Attached find a PDF of a new unit on persuasion created through the Stanford-based Understanding Language group. Called Persuasion Across Time and Space: Analyzing and Producing Complex Texts, the introduction presents the unit as follows:
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Has society become colorblind? Does race no longer matter? Check out the Precious Knowledge video to see student perspectives on race and the school system.
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Face the Facts Project, GW University GW University argues for more qualified ESL instructors through this infographic, shared by Debra Schneider. GW explains their argument below. Click here or the link in Deborah's post to visit the full infographic.
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CCSSO The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSS))has released guidelines for ELL students related to the CCSS English/language arts and mathematics standards, as well as the Next Generation Science Standards. The Framework is intended to provide guildance for states as they rewrite ELL proficiency standards with a focus on academic language and new contenxt areas.
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Elyse Eidman-Aadahl shared this article earlier this week and encouraged TCs to read it and engage in the debate: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-writing-revolution/309090/1/
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“Mrs. Devlin?”
“Yes?”
“Do I go to 3rd grade next year?”
“Absolutely! But we’ve been talking about that, and I thought you knew you would. What makes you ask?
“My mom said maybe I won’t ‘cuz I don’t have all As.”
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Inevitably, the end of the year brings an insurmountable amount of stress. Even in Cartagena, students are NWEA testing, studying for finals, and preparing for their final projects. During finals, I have always struggled in assessing my students with on-demand writing. Is this format the best way for my students to “show” what they know?
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Steve Jobs said “It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.”
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I had a substitute teacher in my 2nd grade classroom a bit ago, and in her end of the day written note was the comment, “They sure talk a lot during the story time.” I had to laugh.
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