Central Heights High School

A Combined Classroom ApproachComputer Applications/English 9

Deb Hampton English

Michael Carey Computer Applications

USD #288

• Formed 1964• First Graduates 1966• 3-A • Enrollment 333 – Grades 6-12

• Class of 2011= 34

We Are Here!

Four Home Towns Franklin County, Kansas

Richmond

Lane

Rantoul

Princeton

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RantoulPrinceton

Richmond

Central Heights USD 288

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• Original Building Design

CH Middle/High School CH Gym/Tech Classes CH Elementary

ACTIVITIES

Team Botman Robotics Club

Athletics

Music and Dance

Drama

The Issue

Perceived English Need

The Issue

Perceived CTE Need

Solution!

Integrate?

How?

How?

Administrative Issues

How?

Control Issues

How?

Implementation Issues

How?

Basic Concepts

Basic Concepts

1. Full Integration

Basic Concepts

2. Preparation for Future Success

Basic Concepts

3. Toolbox Development

Basic Concepts

4. Student Accountability

Basic Concepts

5. Benchmark vs CompetencyCompetency vs Benchmark

English 9: Standards and Benchmarks

Standard: Reading: The student reads and comprehends text across the curriculum.

• Benchmark 1: The student uses skills in alphabetics to construct meaning from text.

• Benchmark 2: The student reads fluently.

• Benchmark 3: The student expands vocabulary.

• Benchmark 4: The student comprehends a variety of texts (narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive).

Standard: Literature: The student responds to a variety of texts.

• Benchmark 1: The student uses literary concepts to interpret and respond to text.

• Benchmark 2: The student understands the significance of literature and its contributions to various cultures.

Standard: Listening: Learners will participate effectively as listeners within formal and informal groups.

• Benchmark 1: The effective listener is attentive.

• Benchmark 2: The effective listener identifies/recognizes verbal and nonverbal cues accurately.

• Benchmark 3: The effective listener understands the message.

• Benchmark 4: The effective listener remembers and applies content of message.

• Benchmark 5: The effective listener analyzes/evaluates the message.

• Benchmark 6: The effective listener participates appropriately in small groups

Standard: Viewing: Students will demonstrate skills in viewing for a variety of purposes.

• Benchmark 1: The effective viewer is attentive.

• Benchmark 2: The effective viewer recognizes/identifies the cues in visual messages transmitted through objects, images, sounds, and words.

• Benchmark 3: The effective viewer understands the visual message.

• Benchmark 4: The effective viewer remembers and applies the content of the visual message.

• Benchmark 5: The effective viewer analyzes/evaluates visual messages.

BenchmarksCompetencies

Tools

Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English

• Assignments/Activities

Computer Applications• Keyboarding• Operating System• Hardware• Windows

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Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English• Reading– The student reads and

comprehends text across the curriculum.

Computer Applications• Word Processing• Spreadsheet• Database

Example

Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English• Literature– The student responds to

a variety of texts.

Computer Applications• Word Processing• Spreadsheet• Database

Example

Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English• Listening– Learners will participate

effectively as listeners within formal and informal groups.

• Viewing– Students will

demonstrate skills in viewing for a variety of purposes.

Computer Applications• Presentation Software• Listening Skills• Human Relation Skills

Example

Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English• Speaking– Learners will speak

effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, occasions, and contexts.

Computer Applications• Presentation Software• Listening Skills• Human Relation Skills• Problem Solving• Teamwork

Example

Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English• Information Retrieval– Communicators will

retrieve information from a variety of appropriate sources.

Computer Applications• Internet • Communications• Problem Solving• Teamwork

Example

Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English• Media Products– Communicators

effectively use and create media products for a variety of audiences, purposes, occasions, and contexts.

Computer Applications• Word Processing• Design• Publisher• Data Base

Example

Benchmarks / CompetenciesTools

English• Research– The student applies

reading and writing skills to demonstrate learning.

Computer Applications• Internet• Word Processing• Publisher• Presentation• Teamwork

Example

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Observations and Modifications

Mottos

• …becoming a successful Sophomore.• Give the teacher what the teacher wants.• Something is better than nothing.• Just do it.• Get it done.• Don’t tell me why you can’t, tell me how you

will.

Observations and Modifications

Changes Over Six Years

Tools• Reading• Writing• Speaking• Listening• Note Taking• Letter Format• MLA Format• Diagramming• Plot Line • Story Board• 2-Column Notes

• Publisher• Word• Excel• Access• Internet Explorer• Power Point• Audacity• Photoshop• Acrobat• Exam View• Accelerated Reader

Some Assignments and Activities• Accelerated Reader• SOD• Vocabulary Database• “Depression”• Romeo and Juliet• Proofreading/Editing• Calendaring • Letter Writing/Format• “My Freshman Year”• Storybook• Plot Line Template• Debate

• “Changes “• “Introducing Me” • The Endless Steppe• Odyssey• MLA Report/Writing• “Harlem Renaissance”• Edgar Allen Poe• Character Database• Posters• Flyers• Speeches• State Writing Assessment

Future?

Michael Carey- macarey@usd288.org

Deb Hampton-dhampton@usd288.org