English Language Arts/Literacy
The Idaho English Language Arts/Literacy Content Standards are broken into four (4) strands: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. In each strand there are overarching College and Career Readiness Standards for each grade level. These standards call for a change in instructional practice to ensure proper implementation of strong, consistent, cohesive work for the benefit of our Idaho Students. Additionally, there are delineated grade specific expectations for each College and Career Readiness Standard.
For example, Standard 9 in the writing strand reads “Draw evidence from literary or informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research.” Building on the great work already present in Idaho schools, the English Language Arts/Literacy Content Standards offer a challenge and opportunity unparalleled in recent history that will allow teachers to create deeper, more authentic learning experiences in their classrooms.

Idaho Coaching Network ELA/Literacy
The State Department of Education has put in place, in each region, teachers who work as full-time Idaho Coaching Network ELA/Literacy focused on supporting educators in improving instructional practices and developing deeper understanding of Idaho’s English Language Arts/Literacy Content Standards. The network is predicated on honoring teachers as professionals and leaders and the time it takes to drive lasting change. This year-long job embedded work results in the development of local teacher leaders who support local professional learning needs and better outcomes for students.
Purpose: This opportunity will improve student performance through ongoing professional development for teachers, instructional coaches, curriculum teams, administrators, and support staff. This network provides a cohesive, strategic, and sustainable method for implementing deep learning of the Idaho Content Standards for English Language Arts (ELA)/Literacy, cultivates local leadership, and facilitates implementation of both the Key Shifts and the research-based instructional strategies best aligned with the Standards.
What does this mean for Idaho’s Education System? Each region’s Idaho Coaching Network Coaches provide intensive professional development and responsive coaching in your area and operate from a place of expertise in the Idaho Content Standards for ELA/Literacy, extensive experience in classroom teaching, deep knowledge of research-based instructional strategies, and a thorough understanding of adult learning. Each regional Coach works to develop Teacher Leaders in your district who deeply understand and teach the Idaho Content Standards for ELA/Literacy, and who mentor and facilitate the learning of their peers in your region. This substantive, job-embedded professional development model is research-based and leverages local, regional, and state resources in efficient, effective, and compounded ways.
Objectives
- Provide strategic, systematic, and sustainable professional development of local educators and administrators in the Idaho Content Standards for ELA/Literacy and the EQuIP Rubric;
- Build capacity of local educators to implement Idaho Content Standards for ELA/ Literacy through the development of aligned lessons, units, and assessments, as well as the inclusion of research-based instructional strategies;
- Build consistency in the understanding of Idaho Content Standards for ELA/ Literacy & the implementation of such knowledge across Idaho’s regions, districts, schools, and classes;
- Provide equitable learning opportunities for all students.
Commitments
Teacher Leader Commitments for new Cohort 6 (C6)
- Participate in a total of 15 full-day workshops and an online course throughout 2018-2019:
- Participate in a 3-day workshop in Summer 2018;
- Complete all assignments in an online course in order to transfer learning to lessons and units;
- Develop and submit a unit for review and to share with others (August 2018 - January 2019) that integrates the Idaho Content Standards for ELA/Literacy. Teach the unit, reflect, revise, and collect a range of student work samples;
- Participate in eight full-day workshops during the 2018-2019 school year, starting in September;
- Participate in a 4-day professional development workshop during Summer 2019.
- Review three units for other Teacher Leaders in the Idaho Coaching Network with the EQuIP Rubric.
- Transfer active learning strategies to both classroom practice and unit planning.
- Receive coaching support/classroom visits from your region’s coach;
- Facilitate professional development through active learning in your school and/or district and take on or deepen a leadership role; keep and submit a Web of Impact;
- Complete pre- and post-surveys on teacher self-efficacy and provide feedback on courses, workshops, and facilitation as a means of reflection.
Returning Teacher Leader Commitments
- Attend two (2) days of professional development in the summer of 2018
- Orientation Time for Returning Teachers
- Orientation Time with New Teachers
- Attend seven (7) days throughout the 2018-2019 school year;
- Engage in networking opportunities with Teacher Leaders from other cohorts;
- Deliver three (3) professional development offerings in your school or district;
- Write post-PD reflections and new goals for each PD;
- Learn and grow through participation in a collaborative book study;
- Participate in work on an Idaho Literacy Standards-related inquiry project;
- Submit a professional deliverable for educator consumption to share statewide on the Idaho Coaching Network Website;
- Keep and submit a Web of Impact;
- Provide feedback on workshops, Coaches, and the yearly Core-Aligned Teaching Self-Efficacy (CAT-SES) survey.
