Grouping • Materials• The Souls of Black Folks “Of Our Spiritual Strivings”
Lesson• Lesson Stepback• Break• Grade Level Group Planning• Closure/Surveys
Session Norms
• Be present• Be brave• Be willing to take risks and be engaged • Ask questions• Engage in meaningful dialogue with your colleagues
• Keep students at the center of your thinking
Grouping
Those of you that have the same numbered pencils please UNITE! You will be working with each another. Take a couple of minutes to get
acquainted with one another.Team work makes the dream work!
BELL WORK– 4 Minutes
Kahoot Game
Question and Answer:What is the definition of rhetoric based upon the examples given?
Objective Focus (2 min)
• I can identify rhetorical devices of Chapter 1, paragraph 5 of The Souls of Black Folks. I can determine Dubois’s point of view by examining his rhetoric.
• Standard RI.11-12.6- Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
Assessment
• How does DuBois use rhetoric in this passage to advance his point of view?
Masterful Reading/5 minutes
• Refer to the text, The Souls of Black Folk. Follow along as your instructor completes a masterful reading of the first part of paragraph 5. (1 min.)
Give One, Get One!
• Write down what you think this paragraph is about on the front of an index card. (1 min.)
• Find two people across the room to share your thought and write down their thoughts on the back of your index card. (3 min.)
Modeled Activity (I do)—10 minutes
• Direct Instruction on rhetorical devices: Parallelism, Allusions, Imagery, Antithesis, hyphenation
• Use of the Rhetorical Impact Tracking Tool
Paragraph 4
Guided Practice (We Do)- 5 minutes
Paragraph 6
Biblical Allusion
• Numbers 34:2- “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance…”
• Deuteronomy 1:8- “See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give your fathers…”
Group Activity (They Do)—10 minutes
• Work in color groups to identify and explain the rhetorical effect of your given example
• Write the group’s example on chart paper and post it.
Gallery Walk (7 min.)
• Conduct a gallery walk to record the other examples of rhetorical devices.
Think, Write, Share (3 min.)
• What is DuBois’s point of view in the first part of the 5th paragraph?
1. Think about your answer for 30 sec. 2. Write your answer down.3. Share your answer with a shoulder partner.
Quick Write (10 min.)
• How does DuBois use rhetoric in this passage to advance his point of view? Be sure to use the RACES method
******Bonus points if you can write like DuBois and use a rhetorical device in your answer.
Homework
Homework: Due tomorrow!
1. Read the rest of paragraph 52. Research an additional type of rhetorical device: provide the definition, example, and purpose.
3. Be prepared to share it!
Closure (3 min.)
• Student Teacher:• Share 3 key ideas everyone should have learned today
Step back (10 min.)Alignment
• Does this lesson meet the entire standard?• What part of this standard needed to be taught before this lesson?
• What part of the standard will need to be taught after this lesson?
• How do you ensure that each lesson is aligned to the standards?
• How do you ensure that students master the full scope of the standard by the end of the year?
• How does this lesson align with our Foci: Text, Talk, and Task?
Step back (20 min.)Determining Content
• Review my annotations. • What are the implications of planning lessons based upon the content available within a complex text?
• Review the Pre-work form.• What is needed to complete this form? • Is it useful?• What are the dominant themes in this text in which you can build a unit?
• Review the Lesson Plan Form.• How do you transfer the key ideas into bite size pieces to teach daily?
Step back (10 min.)Engagement
• What percentage of time, were you working?
• What strategies were used to engage students?
• How can you incorporate engagement strategies within your instructional routines?
BREAK!!!! (10 min)
Independent Planning- (45 min.)
• Now you will use this text and this template to plan Tuesday’s lesson. You should have received electronic copies of the templates. Please let me know if you have not received them.
On an index card, write:
Two Stars and a Wishv 2 “aha” moments you had
v1 idea you wish we had covered
Closure/Survey
• Please place the following URL into your browser to complete the survey on today’s presentation.
goo.gl/ArruCe(case sensitive)
Survey
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Contact
Tondrea C. McWright(901) 354-4635
spiveytc@scsk12.org
www.izonehighschoolteam.weebly.com