November+7,+2011

media type="custom" key="10428220" Meeting location: room 1104

Meeting begins: 8:00am media type="custom" key="10428226" PLC Members take turns recording and posting (see below) the minutes from today's meeting: media type="custom" key="10428230" Collaboration Meeting Agenda:
 * Bethe || Cadwell || Devine || Duran || Gross || Jacoub || McGlenn || Sagapolutele(taking minutes) ||

1. Plan the Q2 Narrative Formative Assessment Writing Unit 2. Reminders:
 * Items to complete/consider.
 * What will we expect our students to do during the assessment? Will students analyze the prompt and create a writing plan before responding to the prompt?
 * Will we write new prompts or modify old ones to include audience?
 * Is it okay to re-use prompts that we used with our Analyzing Formative Assessments unit?
 * Do we need new sample essays (for literacy support classes)?
 * Review the Rubrics
 * Create a calendar of events for the unit.
 * Who is responsible for each?
 * Please take some time to read the summaries of chapter 3 of our text.
 * Devine will send out another page for chapter 4 this week.

= Minutes: = Notes from today's meeting: 1. For the narrative unit: Students will create a prewriting plan for the entire essay but are only required to write one body paragraph. Teachers will guide students through the prewriting plan. The plan will include:
 * 1. Thesis in the top triangle
 * 2. TS, Setting, Events 1.first,,,, 2. next..., 3. then..., 4. finally..., CS
 * 3. Rephrase the thesis in the bottom triangle
 * 4. draw hand on the side to use for sensory details. Each finger and the thumb is used to record different sensory details
 * Then, they will write one really good paragraph.

2. The team worked on revising the rubric to consolidate the past rubrics into one. 3. Test dates: 1. November 17 2. December 1 3. December 8 4. December 15 5. January 5 6. Benchmark January 12 4. Prompt order: 1. cheating 2. unfair situation 3. providing help 4. memorable event 5. party 6. new city 5. Anthony and Sophia will be rewriting some of the prompts to include missing elements.