Teacher Leaders (C6) will receive six (6) graduate level credits from Boise State University/University of Idaho OR a $1000 stipend from the SDE and five (5) continuing education credits from Boise State University/University of Idaho. Teacher Leaders who opt for the latter option (stipend and PD credits) will also have the opportunity to pay for additional continuing education credits if they so choose.
Returning Teacher Leaders will have the opportunity to receive six (6) graduate level credits from Boise State University/University of Idaho OR a $1000 stipend from the SDE and three (3) continuing education credits from Boise State University/University of Idaho. Returning Teachers who opt for the latter option (stipend and PD credits) will also have the opportunity to pay for additional continuing education credits if they so choose.
Districts will be reimbursed for all seven (7 for Returning Teachers) or eight (8 for new Teacher Leaders C6) days at the rate of $70/day.
HIGHLIGHTS

Network Website

PDF Document

PDF Document
Resource Files
Content Standards
ORDER STANDARDS BOOKLETS
- Go to “Alexanderclark.com”
- Click on “online order” – upper right hand of page
- Your customer code is “isde123” lower case
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Note: For first edition updates, refer to the ELA/Literacy Standards Corrections document. Additional printings will reflect these corrections.
- Standards - English Language Arts/Literacy and Handwriting
- Standards Guide for Updated 21 Standards
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Standards Resources
- Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements - Glossary of Key Terms
- Appendix A: Supplemental Information
- Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
- Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing
Idaho Coaching Network ELA/Literacy (Formerly known as the Idaho Core Teacher Network)
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- 1. Building a Statewide Network of Support for Teachers and Administrators Through the Idaho Coaching Network
- 2. The Apprenticeship Model-Modeling, Mentoring, Monitoring
- 3. The Network is Research-Based
- 4. Honoring Local Context and Needs
- 5. The Role of Deep Sustained Learning
- 6. Building Capacity in Local Districts is the Ultimate Goal
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Region I — Participation Letters due May 11, 2018
- District Recruitment Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Cover Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Request for Participation Form
- Returning Teacher Cover Letter
- Returning Teacher Request for Participation Form
Region II — Participation Letters due April 15, 2018
- District Recruitment Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Cover Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Request for Participation Form
- Returning Teacher Cover Letter
- Returning Teacher Request for Participation Form
Region III — Participation Letters due May 11, 2018
- District Recruitment Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Cover Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Request for Participation Form
- Returning Teacher Cover Letter
- Returning Teacher Request for Participation Form
Region IV — Participation Letters due May 15, 2018
- District Recruitment Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Cover Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Request for Participation Form
- Returning Teacher Cover Letter
- Returning Teacher Request for Participation Form
Region V — Participation Letters due May 1, 2018
- District Recruitment Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Cover Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Request for Participation Form
- Returning Teacher Cover Letter
- Returning Teacher Request for Participation Form
Region VI — Participation Letters due April 15, 2018
- District Recruitment Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Cover Letter
- Cohort 6 Teacher Leader Request for Participation Form
- Returning Teacher Cover Letter
- Returning Teacher Request for Participation Form
For prior year applications, please refer to the Archives.
