Monday, November 13, 2017

EOC Mock Online Test

This practice site lets students see what testing online is like. Parents and educators are welcome to try it too. The items on the demonstration tests are general and are organized into three grade bands: Grades 3 – 5, Grades 6 – 8, and High School in the content areas of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. The items do not necessarily represent the specific grade-level content that students learn daily in their classrooms. Included in this site are examples of new types of test items that are being field tested this spring. Items that are field tested do not impact the scores of students. The primary purpose is to let students experience, firsthand, the functionality of the online testing platform. The sample tests are not graded, so have fun!



MOCK TEST CLICK HERE!


Username – GeorgiaHS
Password – Training

November 13 -17, 2017

How will the students learn?
Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students:
·         Monday: (Teacher is participating in District Walks at Osborne High School)
§  Work Session –
§  Independent Practice (You do):  Students will be watching the film version of Animal Farm.
·         Tuesday:
§  Work Session -
§  Independent Practice (You do):  Students will be taking the SRI & completing the USATESTPREP Practice Test
·         Wednesday
EOC Prep Day
1. Attacking the Prompt
2. Drama Elements
·         Thursday:
§  Opening:  EOC Vocabulary Review
§  Work Session –
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review how to properly cite textual evidence in a writing prompt. (Powerpoint)
§  Guided Practice (We do):  We will read a passage together and discuss how to attack the prompt correctly.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will write an extended response about the passage they’ve read. Students should make sure to use textual evidence correctly in their response.
§  Closing:  Students will exchange papers will an elbow partner and students should discuss whether or not their partner correctly used textual evidence.

·         Friday:
§  Opening:  EOC Vocabulary Review
§  Work Session –
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review Writing Prompt from yesterday with the class.
§  Guided Practice (We do): 
1. As a class we will decide on a percentage the class will strive to reach on the EOC. (Must be higher than 75%)
2. EOC Review Game
§  Closing:  Reminders - USATESTPREP Practice Test #1; 2nd Writing Prompt should be completed by Monday after the break.
 

Sunday, November 5, 2017

November 6 - 10, 2017


Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students:
·       Monday:
§  Opening:  Common Assessment #8 (OPTIC – Multiple Choice)
§  Work Session –
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review previous vocabulary words. (Pre-Test Vocab)
§  Guided Practice (We do): Teacher will review the expectations for the Mini-Project from last Friday.
§  Independent Practice (You do):  
1. Students will take Cornell Notes on the last of the vocabulary words.
2. Students will complete their Characterization Mini-Project & present them to the class.
§  Closing: Ticket out the Door: Teacher will check to make sure everyone has completed their Double Entry Journals and Character Analysis Chart.
·       Tuesday:
NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
·       Wednesday:
§  Opening:  Students will study silently for their final assessment.
§  Work Session -
§  Independent Practice (You do):  Students will take their final assessment on Animal Farm.
§  Closing:  Teacher will review this unit’s vocabulary terms.
·       Thursday:
EOC Prep Day
1. Test Taking Strategies
2. Mock Online Testing
·       Friday:
§  Opening:  Common Assessment #9 (Vocabulary Post Test)
§  Work Session –
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review answers from the final assessment from yesterday.
§  Guided Practice (We do):  Students will watch a film version of Animal Farm and compare and contrast the film to the novel. (Graphic Organizer)
§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: One Glow and Grow about the film version of Animal Farm

Monday, October 30, 2017

October 30 - November 3, 2017

Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students:
·       Monday:
§  Opening:  USATESTPREP Amnesty Week Directions
§  Work Session –
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review new vocabulary words (Pre-Test Vocab)
§  Guided Practice (We do): We will begin reading Chapter 8 of Animal Farm.
§  Independent Practice (You do):  Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
§  Closing: Ticket out the Door: Teacher will check to make sure everyone has completed Chapters 1 – 5’s Double Entry Journal.
·       Tuesday:
§  Opening:  Vocabulary Review (Freyer Model Activity)
§  Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review Symbolism & Motif in Animal Farm
§  Guided Practice (We do): We will begin reading Chapter 9 of Animal Farm. (Popcorn Reading)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
§  Closing: Ticket Out the Door: Students will review S.I.F.T. Strategy

·       Wednesday:
§  Opening:  Common Assessment #8
§  Work Session -
§  Guided Practice (We do):  We will read the last chapter of Animal Farm; Chapter 10(Popcorn Reading)
§  Independent Practice (You do):
1. Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
2. Students will complete a S.I.F.T. Chart for one Chapter of the novel.

