Course Description:
This course is designed to address the needs of students who need support in interpreting and understanding information, using inquiry to think carefully about information, communicating effectively, and creating information. It emphasizes the students as a learner to meet their individual needs. This course must be taken concurrently with or before English 1202 to receive credit.
Assessment and Evaluation Plan:
This course is designed to address the needs of students who need support in interpreting and understanding information, using inquiry to think carefully about information, communicating effectively, and creating information. It emphasizes the students as a learner to meet their individual needs. This course must be taken concurrently with or before English 1202 to receive credit.
Assessment and Evaluation Plan:
September Work
Self-Assessment #1
1. What do you want to improve on this year in school?
2. How would you describe your reading level?
3. How would you describe your writing level?
Acrostic Poem - Students used their first name to create an acrostic poem about themselves.
Boldprint #1
1. Students collected Survivors Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answered the five w's in response to what they read.
4. Reader's Response #1 - What did you learn from your reading selection?
Voices from The Wild #1 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Inferring Activities
1. Where Am I? - Students were given a handout and had to determine where the person in the paragraph was. Five prompts on the handout.
2. Model - Students were shown two visuals and went over the inferring process (observation + schema= inference). They then were given visuals of their own along with a magnifying glass, human head/brain, and lightbulb. Students worked in pairs to complete the activity.
3. The Lottery (short story)
Boldprint #2
1. Students collected Survivors Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Reader's Response #2 - What is something interesting you read from your selection?
Terry Fox
1. Goals
2. Character Traits
3. Connections Notebook - Connect something you viewed/heard to your own life.
Voices from The Wild #2 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Monster Comic Strip
1. Students draw two shapes and two squiggles.
2. They make monsters out of the shapes and squiggles.
3. They assign a task they like to do for each monster.
4. Students choose one of the monsters and develop a 4-6 panel comic strip with the parents "arguing" over the task the child likes to do.
5. Connections Notebook: How did this activity make you feel? How did you like the process to develop this comic?
Voices from The Wild #3 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint #3
1. Students collected Survivors Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Reader's Response #3 - What does this selection remind you of?
October Work
The Best Part of Me Writing Activity
1. Students choose various physical parts of their bodies and brainstormed a list of reasons why they liked that part.
2. Students narrowed down their choice to one part.
3. Students used PicCollage on iPad to create a good copy on their assignment.
Newspaper Unit
1. Elements of a News Article
2. Labradorian activity
3. Analyzing a News Article
4. Recongnizing the Slant
5. Writing a News Article
Voices from the Wild #4 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint #4
1. Students collected Predators Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Reader's Response #4 - I like/dislike this selection because .... Students must explain.
Values and Character Traits
1. Students are to develop a list of character traits or values. This can be modified by having a list up on the board.
2. Go over the list and their meanings with students so that they have a well developed understanding of the words.
3. Read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Develop an action and value chart for both the tree and boy with students. Discuss with students the inherant values overall present in the text.
4. Listen to The Naming Jar by Yangsook Choi. pause every so often so students can develop a list of actions and values. Go over with students when complete.
Map Unit
1. Bedroom map
2. Grid map
3. Scale activity
4. Index/Legend
5. Map Skills handout
6. Brochure Assignment (October/November)
Voices in the Wild #5 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Movie Review
1. Watch Jack the Giant Slayer
2. Complete movie review handout
Reading Strategies/Elements
1. Summarize
2. Metaphor
3. Themes/Archetypes
4. Adjectives
5. Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self
6. Analysis
7. Comparison
8. Summary by Listening
Voices from The Wild #6 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Three poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #5
1. Students collected Adventures Travel Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answer the five ws (who, what, where, when, why did the author write about this)
4. What is the theme?
5. Create a visual representing the text chosen.
Labrador Research Project
1. Alpha box
2. Choose a topic and research using the 5ws
3. Visual depiction of topic
Voices from The Wild #7 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #6
1. Students collect Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answer the five ws (who, what, where, when, why did the author write about this)
