What Does the Ideal Secondary English Classroom Look Like?

1. What Does the Ideal Secondary English Classroom Look Like? VASSP 2014

2. Look-fors in SuccessfulSecondary English Instruction • Vocabulary development text-based • Reading – fiction & nonfiction • Emphasis on paired passages on similar topic • Offer Student Choice • Writing – emphasis on expository, persuasive, analytical modes • Emphasis on writing process • Peer revision and editing • Regular writing conferences • Use of Writing Portfolios • Research • Media Literacy

3. Look-fors in SuccessfulSecondary English Instruction • Use questioning without a definite number of correct responses • Move away from multiple choice • Offer ‘cold reads’ on formative assessments • Ask text-dependent questions • Study text-based vocabulary • Add writing components in every lesson • Research components

4. Teach Nonfiction Reading StrategiesOrganizational Patterns • Organizational Patterns • Chronological or Sequential • Comparison/Contrast • Cause & Effect • Fact & Opinion • Problem/Solution • Concept/ Definition • Process • Order of Importance • Spatial • Classification • Question/Answer • Explanation/Generalization

5. Teach Nonfiction Reading StrategiesSignal Words in Organizational Patterns

6. Teach Nonfiction Reading Strategies

7. Reading Resources

8. English Resources

9. Assessment PowerPoint Presentations

10. Sample: Reading Data Power Point Provides examples of most commonly missed content. Items do not replicate question format. Example: Students need additional practice selecting multiple answers for words using similar affixes. Which words have a suffix meaning state or quality? antiquated composure detriment irrelevant obstinate precarious

11. Sample: Reading Data Power Point Example: Students need additional practice selecting more than one correct synonym for a given word using informational reading selections. In 1813 the famous naturalist John Audubon observed a vast flock of passenger pigeons as he traveled through Kentucky. The flock took three days to pass above; in such a black cloud, they obliterated the sun at times. Conservatively, he estimated their numbers at 1.1 billion birds. How could a bird that was the most prolific in North America become extinct? Identify synonyms for obliterated. Possible answers: concealed, eliminated, obscured

12. Sample: Reading Data Power Point Example: Students need additional practice using context clues to determine word meaning. During the competition, the lithe gymnast rolled and tumbled across the mat on the gym floor. Her graceful bends and nimble acrobatics displayed her exceptional abilities. She had clearly spent countless hours practicing her rigorous routine. The result was a polished performance that won her first place. Which phrases help you understand the meaning of lithe? graceful bends, nimble acrobatics This kind of item is easily replicated on formative assessment.

13. Sample: Reading Data Power Point Example: Students need additional practice identifying the main idea and author’s purpose when using texts with more complex sentence structure and vocabulary. Tibet is a vast area in Central Asia full of towering, majestic mountains and home to many monasteries where monks live and work together. Tibetan monks practice Buddhism, a religion founded on principles of peace and understanding. For these Buddhist monks, sand painting represents an important part of the core of their lives and works. They create these designs in an effort to bring about healing for both their bodies and minds. Using colored sand and sometimes small stones and powdered flowers, the monks work in collaboration to craft their paintings. ……..

14. Sample: Reading Data Power Point • Students need additional practice summarizing text. • Suggestions: •Which sentence is the best summary of paragraph __? •Which sentence is the best summary of the selection? •Which information should be included in a summary of . . . ? •Which three details should be included in a summary of . . .? •Which detail is NOT essential to a summary of the article? •Which detail is most (or least) important to include in a summary of the article?

15. Paired Passagestested in 6, 7, 8, & EOC

16. Reading Resources

17. Text-Dependent Questions

18. Stand-Alone DirectionsSOL Reading Tests

19. English Sample Lesson Plans

20. English Sample Lesson Plans

21. Writing Resources

22. SOL Progression ChartsWriting Writing Resources

23. Instruction Writing Checklists

24. Instruction Anchor Sets

25. Understand Scoring

26. Understanding ScoringOpportunity for Teachers to Practice Scoring

27. Understanding ScoringAnchor Papers with Annotations

28. Understanding ScoringFeedback on Accuracy of Scoring

29. Writing Prompts

30. Scoring with the SOL Writing Rubric • All student papers are read by two readers; their scores are added together • Composing/Written Expression score counts twice = 2/3 • Usage/Mechanics score counts once = 1/3 • If judges scores are more than 1 point apart, papers are read by a third judge

31. Online Writing Web Page

32. Assessment

33. AssessmentStand-Alone Directions

34. 2014-2015 SOL Testing Schedule • Fall Writing (EOC) – October 20- November 7 • Term Graduates & Project Graduation EOC Writing • October 20- October 31- 1st attempt • November 17-December 12 – 2nd attempt • Fall- EOC Reading – December 1- February 27 • Spring Writing – March 2-April 3, 2015 • Spring – SOL Reading -April 13 - June 26

35. Use of Automated Scoring for the SOL Writing Tests • Currently two human readers score the SOL short papers • • Feasibility studies conducted summer 2013 • • Studies successful; scoring engine trained on all current SOL prompts • Fall 2014 “automated scoring” to be used as the second reader for grade 8 writing and EOC writing. • •Should reduce turnaround time for delivery of scores

36. Definition of “Advanced/College Path” for EOC Reading • A student obtaining an “advanced/college path” score should have the necessary knowledge and skills for enrollment, without remediation, in an introductory credit-bearing college course with a substantial reading load, assuming that the student continues to demonstrate a comparable level of achievement in subsequent high school English courses prior to high school graduation.

37. Why You Cannot Ignore Technology (Thinking) Enhanced Items (TEI) Practice15% of SOL tests

38. Technology-Enhanced Items (TEI) • All grades (3- EOC) include TEI that do not specify number of correct answers.

39. Assessment Cause/ Effect Fact/Opinion

40. Assessment NOT EXCEPT

41. Assessment Choose the best graphic Corrections to the sentence

42. English Language Learners

43. Demographics(Based upon September 30, 2013, Student Record Collection) Assessment

44. Number of Languages Reported in Virginia Schools 214

45. ELL Growth349% over the past 15 years

46. Division-wide ELL Distribution

49. English SOL Institutes

50. English SOL Institutes Registration now open. Each School Division may send a team of 4.