Core+Concepts+to+Teach+This+Year

1) Important and enduring concepts to teach for writing would be: How can I revise my writing for multiple purposes?, Where is my voice?, How can I differentiate my writing? Important concepts for reading are: How can I relate these characters/books to myself/ society/ government/ economy today?, and Why does this matter?

2) These concepts are important because all of these concepts have to do with the students. In order to teach a subject you must be able to show the significance to the student or else they ware not going to care.

3) These topics incorporate everything from future job opportunities to lessons about our current society. Students can find that what they read and write are all connected to the outside world, not just the class.

4) The interdisciplinary connections would be with the concept, How can I relate these characters/pieces of literature?. Kids can connect these concepts to social studies or science.

5) I will have students analyze the literature I give to them to find a real life connection that is shared with the students and society. I can have them evaluate each others writing so they can have peer evaluation and discussions. i can have them create a project in collaborated groups using a Prezi to depict a rule in grammar using math symbols.

6) I will have them create a Wiki so I will pose a question and they will respond not only to my question, but respond to their classmates answers too. I will do this instead of having them write for homework because it gets them uses to using technological programs such as these. If we are reading Shakespeare, I can ask them to create a 5 minutes scene of the days reading with classmates and video tape it.

7) The way the topics are so free and open ended allow the students to think outside the box. I want my students to think not only about grammar or vocabulary words we used to stress, but I want them to also think about how everything affects English learners.