"1. Complete rubrics for grades 9 - 12 in argument, narrative and
information. The Calkins rubrics will be uploaded into Turnitin by the
end of the day and shared with the entire faculty. One of you can bring
up the incomplete rubric on the Smartboard (in your turnitin
account) and you can fill in the missing columns. After the rubric is
complete you can export it and send it to me and I will upload it and
share the completed rubrics with the entire faculty.
2. Calkins Writing kits - Grades K - 6 are now using the Calkins
Writing Program. The middle school English teachers have examined the
kits and are using some components with additional adoption planed after
they receive additional training. There is a grade 7 kit and a grade 8
kit. There are more than enough units to include grade 9 in the Calkins
program and possibly grade 10. I am asking you to look through the grade
8 kit and tell me what you think. Can these resources be used for grade
9 and possibly grade 10 too?
3. Turn it in - Some of you have had a chance to experiment with
Turnitin. Nancy Stenberg has agreed to assist you further with this
website. You will have an opportunity to upload a few papers and then
grade them using a rubric. I would recommend using the grade 8 rubric
since your rubrics will not be uploaded into the system at this point."
9:11am: Viewing a PARCC PowerPoint that is helping to direct our Argument and Informative rubrics. We are now understanding our already completed Narrative rubric to include fiction and non-fiction subject matter.
11:30am-ish: Took a lunch break after trying to save the work we had done on the Argument rubric. Had to back track a bit.
12:40pm: Starting again on the Argument rubric. We have decided on a 9-12 format for all rubrics. Our main strategy has been translating the language of the LC rubrics to create almost "bullet point style" elements for each rubric component.
1:20pm: Finished the "Proficient" category of the Argument rubric and are moving on to the Informational rubric. We concentrated on the "Proficient" category because it is directly connected to our department goals. We will have to expand to write the language of the other categories later.
2:15pm: Finished the "Proficient" category of the Informational rubric. We now have a completed 9-12 Narrative rubric and the essential elements of our other rubrics to be completed later.
We still have a lot of questions about the direction of these rubrics, especially for struggling writers. We are also not fully clear on the connectivity with what students use in the middle school. During the process it was a nice reminder to consider how a student would interpret the language we were using. These rubrics should be used as a tool of transparency.
11:30am-ish: Took a lunch break after trying to save the work we had done on the Argument rubric. Had to back track a bit.
12:40pm: Starting again on the Argument rubric. We have decided on a 9-12 format for all rubrics. Our main strategy has been translating the language of the LC rubrics to create almost "bullet point style" elements for each rubric component.
1:20pm: Finished the "Proficient" category of the Argument rubric and are moving on to the Informational rubric. We concentrated on the "Proficient" category because it is directly connected to our department goals. We will have to expand to write the language of the other categories later.
2:15pm: Finished the "Proficient" category of the Informational rubric. We now have a completed 9-12 Narrative rubric and the essential elements of our other rubrics to be completed later.
We still have a lot of questions about the direction of these rubrics, especially for struggling writers. We are also not fully clear on the connectivity with what students use in the middle school. During the process it was a nice reminder to consider how a student would interpret the language we were using. These rubrics should be used as a tool of transparency.
Follow-Up: Ms. Strelke and Mrs. Varnon will complete what is left of the two rubrics and bring them in for review next week.
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