Department+Information

This page will present information directly pertaining to the ELA Department and instruction. You will need to check here frequently to remain updated. =From the Chair meeting Oct. 18- = Please look at the frameworks for building performance tasks from Kentucky You must have 55% non-fiction/primary source material in your unit. Unit 2 will be available for review on the following dates: 6th grade review-Oct. 23 from 4:30-6:00 7th grade review-Oct. 24 from 4:30-6:00 8th grade review-Oct. 25 from 4:30-6:00 Please join the DOE wikispace Many states are linked here with resources and units.

Local areas to look at CCGPS units/resources are [|Troup] and [|Forsyth Counties] system websites Depth of Knowledge (DOK) PowerPoint-Please review prior to our next meeting. Be prepared to answer what DOK level you think the questions are in the PowerPoint. You may also post your responses here for discussion. I will open our blog for responses too. This year's CRCT will contain Level 3 DOK questions. In 2014-2015 only DOK level 4 will be found on CRCT. Depth of Knowledge is replacing Bloom's in ELA action vocabulary.

Mock Writing-please scan all sheets into Point. There is an answer sheet for scores, print, fill in, and scan. Dr. Bell has granted each grade level a day to grade and scan our documents: 8th grade Oct. 29; 7th grade Nov. 1, and 6th??? (have not heard from 6th about a day).

Register for Saturday workshops if at all possible. See email sent 10/18/12.

= Post Fall break- Please plan for Literacy Days and for the Mock writing. All grade levels should have implemented gender-based writing in September. Sept. 19, 2012= *Mock Writing Window-October. All essays must be graded and submitted to Point before the Thanksgiving break. Essays for eighth grade (possibly other grades) may need to be scanned into Point as well. The DOE writing rubric is to be used to score the essays. I will place a single copy in each of your boxes soon. Please make copies to attach to the essays. Grade these as a grade level department. DO NOT grade your own students' essays.

*Literacy Days All essays, poetry recitations and drama teams must be finalized by Nov. 2. We must judge all entries. Drama can represent each grade level, or we can have one team. We should try to model the competition as closely as possible. In that vein, we will need three judges to score the entries. The winners will go to the PAC on Jan. 11, 2012 @ 8:15 for the cluster competition. *Students should know winners of the County writing will have to write a timed, prompt writing at the Regional competition. *Schools should give participation awards such as certificates *All sources must be cited in student work I need to know if we want three drama teams. If so, who is going to be the coach for these teams? Do we want each grade level responsible for working with the students who will participate in the poetry recitation? Please respond ASAP. Scoring rubrics will be available soon for all components. These are NOT to be given to students or parents. Sept. 9, 2012 On Sept. 19, 2012, we will have our department meeting. Literacy Days will be discussed along with the upcoming mock writing exam. Think of something we can do as an incentive for those students who meet and exceed on the mock writing test. We also have contests coming up in which we need one entry per grade level at least. See you next Wednesday! Shirley