Teacher Scenario - English

Teacher Information:

5th-year teacher
Subject: English
Post-Covid teaching has stressed you and created anxiety in delivering high-quality lessons to students who are struggling more and lacking basic proficiencies.

Class Information:

5 EC students
2 EL students
Total number of students = 25
Based on the most recent standard taught, 15/25 demonstrated mastery. 5 were within 5 points of mastery. The final 5 were 10-15 points away from mastery.

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Middle School: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

High School: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Respond to the following challenge and reflective questions on slides 16-17 of your Passport Book!

Challenge 1: Create a GRASPS activity using the skills you have learned for designing curricular units of study.

Challenge 2: What high-yield strategies will you utilize to get 80% of the class to mastery level on summarizing and finding the main idea? (80% is 20 students).

Strategy or Strategies you’ll use:

Explanation of selected strategy:

Will you be more of a tour guide or travel agent using this strategy?

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