Persuasive Writing Create a persuasive essay on demand. ACT prompt/rubric Practice ACT Assessment Electronic version on MeL.org Student ACT writing exemplars research, discussion, and debates and discuss methods used in effective persuasive texts. Mini-lessons on ACT rubric traits, text structure, and formal style Persuasive writing prompts Steps for revising ACT writing to score of 5 or 6 students with research on opposing viewpoints. organizers for structure ACT Standards rubric scored, revised to a 5 or 6 ELA high school teachers The ACT rubrics and sample persuasive essays Essays from the previous year’s 11th grade students Students writing/revising Handwriting legibly and fluently Students copy a passage for 1.5 minutes. Score with grade level/gender chart and legibility rubric. ---- Training on proper holding of pencil (ex: hold cotton ball with ring finger and pinky) Practice copying text Letters per minute: Students score at level consistent with grade level and gender Score at least 4 on rubric for legibility All teachers Legible student writing Oral Language in complete sentences with proper pronunciation and prosody. Middle School: Recite the Pledge of Allegiance High School: Address Score with rubric Students select 2-3 sentences from text and read out loud to small groups to enhance listeners’ understanding of the content. Readers’ Theater Choral reading Repeated readings Poetry Recitation More practice with Readers’ Theater, choral reading, repeated readings, and recitation of poetry. Recite with complete, coherent sentences All teachers Students speak in an articulate manner Word Study Vocabulary Acquire general academic vocabulary Pre and post with a procedure on selected words GHR for Vocabulary Marzano’s 6 Steps Struggling students should be given more opportunities for 100% of Grade and content- All teachers Self-awareness chart, data chart, word walls,
knowledge, particularly words found on the Smarter Balanced grade level vocabulary list Pre-Assessment : Vocabulary self-awareness chart Post assessment : Jim Burke Vocabulary Squares Vocabulary Squares Frayer Concept Attainment Model Linear Arrays Vocabulary Trees Vocabulary Notebook Word sorts Word Lists (SBAC, academic and domain-specific) Survival Words* Word Pattern Investigations* speaking, writing, and using the words through activities listed under strategies. academic vocabulary words from Smarter Balanced grade level vocabulary list evidence of vocabulary activities Spelling Understand how words are constructed Words their Way Upper level spelling inventory Feature guides Word study activities Syllables, affixes and derivational relations Students analyze their spelling assessment using the feature analysis chart. They document areas of need. Activities to support students’ stage through derivational relations stage (ex: word sorts, separating root words, prefixes, suffixes, etc.) Spelling skills up through derivational relations stage ELA Teachers Appropriate word activities Grammar and Word Usage Grammar of the ACT and ELA Common Core Standards Use correct grammar and word usage in the context of text at the appropriate grade level Identify and correct 15 errors of grammar and word usage (ACT English Test Preparation from Dakota State University) or ACT mock assessment for grammar and word usage. Grammar assessments from MISD HS Literature Units Guided Highlighted Reading for grammar errors and word usage Mini-Lessons (10 min.) based on student need Peer editing practice Mock assessments with explanations of choice Use diagnostic tests for continued progress monitoring Use diagnostic tests for continued progress monitoring Correction and explanations of grammar and word usage – limit to 2-3 daily One-to-one teacher student conferences Additional based on student need. Students score at least 80% on assessment English teachers and/or literacy coaches Guided Highlighted Reading activities for grammar errors and word usage Students collaborating to identify grammar errors and make corrections grammar *Reading for Understanding, Second Edition by Schoenbach, Greenleaf, and Murphy.