Stephen Kocis Christopher Moore Leslie Whitlow BUILDING LITERACY TEAM (BLT…YUM)

Kocis  World History  Economics  Political Systems/ Government Moore  US History  Geography  Psychology  Sociology RESOURCE PERSONNEL

 Teachers will add one element to build authentic literacy per week  Examples include: primary sources, current events, textbook, etc.  Build students’ literacy skills throughout the year, with foci scaffolding off the previous 9 weeks SCHOOL YEAR

 1 st semester  First 9 weeks- Annotation/Cornell notes (we’ll go over these in a minute)  Second 9 weeks- writing, using students’ acquired note taking skills  2 nd semester  Third nine weeks- discussion  Fourth nine weeks- thinking maps BLT FOCI- YEARLY LAYOUT

 Underline the major points.  Circle keywords or phrases that are confusing or unknown to you.  Use a question mark (?) for questions that you have during the reading. Be sure to write your question.  Use an exclamation mark (!) for things that surprise you, and briefly note what it was that caught your attention.  Draw an arrow ( ↵ ) when you make a connection to something inside the text, or to an idea or experience outside the text. Briefly note your connections.  Mark EX when the author provides an example.  Numerate (1,2,3...) arguments, important ideas, or key details and write words or phrases that restate them. FIRST NINE WEEKS- ANNOTATION (WAY 1)

 Red - connections - stop - here what do I really see happening. I have to think here, what is the connection.  Yellow- Vocabulary-caution- do I really understand what the meaning is with the words and phrases? Do I need clarification?  Green - Author's Point of view and Purpose - go - I understand what he/she is saying and why  Blue- Structure of the Language - I am swimming in the words - metaphor, simile, rhetorical techniques, etc. How is the author using language to get his message across. FIRST NINE WEEKS- ANNOTATION (WAY 2)

FIRST NINE WEEKS- CORNELL NOTES For More Info:

Kocis  World History  Economics  Political Systems/ Government Moore  US History  Geography  Psychology  Sociology RESOURCE PERSONNEL

 ANNOTATION/NOTE TAKING SHOULD BE EMBEDDED INTO YOUR LESSONS, NOT STAND-ALONE SKILLS TAUGHT AND NEVER CONNECTED BACK TO OTHER WORK  IN THE 2 ND NINE WEEKS WE WILL USE THESE NOTE TAKING SKILLS AND GUIDE STUDENTS TO WRITE USING THESE NOTE-TAKING STRATEGIES  1 ST THREE WEEKS- WORK ON THE NOTES; LAST SIX WEEKS OF THE QUARTER, BRING STUDENT WORK EXAMPLES TO CURRICULUM MEETINGS TO DISCUSS WITH TEAM  MORE TO COME- 07AUG FACULTY MEETING- McDaniel and Singh FINAL THOUGHTS