§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Teacher will check to make sure everyone has completed Chapters 6-8 Double Entry Journals.
§   
·       Thursday:
§  Opening:  Vocabulary Review (Page 49)
§  Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): We will discuss how the characters are evolving so far in the story. Who seems to be a Dynamic, Static, Flat or Round Character thus far?
§  Guided Practice (We do): Students will play a review game for Animal Farm and complete a Character Activity (Individual/Group)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students should work to complete ALL Double Entry Journals & character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Students will write down one “Theme” found in the Novel and be prepared to discuss it on tomorrow.
·       Friday:
§  Opening:  Theme Discussion (Ticket Out the Door yesterday)
§  Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): We will discuss how the characters evolved in the novel based on the activity from yesterday.
§  Guided Practice (We do):  Students will watch a film version of Animal Farm and compare and contrast the film to the novel. (Graphic Organizer)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Present their Character Chart to the class.
§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Glow & Grow Discussion.

Sunday, October 22, 2017

October 23 - 27, 2017

Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students:
·       Monday:
§  Warm Up: USATESTPREP Poll on Parallelism
§  Opening:  Common Assessment #7 (Pre-test)
§  Work Session –
§  Instruction (I do): Character Type Lesson: Protagonist, Antagonist, Dynamic, Static, Flat, Round
§  Guided Practice (We do): We will begin reading Chapter 4 of Animal Farm.
§  Independent Practice (You do):  Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
§  Closing: Ticket out the Door: Teacher will check to make sure everyone has completed at least Chapter 1’s Double Entry Journal.
·       Tuesday:
§  Opening:  Chapter 3 & 4 Class Quiz (Animal Farm)
§  Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review Direct/Indirect Characterization.
§  Guided Practice (We do):
1. Students will be asked to walk around the room and read the quotes posted on the wall that were taken from Chapters 1-4 of Animal Farm. Students must decide whether the quote shows Direct or Indirect Characterization & explain why. (Gallery Walk)
2. We will begin reading Chapter 5 of Animal Farm. (Popcorn Reading)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
§  Closing: Ticket Out the Door: Not that we’ve met all the important animals on the farm, what do you think about them? Which Characters can you see changing/evolving?

·       Wednesday:
§  Warm Up: EOC Prep
§  Opening:  Characterization Review
§  Work Session -
§  Guided Practice (We do):  We will continue reading Chapter 5 of Animal Farm and begin Chapter 6. (Popcorn Reading)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Teacher will check to make sure everyone has completed Chapters 2 & 3 Double Entry Journals.
§   
·       Thursday:
§  Warm Up: EOC Prep
§  Opening:  Characterization Review
§  Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): We will discuss how the characters are evolving so far in the story. Who seems to be a Dynamic, Static, Flat or Round Character thus far?
§  Guided Practice (We do):  We complete Chapter 6 of Animal Farm. (Popcorn Reading)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students should continue working on their Double Entry Journals &/or their character analysis sheets in their interactive notebooks.
§  Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Students will decide which characters are the Protagonist and Antagonist. Which characters are Flat, Round, Dynamic, and Static.
·       Friday: (Teacher will be absent)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will completed a constructed response about the Animal Farm.
§  Closing:  Students should turn in all work into the substitute.

Sunday, October 15, 2017

October 16 - 20, 2017


Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students:
·       Monday:
o   Warm Up: EOC Prep (USATESTPREP)
o   Opening:  Indefinite Pronouns Chart
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Pronoun Antecedent Mini Lesson
§  Guided Practice (We do):
A. Students will finish their presentations (Argumentative Speeches)
B. Students will read the short story “We will read the short story “Harrison Bergeron”
§  Independent Practice (You do):  Students will complete the comprehension questions.
o   Closing: Ticket out the Door: Students will write down one way in which they would like to make the world “equal”.
·       Tuesday:
o   Warm Up: EOC Prep (USATESTPREP)
o   Opening:  BRAINPOP! Subject Verb Agreement
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Subject Verb Agreement Mini-Lesson
§  Guided Practice (We do): As a class, we will watch a Film Adaption of “Harrison Bergeron”
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will complete Common Assessment 6 (CTLS) on text/film adaptions.
o   Closing: Think, Pair Share - Students will discuss the assessment with a partner.
·       Wednesday:
o   Warm Up: Pronoun Antecedent Review
o   Opening:  Students will define Equality & Revolution in their own words.
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will do “Before You Read” Activities with the class. (George Orwell video bio & open discussion about Equality & Revolution).
§  Guided Practice (We do):  We will begin reading Chapter 1 of Animal Farm. Students will be given a character analysis sheet to complete throughout the novel.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will begin completing their character analysis chart as well as their Double Entry Journal for Chapter 1.
o   Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: So far, what do you think about the animals in the farm?

