LAS/ English Classroom links:
Sources:
http://www.npr.org/
http://www.courier-journal.com/
tons of books/stories and lit. periods info
http://www.online-literature.com/
biography for writers and poets and singers (topics of poems like canary/Billie holiday)
http://www.biography.com/people/billie-holiday-9341902
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/30-pieces-of-wisdom-from-authors
how to make a title:
http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/quicktips/titles.pdf
how to write a conclusion:
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html
quizzes and games sites:
http://quizlet.com/12904366/tchs-roots-1-flash-cards/
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
Various industry dictionaries:
http://definitions.uslegal.com/l/?uslf=yd
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/glossary/
grammar review:
http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/56.asp
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/01/
grammar quizzes:
http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/clauses_ex1.htm
online quiz for POV:
http://www.quia.com/ba/72070.html
powerpoints on POV, propaganda, romeo and Juliet, great Gatsby, poetry, literary terms, jeopardy game, denotationsvsconnotations,
poetry sites and favorites:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172132
http://www.songofamerica.net/cgi-bin/iowa/song/1517.html
http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2005/12/07/willie-by-maya-angelou/
http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_hayden/poems/4404
blog options/examples:
www.teacherweb.com
http://kidblog.org/EnglishIIHonors1stPeriod/
http://teacherweb.com/KY/TrimbleCountyHighSchool/MsJordan/apt60.aspx
List of Some of our Resources: (Trimble CO, KY)
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-05-23-great-books-list_x.htm
Haunted/Scary Topics:
http://www.scaryforkids.com/stories-to-tell/
http://www.spiritsoflagrange.com/
http://www.deathreference.com/En-Gh/Ghosts.html#b
http://ghostsofearth.com/scary-ghost-pictures.html
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/54053-the-top-10-horror-stories.html
http://www.waverlyhills.net/index.php
http://winchestermysteryhouse.com/
http://www.prairieghosts.com/mosthaunted.html
http://www.poemuseum.org/index.php
newspaper sites:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-07-09/school-too-easy/56120106/1
http://scitechdaily.com/asia-and-america-will-collide-in-millions-of-years-to-form-supercontinent-amasia/
word art:
http://www.wordle.net/create
http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
homophones (there/their) and others:
http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/hyperbole.htm
a quiz http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/103.asp
a game of words:
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.html
Roman/greek webquest:
http://teacherweb.com/KY/TrimbleCountyHighSchool/MsJordan/ap31.aspx
women writers:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9862643/
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/self_esteem.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/top_100/1/
http://www.americanwomenartists.org/
biography/memoir
http://www.biography.com/
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=ene&wcsuffix=9101
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/
punctuation
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
myth, etc.
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/what-are-myths.htm
genre flashcards:
http://quizlet.com/2942018/tchs-literary-genres-flash-cards/
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/jesse_james_and_the_widow.html
Americana:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/presidential-pets
World Discoveries:
http://www.7wonders.org/wonders/world-wonders.aspx
Common core standards:
KDE standards:
POV:
http://www.teenink.com/fiction/romance/article/78756/Her-Him-and-the-Receptiont/
How to grade:
Ideas for this rubric came from Kentucky Holistic Scoring Rubric for Reading from the Kentucky Department of Education and
an adapted rubric from “Writer’s Notebook Weekly Evaluation” by Isoke Nia and “Classroom Community 5-3-6’s Writer’s Notebook Checklist
per Miranda Jordan Trimble Co. KY:
Proficiency-Based Grading
Grades are based on a combination of assessments. My goal is to obtain as fair a picture possible of what students are learning and how hard they’re working. Below are the basic categories of grades – it will give you an idea of what to expect.
English II Honors: Be aware that 10% of the final grade is based on students' end-of-the-course assessment.
Standards-Based “Proficiency” Grading Process for 2012-2013
“Proficiency” Assessments of KY Academic Standards based on College and Career Readiness
During this school year, I will begin using a grading process that is designed to give students more direct feedback about specific learning objectives. Students will know the areas that they have performed well in and areas that need improvement. The following will outline how this assessment/grading system operates and what students can expect.
Speaking & Listening Targets- I take grades based on KDE's Speaking & Listening standards (some of which include preparation for collaboration, participating in an effective range of discussions (teacher-led, one-on-one, small group, building on others' ideas, expressing own ideas, etc.).
Daily Class Work
Homework - For more information, see Ms. Jordan's Homework Policy.
Quizzes & Tests
Pre-Tests (Knowledge Assessments) - These are designed to show me what you know going into a unit and what you’ve learned after. They are always graded on participation (meaning you’ll get full credit if you participate and do your best, and it does count as a "participation" grade).
Performance Assessments/Unit Projects - At the end of a unit, you may receive the opportunity to demonstrate your learning either through an in-class project or a performance demonstration of skills.