Exemplar Instructional Units
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- Unit Cover Page
- Unit Cover Page - Illustrator and Family
- Writing Rubic Samples
- Survey
- Samples
- Appaloosa
- Authors
- Buffalo
- Cougar
- Coyote
- Deer
- Falcon
- Grizzly
- Heart Map
- Honeybee
- Killdeer
- Many Nations
- Moose
- Northern Spotted Owl
- Owl
- Porcupine
- Quail
- Rattlesnake
- Relationally Wheel
- S is for Salmon
- Salmon
- Student 1 heart map
- Student 2 heart map
- Student Created Rubric
- Success Criteria
- Teacher Model Relationality Wheel
- Title Page
- Turtle
- Ursus
- Vet
- Vocabulary Activity
- Wolf
- X Fox
- Yak
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- 3B 1 Answer Key | (Word Format)
- 3B 1 Student | (Word Format)
- Cloth Makers | (Word Format)
- Cloth Makers | (Word Format)
- Colony Kids | (Word Format)
- DA 2 Answer Key | (Word Format)
- DA 2 Student | (Word Format)
- DA 2 Student | (Word Format)
- Interview Notecatcher | (Word Format)
- Interview Worksheet | (Word Format)
- Johnny Cakes Butter Recipe | (Word Format)
- PP 1 Answer Key | (Word Format)
- PP 1 Student | (Word Format)
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- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- A Plant Begins
- Butterfly Cycle Observation Journal | (Word Format)
- Butterfly is Patient | (Word Format)
- Editing Checklist
- Inside a Seed
- K W L Chart | (Word Format)
- MK Nature Center Field Trip
- Pre Post Assessment
- Summative Assessment | (Word Format)
- Scaffolded Sentence Frames
- Seed Observation Journal
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Brochure | (Word Format)
- Brush Song | (Word Format)
- Close Reading Letter | (Word Format)
- Day One Pictures | (Word Format)
- DBI Pictures | (Word Format)
- DBI | (Word Format)
- Editing Checklist | (Word Format)
- Editing Checklist | (Word Format)
- Got My Toothpaste | (Word Format)
- Got My Toothpaste | (Word Format)
- Lost Tooth | (Word Format)
- Moose Loose Tooth | (Word Format)
- Parent Concept Wall Letter | (Word Format)
- Parent Poster Letter | (Word Format)
- Pictures for Day Six | (Word Format)
- Planning Sheet | (Word Format)
- Questions and Sentence Frames | (Word Format)
- Revising Checklist | (Word Format)
- Rubric | (Word Format)
- Self Assessment | (Word Format)
- Self Assessment | (Word Format)
- SICE | (Word Format)
- Stationary | (Word Format)
- Text Dependent Questions | (Word Format)
- Tooth Diagram | (Word Format)
- Tooth Fairy PACK | (Word Format)
- Vocab Assessment | (Word Format)
- Vocab Concentration | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- A - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- B - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- C - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- D - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- E - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- F - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- G - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- H - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- I - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- J - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
- K - Appendix Unit Nubmers | (Word Format)
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- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Small Group Work | (Word Format)
- Assessment | (Word Format)
- Conference Record | (Word Format)
- Daily Questions | (Word Format)
- Important Information | (Word Format)
- Pre-Assessment | (Word Format)
- Questions and Answers | (Word Format)
- Writing Rubric | (Word Format)
- Unit Reflection | (Word Format)
- Word Grid | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
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Day 3 Resources
- Appendix A Vocabulary Sort | (Word Format)
- Appendix B Vocabulary Sort | (Word Format)
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Day 4 Resources
- Appendix C Side1 We Must Meet Hate With Love | (Word Format)
- Appendix C Side2 Tired of Being Kicked About | (Word Format)
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Day 5 Resources
- Appendix D Reformer Posters Example
- Mr. King Reformers Poster Labels | (Word Format)
- Person Cut Out for Reform Poster | (Word Format)
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Day 6 Resources
- Chavez See Think Wonder| (Word Format)
- Clara Barton See Think Wonder| (Word Format)
- Eleanor Roosevelt See Think Wonder| (Word Format)
- Eleanor Roosevelt See Think Wonder| (Word Format)
- Jackie Robinson See Think Wonder| (Word Format)
- Reformers Poster Cutouts| (Word Format)
- Rosa Parks See Think Wonder| (Word Format)
- Susan B Anthony See Think Wonder| (Word Format)
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Day 7 - 10 Resources
- Cesar Chavez Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Cesar Chavez Comic Panes Vocab| (Word Format)