·       Thursday:
o   Warm Up: Subject Verb Agreement Review
o   Opening:  Students will review a few important quotes from chapter 1. Students will discuss/infer the importance of these quotes to the novel based on our readings from yesterday.
·       “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.”
·       “Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.
·        All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.”
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review Chapter 1 of Animal Farm. Teacher will have an open discussion about Mr. Jones & his relationship with the animals.
§  Guided Practice (We do):  We will begin reading Chapter 2 of Animal Farm.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will continue completing the character analysis chart.
o   Closing:  Ticket Out the Door: Students will review their character chart with a partner.
·       Friday:
o   Warm Up: Sustained Silent Reading
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Review Chapter 2 (Animal Farm), review important quotes from chapter 2. These quotes should be listed on their Double Entry Journals.
§  Guided Practice (We do):  We will begin reading Chapter 3 of Animal Farm. (Whole Class or Silently)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will complete comprehension questions on Chapters 1-3.
o   Closing:  Ticket Out the Door

Sunday, October 8, 2017

October 9 -13, 2017

How will the students learn?
Detail of activities / strategies used to engaged students:
·       Monday:
o   Warm Up: Review expectations for Argumentative Essay
o   Opening:  Collect: Template, Rough Draft, Peer Edit Form & Final Essay
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will introduce unfamiliar Springboard words.
§  Guided Practice (We do): Cornell Notes (Springboard Vocabulary)
§  Independent Practice (You do):  Reading Inventory (laptops)
o   Closing:  Whole class review on the matching activity.
·       Tuesday:
o   Warm Up: Review Springboard vocabulary matching activity.
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Review presentation rubric
§  Guided Practice (We do): Students will come up with a list of Do’s & Don’t’s for presenting. (Students will write down things you should/shouldn’t do while presenting and while listening to presentations)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will present their argumentative essays (speech).
o   Closing: Students will share one Glow & one Grow for one person in the class in regard to their presentations.
·       Wednesday: (Only 3rd & 4th periods)
o   Warm Up: Common Assessment #5
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Independent Practice (You do): Finish presenting speeches (Argumentative Essays)
o   Closing:  Students will share one Glow & one Grow for one person in the class in regard to their presentations.
·       Thursday: (Only 1st & 2nd periods)
o   Warm Up: Common Assessment #5
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Independent Practice (You do): Finish presenting speeches (Argumentative Essays)
o   Closing:  Students will share one Glow & one Grow for one person in the class in regard to their presentations.
·       Friday:
o   Warm Up: Sustained Silent Reading
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will begin introducing cinematic techniques.
§  Guided Practice (We do): 
1. As a class on the board, I will draw a large Venn diagram with “Film” in one circle and “Text” in the other. The middle overlapping section will be labeled “Similarities.” Above the “Text” circle write “Literary Techniques,” and above the “Film” circle write “Cinematic Techniques.”
2. Brainstorm elements shared by short stories, novels, and filmed stories
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will complete activity 2.11 in their Springboard books (pg. 148 – 149)
o   Closing:  Review Activity 2.11 together as a class.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

October 2 - 6, 2017


·       Monday:
o   Warm Up: Finish Common Assessment #4
o   Opening:  Sustained Silent Reading
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Discuss their Argumentative Essay topics picked on Friday. Allow students to change their topics, if need be. Students have until the end of the day to send me new topics.
§  Guided Practice (We do): Unpack Embedded Assessment: Writing an Argumentative Essay. Students will complete their own unpacking the embedded assessment form and place this inside their notebooks.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will read the short article, “Education Still Pays” (Activity 1.14) on page 66 and complete questions 1-4 on page 67.
§   
o   Closing:  Review Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Claim, Counterclaim & Refutation
·       Tuesday:
o   Warm Up: Sustained Silent Reading
o   Opening:  EOC Prep (USA Test Prep)
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review MLA Format. Teacher will also review commas, semicolons.
§  Guided Practice (We do): We will reading both “Why College Isn’t for Everyone” and “Actually, College is Very Much Worth It” in the Springboard book.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will complete #1-7 on page 88 & 89 in the Springboard books.
o   Closing: Review Second Read questions as a whole class.
·       Wednesday:
o   Warm Up: Sustained Silent Reading
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will show students how to navigate through MacInVIA
§  Guided Practice (We do): Teacher will walk students through the argumentative template created for their argumentative essay. Students should complete this between today and Thursday.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will have the opportunity to research supporting evidence for their argumentative essay. (Laptop Carts)
o   Closing:  Ticket out the door - Students will write down 3 points that they will make in their argumentative essay along with the works cited. Students will write this on their template.
·       Thursday:
o   Warm Up: Sustained Silent Reading
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review their argumentative essay template given on yesterday to make sure everyone understand.
§  Guided Practice (We do):  Allow students to continue researching articles that support their claim for their argumentative essay. Students may use their cellphones or laptops.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will complete their rough drafts in class. Students must be completed with this before leaving.
o   Closing:  Teacher will collect rough drafts for a grade.
·       Friday:
o   Warm Up: Sustained Silent Reading
o   Opening:  EOC Prep
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review how to properly peer edit an argumentative essay.
§  Guided Practice (We do):  Teacher & students will review the peer edit form.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will peer edit one peer’s argumentative essay rough draft and provide constructive feedback. Students may begin their finals.
o   Closing:  Teacher will have a few students share the feedback that was given by their peer with the class. Friday drafts will be due on Monday.

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