Student Self Assessments and Peer Assessments - You will also have the opportunity to assess yourself and peers (for group work and performances). Peer assessments are for a balanced perspective but do not count for an actual grade. Self assessments occur usually in conjunction with learning targets. These assessments are not entered as grades per se but, occasionally I do give students input on their own grade. In so doing, I nearly always find students to be more critical of themselves than I am of them but we give feedback back-and-forth on such critiques.
TCHS Grading Scale
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
F 69 and below
See online rubrics at Kentucky sites
Information on castles:
http://www.guide-to-castles-of-europe.com/index.html
orphans/immigration/postal brides
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/orphan/
http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/index.html#stories
http://www.42explore2.com/orphan.htm
local theatre (near Louisville):
http://actorstheatre.org/about_casting.htm
http://www.littlecolonel.org/
http://kyshakespeare.com/performances/about-the-season/
http://www.waldentheatre.org/contact.asp
Sources:
http://www.npr.org/
http://www.courier-journal.com/
tons of books/stories and lit. periods info
http://www.online-literature.com/
biography for writers and poets and singers (topics of poems like canary/Billie holiday)
http://www.biography.com/people/billie-holiday-9341902
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/30-pieces-of-wisdom-from-authors
how to make a title:
http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/quicktips/titles.pdf
how to write a conclusion:
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html
quizzes and games sites:
http://quizlet.com/12904366/tchs-roots-1-flash-cards/
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
Various industry dictionaries:
http://definitions.uslegal.com/l/?uslf=yd
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/glossary/
grammar review:
http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/56.asp
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/01/
grammar quizzes:
http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/clauses_ex1.htm
online quiz for POV:
http://www.quia.com/ba/72070.html
powerpoints on POV, propaganda, romeo and Juliet, great Gatsby, poetry, literary terms, jeopardy game, denotationsvsconnotations,
poetry sites and favorites:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172132
http://www.songofamerica.net/cgi-bin/iowa/song/1517.html
http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2005/12/07/willie-by-maya-angelou/
http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_hayden/poems/4404
blog options/examples:
www.teacherweb.com
http://kidblog.org/EnglishIIHonors1stPeriod/
http://teacherweb.com/KY/TrimbleCountyHighSchool/MsJordan/apt60.aspx
List of Some of our Resources: (Trimble CO, KY)
- Novels at student's Lexile level with the element of personal interest and choice
- Speeches! Famous speeches by historically and culturally significant writer (e.g., John F. Kennedy, Patrick Henry)
- An excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
- Many short stories with a focus on classic literature (e.g., pieces by Roald Dahl, O. Henry, and Edgar Allan Poe...of course)
- Selected poetry by Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, J.R.R. Tolkien, Henry David Thoreau, Maya Angelou, W.H. Auden, E.E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas, William Wordsworth
- Definitely a piece by Walter Dean Myers
- Everyman re-scripted by Miranda Jordan
- The Rent rescripted by Miranda Jordan
- Various articles both in print and through digital media
- Some children's literature (for the purpose of simplifying literary concepts)
- Selected excerpts from Touching the Void
- The Hitchhiker
- "Little Boy Blue" by Eugene Field (one of my favs ever)
- Pygmalion (the poem, an excerpt from the play, an excerpt from the musical version, and we'll study the painting)
- "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
- "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton
- The Tragedy of MacBeth, Hamlet, or Romeo and Juliet as well as excerpts from plays by the Bard, himself
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-05-23-great-books-list_x.htm
Haunted/Scary Topics:
http://www.scaryforkids.com/stories-to-tell/
http://www.spiritsoflagrange.com/
http://www.deathreference.com/En-Gh/Ghosts.html#b
http://ghostsofearth.com/scary-ghost-pictures.html
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/54053-the-top-10-horror-stories.html
http://www.waverlyhills.net/index.php
http://winchestermysteryhouse.com/
http://www.prairieghosts.com/mosthaunted.html
http://www.poemuseum.org/index.php
newspaper sites:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-07-09/school-too-easy/56120106/1
http://scitechdaily.com/asia-and-america-will-collide-in-millions-of-years-to-form-supercontinent-amasia/
word art:
http://www.wordle.net/create
http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
homophones (there/their) and others:
http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/hyperbole.htm
a quiz http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/103.asp
a game of words:
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.html
Roman/greek webquest:
http://teacherweb.com/KY/TrimbleCountyHighSchool/MsJordan/ap31.aspx
women writers:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9862643/
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/self_esteem.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/top_100/1/
http://www.americanwomenartists.org/
biography/memoir
http://www.biography.com/
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=ene&wcsuffix=9101
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/
punctuation
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
myth, etc.
