Day 11: School Policy modifications, Teacher Professionalism, E-Portfolio prep, Lesson Plans, Taiwan culture and ART...

Lesson plan development: Choose content strand/competency/objective: Global Affairs (3f ~ Analyze and evaluate the causes and effects of the United States‘ growing involvement in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf) Choose a MS CCRR/CCSS competency: 1185-1385 Law and Islam in the Middle East http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QE5LYU/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000GB5MWE&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1V9WZ2NM7QXBX7VM76BR 1350 Mass Media in the Middle East http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Media-Middle-East-Comprehensive/dp/0313285357 1340 Political Chronology of the Middle East http://www.amazon.com/political-chronology-Middle-Political-Chronologies/dp/1857431154 1220 Transfer of Arms, Leverage, and Peace in the Middle East http://www.amazon.com/Transfer-Arms-Leverage-Peace-Middle/dp/0313263000 1360 W.CCR.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. SL.CCR.5 Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations. L.CCR.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. R.CCR.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. http://www.teachingthecore.com/ccr-anchor-standards/ C10 Reading Anchor Standards •Key Ideas and Details (R.CCR.1*, R.CCR.2, R.CCR.3) •Craft and Structure (R.CCR.4, R.CCR.5, R.CCR.6) •Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (R.CCR.7, R.CCR.8, R.CCR.9) •Range and Level of Text Complexity (R.CCR.10) 10 Writing Anchor Standards •Text Types and Purposes (W.CCR.1, W.CCR.2, W.CCR.3) •Production and Distribution of Writing (W.CCR.4, W.CCR.5, W.CCR.6) •Research to Build and Present Knowledge (W.CCR.7, W.CCR.8, W.CCR.9) •Range of Writing (W.CCR.10) 6 Speaking and Listening Anchor Standards •Comprehension and Collaboration (SL.CCR.1, SL.CCR.2, SL.CCR.3) •Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas (SL.CCR.4, SL.CCR.5, SL.CCR.6) Determine how all competency mastery can be assessed: Develop activities to address the content and objectives: Develop lectures to teach the content: Ensure that all lectures/activities/assessments are aligned: Create specific objectives: OK folks, as you can see this Blog is a work in progress regarding the big lesson plan we all have to put together. Today we discussed making changes/improvements to our school policy and effective ways of bringing those changes into fruition. We then shifted gears to teacher professionalism, MSTAR, Organizational involvement and we added two pages to our weebly.com site. The above is the sketch of my lesson plan and the areas I intend to focus on within the lesson. Found a helpful website that I'm sharing here that simplifies the common core CCRR/CCSS requirements in a language even I can comprehend. The Global conversation w/ Taiwan didn't happen but Dr. Beriswill did share a little of her insight on the country. Finishing up my cut outs with cultural art and we received a free language game for both French and Spanish... Tres bien!!! OK kiddies, I'm out like a scout on a new route until manana (man-yah-nah)... PEACE!