- Cesar Chavez Vocab Activity| (Word Format)
- Clara Barton and Cesar Chavez Job Comic Vocab Sheet| (Word Format)
- Clara Barton and Cesar Chavez Job Comic Vocab Sheet| (Word Format)
- Clara Barton Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Clara Barton Four Column Chart| (Word Format)
- Clara Barton Vocab Activity| (Word Format)
- Comic 4 Panes| (Word Format)
- Eleanor Roosevelt Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Eleanor Roosevelt TIME for Kids Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Eleanor Roosevelt Vocab Activity| (Word Format)
- Jackie Robinson Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Jackie Robinson TIME Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Jackie Robinson Vocab Activity| (Word Format)
- Rosa Parks Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Rosa Parks Vocabulary Activity| (Word Format)
- Susan B Anthony Close Reading Activity| (Word Format)
- Susan B Anthony Vocabulary Assignment| (Word Format)
- Vocabulary Activity| (Word Format)
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Day 11 - 15 Resources
- Checklist| (Word Format)
- Reform Project Self Reflection| (Word Format)
- Reformers RAFT| (Word Format)
- Rubric| (Word Format)
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- Unit Cover Page: Life Cycles and Heredity | (Word Format)
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Art
- Week 1 Slides (PowerPoint Format)
- Week 2 Slides | (PowerPoint Format)
- Week 3 Slides | (PowerPoint Format)
- Week 4 Slides | (PowerPoint Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Grammar Week 1
- Comic Strips (Word Format)
- Day 1 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
- Day 2 Writing Prompt | (PowerPoint Format)
- Day 3 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Grammar Week 2
- The Lorax Writing Prompt (Word Format)
- Day 1 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
- Day 2 Writing Prompt | (PowerPoint Format)
- Day 3 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Grammar Week 3
- What if I had Animal Ears (Word Format)
- Day 1 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
- Day 2 Writing Prompt | (PowerPoint Format)
- Day 3 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Grammar Week 4
- Day 1 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
- Day 2 Writing Prompt | (PowerPoint Format)
- Day 3 Writing Prompt | (Word Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Vocab Week 1
- Foldable | (Word Format)
- Venn Diagram | (Word Format)
- Word Wall Cards | (Word Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Vocab Week 2
- Foldable | (Word Format)
- Slides | (PowerPoint Format)
- Triangle Organizer | (Word Format)
- Word Wall Cards | (Word Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Vocab Week 3
- Foldable | (Word Format)
- Slides | (PowerPoint Format)
- Which One Doesnt Belong Slides | (PowerPoint Format)
- Word Wall Cards | (Word Format)
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ELA/Literacy - Vocab
- Mingle Template | (Word Format)
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Novel
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Book Review and Reflection | (Word Format)
- Close Read Marks Bookmarks
- Close Reading Excerpt | (Word Format)
- Close Reading Symbols Bookmarks | (Word Format)
- Connections | (Word Format)
- Focus Questions | (Word Format)
- Words Foldable | (Word Format)
- Questions | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 1 Biology DBI
- Images from Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt | (Word Format)
- Images | (PowerPoint Format)
- Living or Non-Living | (PowerPoint Format)
- Living or Non-Living | (Word Format)
- Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Slides | (PowerPoint Format)
- Text | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 2 Life Cycles
- Venn Diagram
- Butterfly Cycle | (Word Format)
- Foldable | (Word Format)
- Frog Life Cycle | (Word Format)
- Plant Life Cycle | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 3 Food Chains
- Foldable | (Word Format)
- What's Eating You | (Word Format)
- Writing Activity | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 4 Excosystems
- Foldable
- K12 Reader | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 6 Heredity DNA
- Foldable | (Word Format)
- Heredity | (Word Format)
- Dream Job Geneticist | (Word Format)
- What is A Gene | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 7 Genetics Project
- Alien Genetics Lab | (Word Format)
- Genetic Counselor Activity | (Word Format)
- Heredity Lessons for Elementary School
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Science - Day 8 Natural Selection
- Charles Darwin | (Word Format)
- Competing for Resources | (Word Format)
- Every Day Mysteries | (Word Format)
- Famous Scientists | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 9 Evolution
