PLC minutes 12/6

Discussed MAP testing Annie has 12 kids that did not finish Emerald has 15. All due to absences or suspensions.
We will enter MAP scores into the data sheet by next week's PLC/

Plans for next week:

• Have students analyze a painting and then write a poem inspired by the painting and analysis
• Blue team: Students will complete a critical reading of a passage from The Hate U Give to help prepare for the Final
• Gold team: Students will discuss the audience and purpose and write a rough draft of a persuasive letter to convince someone in their life to stop smoking
• Review of skills from the semester to prepare for the final

PLC minutes 11/29

This week we are doing round 2 of MAP testing. We will try to finish next week.
Next week we will be finishing the argument speech project.
The final assessment will be the DCA #1 informational.
Weds-Friday of next week we will focus on comparing texts to help prepare students for the DCA.
The week of the 10th gold team will be working on a team-wide project dealing with tobacco.

PLC minutes 11/15

Planned for 11/19-11/20 and 11/26-11/30

Students will be completing drafts of their argument speeches and planning and practicing delivering them. 

Reading MAP testing will take place 11/28 and 11/29

PLC 11/9

Megan and Annie discussed going to a conference in March to help support interventions for English. 

Planned for the week of 11/12. Students will conduct research to support their claim and compose argument speeches. They will edit and revise their speeches and prepare to present their argument to the class. 

We discussed strategies to encourage students to give the speech such as having students give the speeches after school or during lunch. 

Emerald will revise rubrics for scoring the writing and delivery of the speeches by Wednesday 11/14. 

PLC 11/1

Planning co-teaching lesson with Mrs. Moore for November 12th/13th on how to research effectively

Next week students will develop claims, reasons, and counterclaims for their argument speeches. We will model as a class how to develop research questions to that they are able to use to guide their research on their topic.

PLC 10/25

Achieve 3000 level set scores were entered into google sheet and scores were color coded

Green= meeting or exceeding college readiness
Yellow= approaching
Red= Far below

Planned for the week of 10/29
Students will view and analyze good and bad speeches to determine what a good speech should look like. Students will attend Opioid awareness field trip on Tuesday. They will analyze a written speech on Wednesday/Thursday. On Friday they will brainstorm for topics on an argument speech of their choice.

PLC minutes 10/4

• Discussed student performance on common formative argument essay
• Students need to work on composing introductions and organizing thoughts 
• We revised the vacant lot argument project that we used last year Vacant lot argument packet
• Next week students will read and gather evidence Evidence chart
• The next week students will utilize writing flow charts and evidence to compose an argument
• Students will then edit and revise with revising stations