Guiding+Questions

What are our goals for this literacy block? Differentiate curriculum into L.A., W e want to improve student literacy without overwhelming students and causing them to shut down.

__(crockett-blue)__ Differentiate curriculum into Comm.Arts, Creative Writing, Lit Circle, Computers __Lit Circle, Creative Writing, Comm. Arts.__ How can we coordinate the reading, writing and speaking across the three classes? - Team discussions

Can writing responses from Lit Circles and Drama be used as jumping off points for the writing class? Each student could develop a writing portfolio that could be used between classes? Jess - Wiki portfolios that students can accumulate their work and use in the various areas not every student will have computers. Do you want me to create portfolios for those I have? Could there be a rotation in advisory to get these started so that every student has one? Mayo

What, if anything, do we need to keep separate? - try to coordinate and include as much as possible in all classes - including core

Who is planning to use what stories/books/materials? - ongoing - update on wiki

What if anything is needed to be purchased for this year? - slush fund for material purchases (Kindle downloads, paperbacks - explore library downloads)

Who will take ownership of which standards? - Done

Who will introduce/review which standards? - Done

What will a typical schedule look like for our 7th and 8th grade students?

How will we differentiate for our 7th and 8th grade students so that students taking the same class next year will be challenged with new materials and goals?