- Beardog Bones | (Word Format)
- Evolution of Plants | (Word Format)
- Giraffes | (Word Format)
- Scientists | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 10 Group Behavior
- Behavior Game | (Word Format)
- Slides | (Word Format)
- Group Behavior | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 11 Adaptation DBI
- Images | (Word Format)
- Images 2 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Staying Alive | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 11 Adaptation DBI - Phase 2
- A Journey Into Adaptation with Max Axiom | (Word Format)
- A Year at the Pond
- Adaptation | (Word Format)
- Adapting to Survive
- Amazing Insect and Spider Builders | (Word Format)
- Amazing Mammal Builders | (Word Format)
- Animals Get Ready | (Word Format)
- Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Bel | (Word Format)
- Gecko Feet and Space Robots | (Word Format)
- Hibernation | (Word Format)
- Animal Communicate | (Word Format)
- Migration | (Word Format)
- Moose travel to escape trouble as weather gets warmer | (Word Format)
- Moose travel to escape trouble as weather gets warmer | (Word Format)
- Scott Foresman Science Text
- Super slow sloths have a simple life | (Word Format)
- The Blue Whales of Antarctica | (Word Format)
- The Curious World of Beetles | (Word Format)
- The Magic School Bus Chapter Book Food Chain Frenzy
- The Wandering Albatross | (Word Format)
- The Weddell Seals of Antarctica | (Word Format)
- They See with Their Ears | (Word Format)
- Water in the Desert | (Word Format)
- What if you Had Animal Feet | (Word Format)
- What if you Had Animal Teeth | (Word Format)
- What's This A Salt Sneezing Lizard | (Word Format)
- Where Oceans and Rivers Meet | (Word Format)
- Who Has These Feet | (Word Format)
- Who wants a Spiny Snack | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 12 Bird Beak
- Activity | (Word Format)
- Foldable | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 13 Adaption Gallery
- Foldable | (Word Format)
- Walk Photos | (PowerPoing Format)
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Science - Day 14 Local Community
- Resources | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 15 Local Community
- Poetry Examples | (Word Format)
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Science - Day 16-20 Inquiry Project
- 3-2-1 | (Word Format)
- KWL Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Peer Revision Guide | (Word Format)
- Presentation Rubric Example | (Word Format)
- Project Ideas | (Word Format)
- Research Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Rubric Example | (Word Format)
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Science - Interactive Notebook Setup
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Essential and Focus Questions | (Word Format)
- Self Reflection | (Word Format)
- DBI Child Labor Cocoa Industry Advocacy Proposa
- DBI Summative
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DBI Stage 1
- Visual 1
- Visual 2
- Visual 3
- Visual 4
- Visual 5
- Visual 6
- Visual 7
- Visual 8
- Visual 9
- Visual 10
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DBI Stage 2
- Africa | (Word Format)
- Boromo Story | (Word Format)
- Child Labor Around the World | (Word Format)
- Child Labor The Advocates Post | (Word Format)
- Documentary Link | (Word Format)
- History of Child Labor | (Word Format)
- In-Depth Child Labor | (Word Format)
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DBI Stage 3
- Chocolate Activity Book | (Word Format)
- Fair Trade Facts Chocolate Week | (Word Format)
- Fair Traide Impact Studies | (Word Format)
- Halloween Card | (Word Format)
- Raising the Bar | (Word Format)
- V Day | (Word Format)
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Gallery Walk
- Advocate 1
- Advocate 2
- Advocate 3
- Advocate 4
- Advocate 5
- Advocate 6
- Advocate 7
- Advocate 8
- Advocate 9
- Advocate 10
- Advocate 11
- Advocate 12
- Advocate 13
- Advocate 14
- Advocate 15
- Advocate 16
- Advocate 17
- Advocate 18
- Advocate 19
- Advocate 20
- Advocate 21
- Advocate 22
- Advocate 23
- Advocate 24
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Resources
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Bio Poem | (Word Format)
- Cause Effect Chart | (Word Format)
- Characteristics of Advocates | (Word Format)
- Definition Organizer | (Word Format)
- Home Example Poster | (Word Format)
- Ivan Posters | (Word Format)
- Journal Responses Rubric | (Word Format)
- LA Times Article | (Word Format)
- Main Ideas from Passage | (Word Format)
- Mother Theresa Vocab | (Word Format)
- New York Times Article | (Word Format)
- Orcas Graphic Organizer | (Word Format)
- Orcas | (Word Format)
- Querencia | (Word Format)
- Saving Animals Article | (Word Format)
- Vocab Cards | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