4. What is the theme?
5. Create a visual representing the text chosen.
6. Make a text-self, text, an/or world connection.
Autobiography
1. Facebook profile
2. Timeline
3. Autobiography
Voices from The Wild #8 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #7
1. Students collect Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answer the five ws (who, what, where, when, why did the author write about this)
4. Create a visual representing the text chosen.
Creating Strong Sentences
1. PowerPoint
2. Parts of sentence activity
3. Creating 10 sentences
4. Locating and labeling parts of sentences
5. Mad Libs
6. Literary devices and elements activity
Voices from The Wild #9 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #8
Grammar Unit
1. Pronouns
2. Verbs
3. Conjunctions
4. Capital Letters
5. Ending the Sentence
6. Commas
7. Apostrophes
8. Inverted Commas
9. Colons and semi-colons
Voices from The Wild #10 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Connection paragraph work
Choose one of the following to write a paragraph about:
1. What is your favorite thing about where you live?
2. What was your favorite toy or game when you were a child?
Self Assessment
1. What have you learned about in the past few weeks in this course?
2. Why are these lessons important to you?
Cadbury
Students are to read a fact sheet up Cadbury Easter egg and complete the reading and writing activities provided.
Movie Review
1. Watch Wall-E
2. Complete movie review handout
Stereotypes
1. Define
2. Examples
3. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
4. Monster's University
Suncreen Lesson
1. Katie's Story
2. Builders
3. Poster
Worst Video Game in History Lesson
1. Reading Tasks A and B
2. Listening and Speaking Task A and B (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHXK2mKtu20; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SxnNX4DqT0)
3. Writing Task - Present to class/teacher
4. Atari: Game Over documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urd9JbjLmbY)
Voices from The Wild #11 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Five poems were read to the class this time.
'Trolls' lesson
1. Definition
2. Handout
Doctor Who Unit
1. Viking Runes
2. Rationing
3. Story Mountain
4. Which Book
5. Aliens/Monsters
Self-Assessment #1
1. What do you want to improve on this year in school?
2. How would you describe your reading level?
3. How would you describe your writing level?
Acrostic Poem - Students used their first name to create an acrostic poem about themselves.
Boldprint #1
1. Students collected Survivors Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answered the five w's in response to what they read.
4. Reader's Response #1 - What did you learn from your reading selection?
Voices from The Wild #1 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Inferring Activities
1. Where Am I? - Students were given a handout and had to determine where the person in the paragraph was. Five prompts on the handout.
2. Model - Students were shown two visuals and went over the inferring process (observation + schema= inference). They then were given visuals of their own along with a magnifying glass, human head/brain, and lightbulb. Students worked in pairs to complete the activity.
3. The Lottery (short story)
Boldprint #2
1. Students collected Survivors Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Reader's Response #2 - What is something interesting you read from your selection?
Terry Fox
1. Goals
2. Character Traits
3. Connections Notebook - Connect something you viewed/heard to your own life.
Voices from The Wild #2 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Monster Comic Strip
1. Students draw two shapes and two squiggles.
2. They make monsters out of the shapes and squiggles.
3. They assign a task they like to do for each monster.
4. Students choose one of the monsters and develop a 4-6 panel comic strip with the parents "arguing" over the task the child likes to do.
5. Connections Notebook: How did this activity make you feel? How did you like the process to develop this comic?
Voices from The Wild #3 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint #3
1. Students collected Survivors Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Reader's Response #3 - What does this selection remind you of?
October Work
The Best Part of Me Writing Activity
1. Students choose various physical parts of their bodies and brainstormed a list of reasons why they liked that part.
2. Students narrowed down their choice to one part.
3. Students used PicCollage on iPad to create a good copy on their assignment.
Newspaper Unit
1. Elements of a News Article
2. Labradorian activity
3. Analyzing a News Article
4. Recongnizing the Slant
5. Writing a News Article
Voices from the Wild #4 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint #4
1. Students collected Predators Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Reader's Response #4 - I like/dislike this selection because .... Students must explain.
