PLC 5/13

Attendance: Bishop, Dennis, Sipp, Wassom

Points Discussed:

1. Glass Castle unit pacing
2. Supplementary materials: Children of the Mountains Doc
3. Next year PLC improvements

5/10

PLC Attendance: Bishop, Dennis, Wassom

Discussion Points:

• Pacing of Glass Castle reading
• Prep for final assessment- closures & critical writes
• Checked in w/ student achievement in relation to literary analysis standard RL9-10.2
• Review all lit devices
• Begin connecting universal idea to theme statements
• Final essay:
• Prewrite 5/28
•  on-demand style 5/29-30

5/6

5/6/19- Wassom, Dennis, Bishop
1) Class status
2) upcoming assessments
3) Differentiated final essay assessment

4/29 PLC

In Attendance: Bishop, Dennis, Wassom

Items Discussed:

• Glass Castle progress
• End date for book
• Planned final assessment
• In-class on-demand writing
• pre-writing done in class day before
• makeups last week
• Bishop shared pre-writing organizer
• Listed students for recovery/ study hall

4/26/19- Wassom, Bishop, Dennis
1) Class status
2) Upcoming glass castle exam
3) Set dates for final essay

English 2: Wassom, Bishop
1) Class status
2) Completed Irony Lesson
3) Discussed upcoming assessments (quiz, final essay, etc.)

4/19/19: Bishop, Wassom, Dennis
1) Class status
2) Planning/pacing for next week (irony lesson; UI to theme)
3) Next assessment: TGC quiz 2; abbreviated TGC essay for end of unit assessment

4/15/19
1) Testing Logistics
2) Glass Castle assessment: characterization poster
3) Discussed abbreviating essay assessment

English 2 PLC: 4-8-19

1) Testing Logistics
2) MAP reflection sheets
3) EOC next week-- what will students do if they finish early?
4) Glass Castle unit

English 2: 3/25/19
Attendees: Sipp, Dennis, Wassom, Bishop
1) Class Status
2) Upcoming assessments
3) Main unit focus: transforming universal ideas into themes through the use of literary devices.
4) TGC Essay?

3/22/19 English 2: Dennis, Bishop, Wassom
1) Class Status
2) TGC assessments (backwards planning)
*Quiz 1
*Character Poster
*6 Word Memoir
3) Upcoming district assessments:
*MAP
*ACT
*EOC
Testing should be finished for sophomores before May

English 2: 3/11/19
Attendees: Dennis, Wassom, Bishop
Agenda:
1) Class Status
2) End of Year testing schedule
3) Plan and pace current unit of instruction

English 2
1) Closed argument unit
2) Discussed background lessons to complete before reading The Glass Castle
3) First unit assessment: TGC Social Media Project

2/19 PLC
1) Checked in on essay assessment status
2) Discussed subsequent unit

2/11 Minutes
1) Discussed essay assessment
2) Planned mini-lessons for essay support

1/14/19
1) Continued planning/pacing unit
2) Discussed essay assessment (options, scoring guide, etc...)

1/8/19
1) Discussed class status
2) Planned and paced Argument unit

12/14/18- Sipp, Dennis, Bishop, Wassom
1) MAP successes- several students displayed significant growth
2) Final Essay- high submission rates/discussed possibilities for assessment improvement
3) Next semester (divided January letters)

PLC 12/10

Attendance: Bishop, Dennis, Wassom

Agenda:

1. Class Status
2. Final
3. Next Semester
4. What to improve for next year

• Dennis & Bishop typing OMM essays
• Wassom short story/ lit term review
• All will administer MAP Wed-Fri this week
• All will upload OMM essay to backpack w/ reflection on Monday 12/17

Final:

• Invisible Man district literary analysis
• Print & copy class sets

Next Semester:

• Argument
• Revamp unit-- start with red lining, find new articles, rearrange instruction

Next Year:

• Revamp poetry unit
• Start with Ali, write poetry literary analysis

11/26/18
1) Current Unit Check-in
2) Calibrate Unit Essay: refine rubric, establish slides for writing process