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Forms
- Asking and Answering Questions | (Word Format)
- Note Taking | (Word Format)
- Charts | (PowerPoint Format)
- Peer to Peer Feedback | (Word Format)
- Invitation | (Word Format)
- Poster Examples | (Word Format)
- PSA Rubric | (Word Format)
- Vocab Flashcards | (Word Format)
- Water Challenges Quote | (Word Format)
- Water Words Power Words | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- A Heros Journey Template 1 | (Word Format)
- A Heros Journey Template 2 | (Word Format)
- Alone in the fireplace
- Folktales | (PowerPoint Format)
- Lady with Broom
- Plot Diagram Example | (Word Format)
- Reflective Notebook | (Word Format)
- Socratic Seminar Coaching Guide | (Word Format)
- Socratic Seminar Presentation Guide | (Word Format)
- The History of Cinderella | (Word Format)
- Three Questions | (Word Format)
- Yeh Shen
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Plant Parts | (Word Format)
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- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
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Materials
- Graphic Organizer A | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizer B | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizer C | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizer D | (Word Format)
- Hero Questionnaire | (Word Format)
- Little Pig Strips | (Word Format)
- Native American Legends | (PowerPoint Format)
- Pantoum Poem Reflection | (PowerPoint Format)
- Reflection Sheet A | (PowerPoint Format)
- Reflection Sheet C | (Word Format)
- Reflection Sheet D | (Word Format)
- Reflection Sheet E | (Word Format)
- Reflection Sheet F | (Word Format)
- Reflection Sheet G | (Word Format)
- Rubric A | (Word Format)
- Rubric B | (Word Format)
- Rubric C Summative Assessment | (Word Format)
- Vocabulary | (Word Format)
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Articles
- Batman Information | (Word Format)
- Chief Joseph Speech | (Word Format)
- Crow Brings Daylight
- Event 1 | (Word Format)
- Event 2 | (Word Format)
- Darth Vadar Information | (Word Format)
- How the Coyote Stole Fire | (Word Format)
- Inuit Story The Crow Who Brought the Daylight | (Word Format)
- Odysseus and the Cyclops | (Word Format)
- Perseus and Medusa | (Word Format)
- Story of Chief Joseph | (Word Format)
- Theseus and the Minotaur | (Word Format)
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DBI
- Odysseus and the Cyclops | (Word Format)
- Odysseus and the Cyclops | (Word Format)
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- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- End of Unit Assessment Rubric | (Word Format)
- End of Unit Assessment | (Word Format)
- Interactive Notebook List | (Word Format)
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End of Unit
- Checklist | (Word Format)
- Project Rubric | (Word Format)
- Step 1 | (Word Format)
- Step 2 | (Word Format)
- Step 3 | (Word Format)
- Step 4 Newscast | (Word Format)
- Step 4 Quilt | (Word Format)
- Step 4 | (Word Format)
- Step 6 | (Word Format)
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Example Projects
- Image 1 | Image 2 | Image 3
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Literature Circles
- Fact Factory | (Word Format)
- Roles | (Word Format)
- Scoring Guide | (Word Format)
- Summarizer Role Sheet | (Word Format)
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Week 1
- Batman | (Word Format)
- North and South Cultural Differences | (Word Format)
- Rubric Compare and Contrast | (Word Format)
- Spring Break Newscast
- Superhero Debate Worksheet | (Word Format)
- Superman | (Word Format)
- The Cultural Divide | (Word Format)
- The Cultural Divide Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- The Cultural Divide Scoring Guide | (Word Format)
- US Blank Map Pre Civil War | (Word Format)
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Week 2
- The Struggle Over Slaver Scoring Guide | (Word Format)
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Week 2 DBI
- Student Note Catcher | (Word Format)
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Week 2 DBI - Phase 1
- Image 1 | Image 2 | Image 3 | Image 4 | Image 5 | Image 6 | Image 7 | Image 8
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Week 2 DBI - Phase 3
- Ex-slave Account 3 | (Word Format)
- Go Down Moses
- Harriet Jacobs Article | (Word Format)
- Nat Turner Article | (Word Format)
- Sourjerner Truth Article | (Word Format)
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Week 2 Slavery Opinions
- Facts of the North and South | (Word Format)
- Opinions of the North and South | (Word Format)
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Week 2 Slavery Opinions Articles
- Argument for Slavery | (Word Format)
- Fredrick Douglas | (Word Format)
- John Brown | (Word Format)
