Out of Her Mind -- Musings on Education and Life

Students in my SIOP English II class overcoming their shyness and presenting in front of the class How SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Meets the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards What Is SIOP? SIOP is a research-based instructional model originally designed for English Language Learners (ELLs), though as is true with most differentiation, this model is a good instructional model for any student. North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards and How SIOP Aligns Standard I:     Leadership in the Classroom   Promotes Collaboration. Encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning. Advocates for students. Standard II:  Respectful Environment for Diverse Students Has high expectations for all students. Collaborates with specialists to meet the special needs of all students. Creates a flexible, supportive learning environment. Capitalizes on diversity. Adapts teaching using research-based best practi

Be a star writer!  Use this rubric to internalize the characteristics of upper level writing! AP Literature and Composition General Rubric                        Ms.  Faulkner                                             SGHS GRADE Description 9 100-95 These essays are outstanding. They offer creative and original ideas and insights that are extensively elaborated and refreshing. They go beyond general commentary, referring to the texts, explicitly or implicitly, offering specific details (blending quotes where appropriate) to support their analyses; they offer compelling connections between technique and effect. The introduction grabs the reader’s attention, and the writer makes use of transitional sentences and clauses to navigate ideas. The conclusion discusses the significance of the thesis. The writer makes use of sophisticated vocabulary, sentence variety, parallel structure, modification. The language is concise a

Adapted from Atwell, N.,  Lessons That Change Writers , Portsmouth, NH, 2002   A student works on a draft of her essay during writer's workshop Guidelines for Writer's Workshop Expectations for Writer's Workshop Find topics and purposes for your writing that matter to you, your life, who you are, and who you might become. Create and maintain plans of your territories as a writer: the ideas, topics, purposes, genres, forms, and techniques that you’d like to experience and explore. Make your own decisions about what’s working and what needs more work in pieces of your writing. Be your own first responder. Ready yourself with a critical, literary eye and ear 4.  Listen to, ask questions about, and comment on others’ writing in ways that help them move their writing forward, toward literature. 5.  Maintain a record of the pieces of writing you finish. File finished writing in your writing portfolio. 6.  Attempt professional publication. 7.  Recogn