welcome to mr joob and miss chamoun’s co-taught english class!
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Welcome to Mr Joob and Miss Chamoun’s Co-Taught English Class!. Team Imagine 8 th Grade. About Me. Park Ridge, IL BA and MA from the University of Dayton 1 year at Leo Burnett 2 years teaching 7 th and 10 th grade in Milford Exempted Village Schools - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Welcome to Mr Joob and Miss Chamoun’s
Co-Taught English Class!
Team Imagine 8th Grade
About MeO Park Ridge, ILO BA and MA from the
University of DaytonO 1 year at Leo BurnettO 2 years teaching 7th and
10th grade in Milford Exempted Village Schools
O 1 year as the 7th grade differentiation support teacher {gifted} at Wilmette Junior High
O 1st year teaching English and advisory at Washburne
• BA in English from University of Michigan
• MA in Special Education from National Louis
University• 5th Year working at
Washburne as a Special Education
teacher and 2nd year co-teaching English
• New Dad as of 1 week ago
Differentiated Instruction (DI)
O Students come to the material from different levels and directions as a result from…O Different educational backgroundsO Different life experiences O Different areas of interest and readinessO Different natural areas of strengths and
strugglesO DI is based on interest and academic levelO Levels assessed by preassessments and
formative & summative assessments
Differentiated Instruction (DI)
O What it looks likes in the classroom…O Flexible grouping/seatingO Different homework assignmentsO Choice and autonomyO Small group vs. large group instruction
O What is does NOT look like…O Students given “more” or “less” work or given “free time”
based on their levelO Permanent grouping O “Smart” students vs. “not smart” students
O WHY differentiate?O Help each student achieve success based on his/her own levelO Research-based by Carol Tomlinson
Why Co-Taught?O Models and fosters positive collaboration and problem solving
O Co-teaching allows a greater variety of teaching strategies and flexible groupings
O More direct support is available for students who need it
O Variety in teaching style and voice engages more students
English Curriculum
O WritingO LiteratureO Independent ReadingO Greek/Latin Roots
and AffixesO Grammar
WritingO Responses to literature (2-3 times a week)
O Box Format (7th Grade)O Freak (8th Grade)
O MemoirO FictionO Literary EssayO PoetryO Argument WritingO Writing GoalsO Writing PortfolioO Writers WorkshopO 6 Traits Rubric: Organization, Ideas, Sentence
Fluency, Voice, Conventions, word choice
LiteratureO 7th Grade
O The GiverO The OutsidersO A Christmas Carol
(field trip)O Roll of Thunder, Hear
My CryO Assorted short stories
and poetry
O 8th GradeO UgliesO Assorted short stories
and poetryO Selections from Our
AmericaO To Kill a MockingbirdO Midsummer Night’s
Dream (Field Trip)O The Book Thief
Skills: Annotating, written responses, seminars
Independent ReadingO Self-selected text O Minimum of one novel per
monthO Will not need to annotateO Create own IR questionsO Work with Ms. Summerville or
Ms. Nelson to create reading goals
O Log reading and attainment of monthly goals
O Project each trimester
VocabularyO Greek and Latin roots and affixesO New list every other FridayO Study guide will be due on Mondays
(vocabulary menu)O Quiz every other FridayO Mini-lessons and activities throughout the
weekO Goal Give students another tool to
decode wordsO Vocabulary lessons will also be taught
during the novels we are reading
GrammarO Pre-test each trimesterO Data used to group
students for mini-lessons during Writers Workshop
O Lessons will include:O Parts of speech, parts of
sentences, types of sentences, punctuation, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, commonly confused words
O Post-test end of each trimester
Website
Helpful Links on Website
Monthly Newsletters: Student of the month, questions to ask students, preview of next month, district/school newsWeekly In Class
Activities: Daily classroom activities listed by week; handouts are attached
Weekly Agenda: Daily homework listed by week; handouts attached; also hanging in classroom; should written in students’ assignment notebook
Helpful Websites: Resources
Missing Work ReportsO Every Friday (starting tomorrow!)O Even if everything is turned in, they
will receive a note saying so.