- Slave Owners Letters | (Word Format)
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Week 2 Slavery Socratic Seminar
- Socratic Seminar Coaching Guide | (Word Format)
- Socratic Seminar Preparation | (Word Format)
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Week 3
- A Nation At War Scoring Guide | (Word Format)
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Week 3 Day 9 - 10
- Civil Rights Activists | (Word Format)
- Fugitive Slave Act | (Word Format)
- Fugitive Slave Act 2 | (Word Format)
- Kansas Nebraska Act | (Word Format)
- Kansas Nebraska Act 2 | (Word Format)
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Week 3 Day 11
- Strengths and Weeknesses | (Word Format)
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Week 3 Day 13
- Critics of the Gettysburg Address | (Word Format)
- Gettysburg Address Student Copy | (Word Format)
- Gettysburg Address | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Culminating Project Rubric | (Word Format)
- Opinion Writing Rubric | (Word Format)
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Learning Targets
- Comma | (Word Format)
- Community | (Word Format)
- Figurative Language | (Word Format)
- Opinion Writing | (Word Format)
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Reading
- Aguascalientes Mexico | (Word Format)
- Annotation Symbols | (Word Format)
- Close Read Excerpt | (Word Format)
- Code Lesson | (Word Format)
- Figurative Langauge Sort | (Word Format)
- Figurative Langauge Formative | (Word Format)
- Figurative Langauge Summative | (Word Format)
- Gallery Walk | (Word Format)
- Map of Mexico | (Word Format)
- Rights Priveledges | (Word Format)
- Socratic Seminar | (Word Format)
- Strike Questions Esperanz | (Word Format)
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Writing
- Bubble Map | (Word Format)
- Circle Map Template | (Word Format)
- DBI Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- DBI | (Word Format)
- Double Bubble Map | (Word Format)
- Feedback Forms | (Word Format)
- Writing Gallery Images | (Word Format)
- Pictionary Cards | (Word Format)
- Tree Map Example | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Appendix A
- Appendix B | (Word Format)
- DBI | (Word Format)
- Decisions | (Word Format)
- Front Loading Activity | (Word Format)
- Guiding Questions | (Word Format)
- Multimedia Presentation Reburic | Word Format)
- Mutiny Text | (Word Format)
- Phase 4 Synthesis | (Word Format)
- Revising for Sensory Images Rubric | (Word Format)
- Second Read | (Word Format)
- Self Assessment Rubric | (Word Format)
- Summary Writing Rubric | (Word Format)
- Team Building Activity | (Word Format)
- Text Dependent Questions | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- KWL Chart | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page
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50 States
- Boise 9-11 Memorial
- Learning Targets | (Word Format)
- Map | (Word Format)
- Student Map Finds | (Word Format)
- True or False | (Word Format)
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Articles
- Day 16 Jeremy Lin | (Word Format)
- Day 19 Boys in Snow | (Word Format)
- Day 24 Michael Wright | (Word Format)
- Day 26 A Hero of 9-11 | (Word Format)
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Assessments
- Figruative Language Formative | (Word Format)
- Figruative Language | (Word Format)
- Narrative Rubric | (Word Format)
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Learning Targets
- RL | (Word Format)
- Writing | (Word Format)
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Other Resources
- Annotation Symbols | (Word Format)
- Day 1 - Letter from teacher | (Word Format)
- Day 2 - Lenses | (Word Format)
- Day 3 & 4 - Airport | (Word Format)
- Day 7 - Clueless | (Word Format)
- Day 7 - Reading | (Word Format)
- Day 8 - Figurative Language Sort | (Word Format)
- Dialogue | (Word Format)
- Writing Breakdown | (Word Format)
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Thinking Maps
- Buble | (Word Format)
- Circle Map | (Word Format)
- Double Buble Map | (Word Format)
- Flow Map | (Word Format)
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Work Examples
- AS Figurative Language
- JT Figurative Language
- LDV Figurative Language
- MS Figurative Language
- NC Figurative Language
- RF Figurative Language
- Personification
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Work Examples Writing Examples
- AB Introduction
- AS Introduction
- AT Introduction
- EB Meet the Character | (Word Format)
- HF Introduction
- LD Introduction
- LD Meet the Character | (Word Format)
- LDV Introduction
- LDV Meet the Character | (Word Format)
- MW Meet the Character | (Word Format)
- NC Introduction
- NC Meet the Character | (Word Format)
- RF Introduction
- RR Introduction
- RR Meet the Character | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
