October 23, 2006 Meeting

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Council Name/location West Hills High School Cal-PASS Curricular Alignment Project
Meeting date: October 23, 2006


Attendees: We met on October 23 from 1:30 pm- 4:00 pm in Anne Foster's room, Attendance: Tracy Clarke, AJ Acosta, Anne Foster, Kristin McLaughlin, Cece Boehme, Todd Peterson, Jennifer Romanowski, Laura Preble, Deborah Napoli, and Cali Linfor.

Discussion items and results:

12th Grade
Discussion of the Assignment Sequence Template
“Brave New Girl” Assignment Sequence Review
Missing (Submit to me by November 3 or before)
Pre Reading Work with Clips (Deborah brought and sent via email)
Revisiting Vocabulary: Concept Maps Do not Need for this Sequence
Post Reading: Group Discussion Clip based post reading work Deborah brought and sent via email
BNG Multiple Choice Questions Deborah will send. Sent.
Vocabulary Assessment: Optional. Each will create there own but send to Cali upon implantation.
New Additions:
Pre Reading: Surveying the text, Scanning the text, Making Predictions (GAP) Reflection
During Reading: Annotating the Text, Peer Response to Rhetorical Précis, Denotation Discussion
Anything Missing based on the demands of the prompt?
Clip Work for Evidence (November 3) Email team again with updated version to see if anything else is missing?
Revisions Cali Due by November 8
Date to implement: Still very movable.
Anne _________________
Todd __________________
Kristin__________________
Deborah ________________
Jennifer ________________
We do not need to do every activity. Carefully, review the prompt and make your choices based on backwards planning.
Record which assignments you use and keep a sample of student work.

For next meeting
Start of Work on Fast Food Assignment Sequence: Assignment Type 2: Analyzing and Evaluating a Non-Fiction Text
I need copies of these texts
Review requirements of this assignment type
Review the prompts of the existing Assignment Sequence
Need to look closely at one text to evaluate.
Prompt Drafts: _________________
What is missing from the sequence? For the November 13th meeting
Detailed appeals work: ________________________
Detailed Evaluation work ______________________
What else?
What can be cut or needs to be modified towards our goals?


Our conversations:

We discussed charting vs. an evidence grid.
The language of the Evidence Grid needs to be modifies to sound less like charting language. (Todd will work on.)
We need a Reading Writing Connections section. Cali will work on. A writing assignment where students substitute the essay’s examples with examples from their own from current TV and movies. Can be done in blog or presentation form.
May need to purchase DVDS of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie and other images to support the work with the text.

11th Grade
Discussion of the Assignment Sequence Template
“The World House” Assignment Sequence Review
Missing Song for Pre Reading Tracey will send.
New Additions:
Pre Reading: Additional Quick write, Corrections to Pre Reading Map, Making Predications, Vocabulary Self Assessment Chart,
During Reading: Annotating the Text , Peer Response to Rhetorical Précis
Post Reading: Basic Appeals Questions,
Connecting Reading and Writing: Work with the larger text. :
The Writing Process: Simplifies Prompt based on Cece revision
Revisions: Cali Due by November 3
Date to implement: November 27ish
Laura _______________
AJ __________________
Cece ________________
Tracey _______________
Michelle _____________
We do not need to do every activity. Carefully, review the prompt and make your choices based on backwards planning.
Record which assignments you use and keep a sample of student work.
Work on Black Men in Public Spaces Assignment Sequence: Assignment Type 2: Analyzing and Evaluating a Non-Fiction Text
Review requirements of this assignment type
Review the prompts of the existing Assignment Sequence
Need to look closely at one text to evaluate.
Prompt Drafts: Tracey/Laura and AJ and Cece Due November 3 to Cali
“Black Men in Public Spaces” so far
What is missing from the sequence?
For the next meeting, send to me by November 12.
Pre Reading Vocabulary Work : Cece (Concepts maps—completed as well as blanks)
During Reading: Vocabulary Work: AJ (Vocabulary work and assessment)
Post Reading Detailed appeals work: Tracey and Laura
Post Reading Detailed Evaluation work Cali and Michelle
What else?


Our conversations:

We discussed appeals vs. arguments.
The language of the Evidence Grid needs to be modifies to sound less like charting language. (Todd will work on.)
May need to purchase the CD with song to support the World House Work.
Need a rubric for the essay for World House and a rubric of the précis as well
Need a new Copy of World House

Data questions:

None

Action items for participants:

12th Grade Team:

November 3rd deadline
Todd will work on modifying the language of the Evidence Grid.
Deborah needs to email remaining BNG work.
Cali revision of Brave New Girls by November 3. Crete Reading Writing Connection.

For the November 13th meeting (pending an email with documents from Cali)
Team Review requirements of the second assignment type and review the prompts of the existing Assignment Sequence
Anne: Have copies of the Fast Food texts to any team member who does not have them and a set for Cali at the meeting.
Create a précis of your assigned texts.
Jennifer: Shannon Brownlee, “It’s portion distortion that makes America fat”
Deborah: David Barboza, “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat
Kristin: Daniel Weintraub, “The battle against fast food begins in the home
Todd: David Zinczenko, “Don’t Blame the Eater”
Anne: Letters to the editor. A précis won’t work but a main argument statement should be possible for each.
Cali: Prepare beginning presentation on what it means to evaluate



11th Grade Team

November 3rd deadline
Laura will make corrections to the Evidence and Appeals Work she brought and resend. She will also on a prompt draft for Assignment Type 2 for Black Men and Public Spaces with Tracey.
Tracey will send Prereading work with song for World House. She will also on a prompt draft for Assignment Type 2 for Black Men and Public Spaces with Laura and send via email to Cali by November 3.
Cece will send Appeal Work for World House. It went missing. She will also work with AJ on a prompt draft for Assignment Type 2 for Black Men and Public Spaces and email Cali by November 3 with the draft.
AJ work with Cece on a on a prompt draft for Assignment Type 2 for Black Men and Public Spaces
Cali revision of World House by November 3 and send out drafts of prompts of Black Men in Public Spaces so that team will have prompts to backwards plan from. Get new copy of World House to Team. Work on rubrics for the précis and for the World House prompt.

For the November 13th meeting

Michelle will work with Cali to create post reading and prewriting work that helps students evaluate for the November 13th meeting.
Cece will work on Pre Reading Vocabulary for Black Men in Public Spaces.
AJ will work on During Reading Vocabulary Work and Assessment.
Laura and Tracey will work on detailed appeal work.
Cali prepare beginning presentation on what it means to evaluate


Attachments (e.g. copies of handouts)

The Meeting Agenda, CSU Assignment Sequences Template, Assignment Type 2 details, Draft of The World House Sequence and Handouts, Draft of the Brave New Girls Sequence and Handouts, Black Men in Public Spaces Sequence so far, CSU’s Version of the Fast Food Sequence, Black Men In Public Spaces Checklist


End-of-meeting assessment question & answers:

None