Academic Parent NightCarlisle ELA Team 2019-2020

English Language Arts (ELA) at CMS

To respect your time tonight we would like to answer questions individually after the presentation, or if you prefer you can use the QR code to the right and we will email back a response to your question.

Team Members

● Jenny Sinclair○ 6 ELA, 7 ELA

● Holly Laffoon○ 7 ELA, 6 CE, 7 CE

● John Burris○ 8 ELA, 8 CE

● Karen Martens○ 7 ELA, 8 ELA

● Nick Pigott○ 6 ELA, 7 ELA

Typical Day in ELA

Bellringer Gets students engaged in the activities for the day

Mini Lesson Focuses student learning, sets a daily goal

Student Activity Students grow by applying their learning from the mini lesson in practical situations

Closure Assess student learning, set goals for next class period

Support Systems at CMS

● Teacher support - during class, before and

after school, and during lunch

● Academic Support Center (ASC)

● Student Support Center (SSC)

● School Counselors

Springboard

Why Springboard?

● Pre-AP strategies● Rigor - work that

challenges students' thinking in new and interesting ways

● Differentiation

6th Grade Springboard - Change

● Read works by authors including Langston Hughes, John Steinbeck, William Shakespeare.

● Write narrative, explanatory, and argumentative texts.

● Learn specific strategies for planning, drafting, revising, and editing their writing.

● Explore the fundamentals of research, such as citations and how to evaluate the credibility of sources.

7th Grade Springboard - Choice

● Read works by authors such as Nelson Mandela, Robert Frost, Sojourner Truth, and William Shakespeare.

● Learn Close Reading strategies to discover the explicit and implicit content of texts.

● Write in argumentative, explanatory, and narrative modes.

● Examine how print texts are portrayed in film.

8th Grade Springboard - Challenge

● Read a wide variety of literature● Learn about the hero archetype and the hero's

journey narrative in literature● Write narrative, explanatory, argumentative, and

other texts.● Research an issue in current events and create a

multimedia presentation about it.● Read scenes from Shakespeare's A Midsummer

Night's Dream.

Independent Reading

● Independent, engaged

● At least 40 minutes/week

● Conferring with students

● Reader response

2019-2020 Goals for Our Students

● All students see themselves as lifelong readers and writers

● All students will be prepared for high school class, including AP courses

● All students will develop the skills and knowledge to ensure that they are

successful in future endeavors

Thank You For Your Support!

Thank you for coming to the academic night this evening. Please feel free ask question of individual teachers here, by the emails

provided below, or through the brief form to the right.