formal assessments including but not limited to: Student will complete an outline or graphic organizer with teacher guidance Given a teacher-generated topic, the student will brainstorm a list of applicable resources Categorize information by task and audience for levels of formality. List resources used for research using conventions of standard English (capitals, underlining, italics, and quotation marks) Other Evidence: Teacher observation, checklists Building the Learning Plan Sample Classroom Activities and/or Lesson Plans: Summarizing activities such as Summarizing Game (Summarize a selection in 100 words, then cut it down to 50 words, then to 25 words) Paraphrasing activities, such as saying the same information with more or less formality Refer to personal experience, experience of partners, or interview participants of historic events for teacher-generated topics Given a topic, students will expand it with facts, details, and anecdotes Categorize details by appropriate subtopic Learning Activities: (interventions for students who are not progressing, instructional strategies, differentiated instruction, re-teaching options) Response to Intervention peer tutors/one on one tutors assisting and decreasing assistance as competency is reached in researching, listing resources, using standard conventions of English and organizing information Teacher guided research Universal Design for Learning protocols such as additional time, modified lesson for disabilities (i.e., enlarged drills, flashcards and games) List of Instructional Materials: Encyclopedias Research books, magazines, and newspapers Graphic organizers Folse, K., Muchmore-Vokoun, A., & Soloman, E. V. (2010). Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs. Boston: Heinle. Hogue, A. (1996). First Steps in Academic Writing. White Plains, NY: Longman. Bernstein, T. (1995). The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage (2nd ed.) New York: Free Press. Writers Inc.: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning (6th ed.) (2005). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. List of Technology Resources:
formal assessments including but not limited to: Student will complete an outline or graphic organizer with teacher guidance Given a teacher-generated topic, the student will brainstorm a list of applicable resources Categorize information by task and audience for levels of formality. List resources used for research using conventions of standard English (capitals, underlining, italics, and quotation marks) Other Evidence: Teacher observation, checklists Building the Learning Plan Sample Classroom Activities and/or Lesson Plans: Summarizing activities such as Summarizing Game (Summarize a selection in 100 words, then cut it down to 50 words, then to 25 words) Paraphrasing activities, such as saying the same information with more or less formality Refer to personal experience, experience of partners, or interview participants of historic events for teacher-generated topics Given a topic, students will expand it with facts, details, and anecdotes Categorize details by appropriate subtopic Learning Activities: (interventions for students who are not progressing, instructional strategies, differentiated instruction, re-teaching options) Response to Intervention peer tutors/one on one tutors assisting and decreasing assistance as competency is reached in researching, listing resources, using standard conventions of English and organizing information Teacher guided research Universal Design for Learning protocols such as additional time, modified lesson for disabilities (i.e., enlarged drills, flashcards and games) List of Instructional Materials: Encyclopedias Research books, magazines, and newspapers Graphic organizers Folse, K., Muchmore-Vokoun, A., & Soloman, E. V. (2010). Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs. Boston: Heinle. Hogue, A. (1996). First Steps in Academic Writing. White Plains, NY: Longman. Bernstein, T. (1995). The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage (2nd ed.) New York: Free Press. Writers Inc.: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning (6th ed.) (2005). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. List of Technology Resources:
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