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/what-are-myths.htm
genre flashcards:
http://quizlet.com/2942018/tchs-literary-genres-flash-cards/
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/jesse_james_and_the_widow.html
Americana:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/presidential-pets
World Discoveries:
http://www.7wonders.org/wonders/world-wonders.aspx
Common core standards:
KDE standards:
POV:
http://www.teenink.com/fiction/romance/article/78756/Her-Him-and-the-Receptiont/
How to grade:
Ideas for this rubric came from Kentucky Holistic Scoring Rubric for Reading from the Kentucky Department of Education and
an adapted rubric from “Writer’s Notebook Weekly Evaluation” by Isoke Nia and “Classroom Community 5-3-6’s Writer’s Notebook Checklist
per Miranda Jordan Trimble Co. KY:
Proficiency-Based Grading
Grades are based on a combination of assessments. My goal is to obtain as fair a picture possible of what students are learning and how hard they’re working. Below are the basic categories of grades – it will give you an idea of what to expect.
English II Honors: Be aware that 10% of the final grade is based on students' end-of-the-course assessment.
Standards-Based “Proficiency” Grading Process for 2012-2013
“Proficiency” Assessments of KY Academic Standards based on College and Career Readiness
During this school year, I will begin using a grading process that is designed to give students more direct feedback about specific learning objectives. Students will know the areas that they have performed well in and areas that need improvement. The following will outline how this assessment/grading system operates and what students can expect.
- “Proficiency” Grades: In reading class only, much of student work will be assessed on a proficiency number base: D (distinguished is a 100% A), P (proficient is an 85% B - 90% A depending upon the assignment), A (apprentice is a 75% C), N (novice is a 69% D), and N-nonperformance (means that student refused to complete the work and the score is a 0).
- For each unit, students will receive a checklist of learning targets that are written in student-friendly language. These targets specify what students need to know, be able to do with what they know, and demonstrate. Lessons will focus on these learning targets and students will know the learning target that the activity/lesson addresses. They will be assessed throughout the unit to see how they are doing on their targets and they will document their process accordingly. This information will provide feedback to the teacher and student on the progress being made and where to go next.
- At the end of each unit, students will take a summative assessment (usually in the form of a test) on their understanding of each learning target studied in the unit. Unit assessments will be planned out so that each target is assessed an appropriate amount and in an appropriate way. The assessment will be scored and students will receive feedback to indicate their performance on each of the targets. The total points they earn divided by the total points possible will then determine the student’s percentage standards-based assessment grade for the unit.
Additionally, 20% of students' grades are based on semester exams.
- A student who does not demonstrate acceptable understanding can request help with the learning target from the teacher. Students can show mastery of a learning target at any time after the initial unit assessment. Even if it takes them a couple of extra months to grasp the learning target, they can do that and improve their performance on the assessment (and in some cases improve their grade as well) if they show the teacher they’ve mastered it. Whenever this occurs, the student’s score on that target will be changed to reflect this new understanding and their grade (within that nine-week session) will improve accordingly. Test scores must improve within the 9-weeks grading period for a student’s grade to be changed!
Participation/Effort/Completion grades indicate how well students have mastered content during the course of various activities during any class period. Speaking and listening is part of ELA standards and students' proficiency of basic collegial learning is assessed regularly. I see much of classroom learning in differentiated instruction as a work-in-progress and believe that an overall approach to grading should be reflective of that process.
Self-assessments: Students will be expected to reflict upon their own learning and self-assess on a regular basis. Check their learning targets checklists to see some student analyses of their learning process. Note that sometimes students will decide when more learning needs to occur and can request help with that. Such help may be in the form of meeting with the teacher, peer assistance (if applicable), and ESS.
Speaking & Listening Targets- I take grades based on KDE's Speaking & Listening standards (some of which include preparation for collaboration, participating in an effective range of discussions (teacher-led, one-on-one, small group, building on others' ideas, expressing own ideas, etc.).
Daily Class Work
Homework - For more information, see Ms. Jordan's Homework Policy.
Quizzes & Tests
Pre-Tests (Knowledge Assessments) - These are designed to show me what you know going into a unit and what you’ve learned after. They are always graded on participation (meaning you’ll get full credit if you participate and do your best, and it does count as a "participation" grade).
Performance Assessments/Unit Projects - At the end of a unit, you may receive the opportunity to demonstrate your learning either through an in-class project or a performance demonstration of skills.
Student Self Assessments and Peer Assessments - You will also have the opportunity to assess yourself and peers (for group work and performances). Peer assessments are for a balanced perspective but do not count for an actual grade. Self assessments occur usually in conjunction with learning targets. These assessments are not entered as grades per se but, occasionally I do give students input on their own grade. In so doing, I nearly always find students to be more critical of themselves than I am of them but we give feedback back-and-forth on such critiques.
TCHS Grading Scale
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
F 69 and below
See online rubrics at Kentucky sites
Information on castles:
http://www.guide-to-castles-of-europe.com/index.html
orphans/immigration/postal brides
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/orphan/
http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/index.html#stories
http://www.42explore2.com/orphan.htm
local theatre (near Louisville):
http://actorstheatre.org/about_casting.htm
http://www.littlecolonel.org/
http://kyshakespeare.com/performances/about-the-season/
http://www.waldentheatre.org/contact.asp