2013-03-10 - 11:23 p.m.
Plans for Year #2 Teaching: Ideas for Syllabus, Rules and things to do over the summer in preparation 6.3.12
Summer Hobby Horse:
Songs � MSW (pacing 1 new song per week) Themes by book or holidays
Consolidate anecdotes punctuated with humor
Consolidate T8 anecdotes, proverbs, default expressions that bespeak the unique �optimists, prepare their eggs sunny side up�
Food W1 � start reviewing the meals
Travel W1: Ashland / Portland / Central Coast/ Belize/ Pacific Crest Trail
Short S1
Blog: NOR � Juiced B1 and develop an educator website
Get into 8-track in a big way � record with Dave Mead + open mics
Figure out turn it in.com
CSET: study for either History, math or science
Chip away at Spanish, Arabic and French
List to do over the summer:
1. Syllabus for each class
2. Classroom arranged with a good filing system
3. Semester plans for each class
Materials Required:
Note cards � 1 pack of 3 x 5�s per semester *if not, students bring their own*
Note book � 70 page college-ruled, spiral
Binder for English � all important papers will be placed there
Have card catalog � keep student note cards in there
Have a milk crate for each class � a portfolio for students
Have students create their portfolio during week #1 � provide class time
Essays / students can put important papers in portfolio / A papers etc.
Highlighters with various colors (minimum of three colors)
Materials I need to get
Filing cabinet *for clean organization and student portfolios*
Colored folders for students to decorate and this will be their portfolio � need student examples � put all work back in portfolios and hand back work to them weekly
Card Catalog to keep their note cards neatly organized in with alphabetical organization
Lectern
Classroom decorations
Order curriculum from Prestwick and the AP magazine
Class sets of: interactive readers / V for Vendetta / The Hunger games
Video Card Capability for next room with a double monitor *I will need to be a 2nd monitor
Students will have: 1. Portfolios 2. Notebooks 3. Notecards and a place in the card catalog
Biggest T8 K8 to work on
They say / I say *Graff*
Strunk and White
Use note card system of questions for embedding text *allows for teaching several other English standards � parallelism, alliteration, metaphor, etc.*
1. How to conduct a Socratic Seminar or 4 Corners?
2. Games? How to make Ringmasters Better
3. Ignorant or Not � Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
A Motivating, yet not even close to quantitative motto to keep the summer work apush: every hour spent working over the summer will save me an hour throughout the year
Summer Reading List: Generate Word file NOR
The Pearl *reread*
A Confederacy of Dunces *reread*
Infinite Jest *finish*
Finish reading additional DFW works
A Brave New World *reread*
Read ELD books
The Hunger Games *order a class set*
V for Vendetta *order a class set*
First day of class: then first week: first month: first quarter: first semester: write out a calendar like Mrs. Phillips for each class
Goals by the end of the year: Students will be able to communicate with each other intelligently. Students will be able to think critically.
(Generalization: intelligently is rather �interpretable.� Vague enough to be safely nonsensical while sounding somewhat rigorous.
Do you have any questions?
No questions?
What�s the problem with people who have questions?
Well, they probably want answers
People who ask questions, get answers. People who ask good questions make the leader nervous.
Truth is, to a frightening degree, leaders, etc. do not know the answers�question asking is a subversive activity. Look at each question as a slight act of transgression.
RT: people who asked me questions made me nervous, people who didn�t ask questions, oh that was fun, I didn�t have to worry about anything. It was the folks who came in with a stack of books and had sticky notes sticking out of them that were intimidating.
For better or worse, when a person opens their mouth, they are marked. It�s the conventional thing to say that we live a non-judgmental society, yeah.
Where does all of this start?
Perhaps with asking questions�the dialectical method is essentially jargon for a Q and A session.
To accomplish this students will be provided with templates on day #1 or first week at least.
Students will receive all of the same papers the students receive at Greenfield high school.
On the syllabus: Give students a breakdown of grade percentages
Group work/ Group Projects� 10%
Tests/ Quizzes � 20%
Notebook/class work/homework � 30%
Citizenship / Participation � 20% (150 points) per quarter up to 50 E.C. points per quarter per student for hard work / excellent participation. Grade #1 in Aries.
Individual Projects: 10%
Essays: 10%
Class Rules: 3 do�s and 3 don�ts *citizenship grade will remain an A at the end of the quarter as long as you follow the 3 do�s and don�ts
Do: talk / *show respect* / work hard
Don�t� talk over me or peers / be disrespectful / exhibit lassitude
*each rule has a negative correlative*
Need to crystallize the discipline process and make it consistent
*control with citizenship points � stare, the gaze, ctrl with the unknown factor of
*Showing respect covers a lot of territory�will learn what I expect you to do in class in the opening weeks of class*
SLANT/ no food / no gum/ no bathroom breaks unless you give me back the time at lunch or after school.
Teacher: post grades along with citizenship and note book grade each week with a highlight
Things I need to do
An educator website
weekly assignments
weekly calendar / monthly calendar/ semester calendar
look at all edge books and plan accordingly
know what books the school has before leaving for summer break
have syllabus ready
learn how to use Turn it in.com
spend time accumulating curriculum and class posters etc.
Work out games
Work out how to run a class discussion
Design ERWCish type units * if have further Q�s � the website?*
Need to figure out the school wide detention policy
Get the blue hand chair if possible
Get a lectern over the summer
Use textbook to look over curriculum for the 9th grade
Make sure to have the list of ELD books
General Ideas for next year: Things to help / save time/ good activities
Conduct student interviews in first few weeks � 15 minutes per day, one student a day / have a list of creative questions to ask the person � I can start with me being interviewed first
Have a digital photograph with pictures / can take class pictures perhaps
Greet students at the door
Make a list of games: Taboo / Jeopardy /
Make a list of best practices
They say/ I say templates along with question frames and the Greenfield papers
Order vocabulary books over the summer
Consider ordering interactive readers for all students
Need more posters and a well-arranged classroom
For notebooks: have a sticky tab that students move from week to week to make it easier for me to find the start of the week when grading
*remember to ask for note book examples
Also if I have notebooks for every class, I need to stagger the days of the week that each class notebook is due for example: Period #1: Due Tuesday Period #2 Due Wednesday #3 Due Thursday #4 Due Friday
*keep other examples of student work to be used for next year*
Order art materials and keep for group projects
Have one day a week for Problem Based learning where the kids are arranged in groups of four (quads)
