PLT Minutes

Minutes from the Professional Learning Teams at DRMS

8th Grade Language Arts Meeting on 07/26/2012

Participants: Baker, Collins, Del Toro, Stephens
Richardson- Tracked Out

Quarter SMART Goal: 85% of students will earn a 70% or higher on quarterly benchmarks during the 2012-2013 school year.

Minutes: PDP Goals:
85% of students will earn a 70% or higher on quarterly benchmarks during the 2012-2013 school year.
Remediation?
• Friday schedules to allow for “Dolphin Time” remediation? Rotate LA, Math, Sci

Common Summative Assessment (Unit One):
“The Necklace” – Read, Plot Diagram, 3 character traits w/ evidence from the text, Identify POV (explain the significance/impact of that particular POV), Theme (give 3 options and they choose one and explain), Identify mood & tone (explain the significance/impact of that mood/tone), identify the genre & explain
**Del Toro provided copies of “The Necklace” & Baker will work on creating a copy of the test during workdays next week**

Week 4 Plans:
“The Odyssey” excerpt (CMAPP)—annotation
“Finish of Patsy Barnes” (Paul Lawrence Dunbar) –dialect/dialogue, social issues
“Mark Twain” excerpt (CMAPP)—dialect/dialogue, social issues
Realistic Poetry (choices on CMAPP)—denotation/connotation

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