Values and Character Traits
1. Students are to develop a list of character traits or values. This can be modified by having a list up on the board.
2. Go over the list and their meanings with students so that they have a well developed understanding of the words.
3. Read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Develop an action and value chart for both the tree and boy with students. Discuss with students the inherant values overall present in the text.
4. Listen to The Naming Jar by Yangsook Choi. pause every so often so students can develop a list of actions and values. Go over with students when complete.
Map Unit
1. Bedroom map
2. Grid map
3. Scale activity
4. Index/Legend
5. Map Skills handout
6. Brochure Assignment (October/November)
Voices in the Wild #5 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Movie Review
1. Watch Jack the Giant Slayer
2. Complete movie review handout
Reading Strategies/Elements
1. Summarize
2. Metaphor
3. Themes/Archetypes
4. Adjectives
5. Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self
6. Analysis
7. Comparison
8. Summary by Listening
Voices from The Wild #6 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Three poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #5
1. Students collected Adventures Travel Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answer the five ws (who, what, where, when, why did the author write about this)
4. What is the theme?
5. Create a visual representing the text chosen.
Labrador Research Project
1. Alpha box
2. Choose a topic and research using the 5ws
3. Visual depiction of topic
Voices from The Wild #7 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #6
1. Students collect Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answer the five ws (who, what, where, when, why did the author write about this)
4. What is the theme?
5. Create a visual representing the text chosen.
6. Make a text-self, text, an/or world connection.
Autobiography
1. Facebook profile
2. Timeline
3. Autobiography
Voices from The Wild #8 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #7
1. Students collect Boldprint from the bookshelf.
2. Students glanced over titles in anthology and choose one to read.
3. Students answer the five ws (who, what, where, when, why did the author write about this)
4. Create a visual representing the text chosen.
Creating Strong Sentences
1. PowerPoint
2. Parts of sentence activity
3. Creating 10 sentences
4. Locating and labeling parts of sentences
5. Mad Libs
6. Literary devices and elements activity
Voices from The Wild #9 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Boldprint/Reader's Response #8
- Title and page number of selection
- 5ws
- Visual
- Why did the author choose to write this piece?
Grammar Unit
1. Pronouns
2. Verbs
3. Conjunctions
4. Capital Letters
5. Ending the Sentence
6. Commas
7. Apostrophes
8. Inverted Commas
9. Colons and semi-colons
Voices from The Wild #10 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Two poems were read to the class this time.
Connection paragraph work
Choose one of the following to write a paragraph about:
1. What is your favorite thing about where you live?
2. What was your favorite toy or game when you were a child?
Self Assessment
1. What have you learned about in the past few weeks in this course?
2. Why are these lessons important to you?
Cadbury
Students are to read a fact sheet up Cadbury Easter egg and complete the reading and writing activities provided.
Movie Review
1. Watch Wall-E
2. Complete movie review handout
Stereotypes
1. Define
2. Examples
3. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
4. Monster's University
Suncreen Lesson
1. Katie's Story
2. Builders
3. Poster
Worst Video Game in History Lesson
1. Reading Tasks A and B
2. Listening and Speaking Task A and B (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHXK2mKtu20; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SxnNX4DqT0)
3. Writing Task - Present to class/teacher
4. Atari: Game Over documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urd9JbjLmbY)
Voices from The Wild #11 - Students will listen to various poems to hear key details to determine what animal is being described in the poem.. They are working on their inferring and listening skills in this activity. Five poems were read to the class this time.
'Trolls' lesson
1. Definition
2. Handout
Doctor Who Unit
1. Viking Runes
2. Rationing
3. Story Mountain
4. Which Book
5. Aliens/Monsters