Transcript data retreat principal`s mid-year report

DATA RETREAT
PRINCIPAL’S MID-YEAR
REPORT 2009-10
Vandercook Lake Middle School
Principal: Renee Rudloff
Subject Area: Writing
GOAL
All teaching staff at VCL will improve skills in the writing process
in all ELA grade levels 6-12, so that 80% of students show proficient
and advanced levels on the 7th grade 2010 MEAP Writing while
accelerating the performance of students with disabilities so that
60% show proficient and advanced levels. In addition, 61% of
students in 11th grade will achieve proficiency in order to reach AYP,
while accelerating the performance of students with disabilities so
that a 15% raise from 2009 will be seen in the writing proficiency in
2010 MME. Also, our district will administer a writing assessment
three times each year in grades 6-12 (7th grade will test twice). The
average score should increase one rubric level between the pre and
post test.
What group of students is targeted with this goal:
All students in grades 6-12
Objective 1
All ELA teachers 6-8 will develop and
implement a writing assessment which will
be administered three times during the
school year to measure improvement in
the writing process.
Evidence of Action
• Common Theme for the Writing Prompts:
CHOICES
• K-6 = Narrative Prompt
• 7-12 = Persuasive Prompt
• September (Pre Assessment) = Prompt A
• February (Mid Assessment) = Prompt B
• May (Post Assessment) = Either A or B
Evidence of Action
(continued)
Writing Prompts: Choice
September
6th Grade:
Write about a time you made a choice and it turned out well.
or
Write about a time you made a choice and it didn’t turn out well.
7th Grade:
(No prompt given due to MEAP Writing)
8th Grade:
How do cell phones affect the atmosphere of a classroom? Pick a
side and support your answer with specific details.
Evidence of Action
(continued)
Writing Prompts: Choice
February
6th Grade
Write about a time someone made a choice for you and it turned out
well.
or
Write about a time someone made a choice for you and it didn’t turn out
well.
7th /8th Grade
Do you feel that nutrition break was a benefit to your education
and well being or do you think eliminating this break was the right
decision? Pick a side and support your answer with specific details.
Evidence of Action
(continued)
• Writing prompts given on Sept. 21-25
• Staff training on scoring prompts using
the ACT Rubric
• Writing prompts scored by entire staff
using the ACT Rubric (grades 7-12), and
MEAP Rubric (grade 6)
• Future prompts given in February and
May
Is It Working?
• Common Initiative Among All Staff
• Writing Data for This Year (no MEAP
scores)
• Evaluation of Scores and Discussion of
Possible Interventions
• Will Be Added to Data Director
Objective 2
Teachers will create a common format
6-12, which will unify teaching practices
within the writing process as assessed
through the MEAP and MME.
Evidence of Action
• Discussion/notes from monthly meetings
• In-progress for 2nd semester
Is It Working?
• Discussion / Ideas during monthly
meetings
Objective 3
ELA teachers will develop an
organizational structure for teaching
grammar in grades1-11, to improve the
grammar portion on the ACT.
Evidence of Action
• Structure for teaching grammar created in
November.
• GLCE’s/HSCE’s used as a reference for
this structure.
Grammar Structure Grades 1-11
GRADE
Capital letters
1
Periods
Question Marks
Exclamation Points
Capitalizing Names
Pronoun "I"
Colons (denoting time)
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
2
Nouns
Verbs
Commas
Contractions
3
Subjects/Verbs in Agreement
Verb Tenses
Nouns and Possessives
Commas in a Series
Begin use of Quotation Marks
Capitalization in Dialogue
4
Simple/Compound sentences
Direct/Indirect Objects
Prepositional Phrases
Adjectives
Common and Proper Nouns
Pronouns as Antecedents
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Hyphens between Syllables
Apostrophes in Contractions
Commas in Salutations
Quotation Marks and Italics
5
Compound Subjects/Predicates
Proper Nouns/Pronouns
Articles
Conjunctions
Hyphens in Compounds
Hyphens in Number Words
Clauses
Colons
Commas Between Indpendent Clauses
Grammar Structure Grades 1-11
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6
Indefinite pronouns
Transitive Verbs
Adjective Phrase
Adjective Subordinate Clause
Comparative Adverbs
Dependent Clause
Predicate pronouns
Intransitive Verbs
Adverbial Phrase
Adverbial Subordinate Clause
Comparative Adjectives
Introductory Phrases
Superlatives
Conjunctions
Compound Sentences
Appositives
Independent Clauses
Periods
7
Participial Phrase
Superlative Adverbs
Parentheses
Indefinite Pronouns
Adverbial Subordinate Clause
Present,past, future continuous verb tenses
Singular Possessive Forms
Superlative Adjectives
8
Infinitives
Participial Phrases
Ellipses
Gerunds
Dashes
9
HSCE's
Demonstrate use of conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics in written texts, including parts of speech,
sentence structure and variety, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
10
HSCE's
Reorganize sentence elements as needed and choose grammatical and stylistic options that provide sentence
variety, fluency, and flow.
11
HSCE's
Plural Possessive Forms
Commas
Quotation Marks
Underlining and Italics
Is It Working?
• Teachers planning curriculum maps for
implementation in 2010-11
• Sharing of creative ideas in teaching
grammar.
What’s Next?
• Evaluation of writing prompt scores
• Progress Monitoring Visit