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Appendix A
- A Great Leader Graphic Organizer
- Alpha Boxes | (Word Format)
- Annotation Symbols | (Word Format)
- Bracket Battle Game | (Word Format)
- Four Square Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Franklin Delanor Roosevelt | (Word Format)
- Instructions for Presidents Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Invictus Poem | (Word Format)
- Research Assignment | (Word Format)
- Opinion Research Paper Rubric | (Word Format)
- Outline Format | (Word Format)
- Presentation Rubric | (Word Format)
- Reflective Journal Setup | (Word Format)
- See Think Wonder Chart | (Word Format)
- Checklist for Research Project | (Word Format)
- Top Hat Graphic Organizer | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- What Makes a Great President Close Reading Activity | (Word Format)
- Works Cited Worksheet | (Word Format)
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Appendix B
- First Black Leader | (Word Format)
- Life as a Lawyer | (Word Format)
- Map of South Africa | (Word Format)
- Nobel Prize Winner | (Word Format)
- Nelson Mandela | (Word Format)
- Nelson Mandela Biography 2 | (Word Format)
- Nelson Mandela Pictures | (Word Format)
- Nelson Mandela Death Articles | (Word Format)
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- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- 3-X-3 Vocabulary Sheet | (Word Format)
- America the Story of Us Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- APE
- Are you a commie or a citizen | (Word Format)
- Cold War in Asia)
- Cold War Test | (Word Format)
- Cuban Missile Crisis Note Catcher
- Cuban Missile Crisis Speech Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Family Docs | (Word Format)
- Four Square Vocabulary Sheet
- Guided Discussion Cards | (Word Format)
- Image 1 | Image 2 | Image 3
- Life at the Wall Close Read | (Word Format)
- McCarthy Speech Excerpt | (Word Format)
- Mix and Mingle | (Word Format)
- Student to Student Feedback Sentence Starters | (Word Format)
- Text Complexity Analysis | (Word Format)
- The Cold War Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- USA vs USSR Fight Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Vietnam War Jigsaw Activity | (Word Format)
- Vietnam War Jigsaw Activity | (Excel Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Allegory | (Word Format)
- Authors Purpose | (Word Format)
- DBI Resources | (Word Format)
- Journal Image 1
- Journal Image 2
- Journal Image 3
- Journal Image 4
- Journal Image 5
- Journal Image 6
- Journal Image 7
- Journal Image 8
- Journal Image 9
- Survivors | (Word Format)
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
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Appendix
- Achieve 300 Link | (Word Format)
- Booklet | (Word Format)
- Character Traits List | (Word Format)
- Checklist Example | (Word Format)
- Checklist Master | (Word Format)
- Graph Master | (Word Format)
- Fist of 5 Vocabulary Rating | (PowerPoint Format)
- Making a Different | (PowerPoint Format)
- Note Cards | (Word Format)
- Paragraph Planning | (Word Format)
- Summary Verbs | (Word Format)
- Think Pair Share | (Word Format)
- Vocabulary Accommodation | (PowerPoint Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Egg Drop Grading Rubric | (Word Format)
- Egg Drop Poster Student Example | (Word Format)
- Egg Drop Student Instructions | (Word Format)
- Egg Drop Student Refelction | (Word Format)
- Egg Drop Student Work Record | (Word Format)
- Focus Questions | (Word Format)
- Free Fall Extras | (Word Format)
- Newton Foldable Project | (Word Format)
- Newton Foldable Extension Example | (Word Format)
- Vocabulary Review | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
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Supplemental Materials
- Arguement Evident Poster | (Word Format)
- Arguement Writing Sample | (Word Format)
- Code Talker Choice Board | (Word Format)
- Figurative Language from Code Talker | (Word Format)
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Supplemental Materials DBI
- Notice Code Talker | (Word Format)
- Phase 1 Code Talker
- Phase 2 Code Talker
- Phase 3 Code Talker
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Supplemental Materials Graphic Organizers
- Argument Outline | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizer Essay | (Word Format)
- Persuasive Writing Organizer | (Word Format)
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- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Analogy Project | (Word Format)
- Analogy Tree Project | (Word Format)
- Analogy Project Rubric | (Word Format)
- Cell Membranes | (Word Format)
- Cells and Organelles | (Word Format)
- Egg Lab Extension Teaching Poster | (Word Format)
- Egg Lab Extension | (Word Format)
- Egg Lab Osmosis and Diffusion | (Word Format)
- Egg Lab Sheet | (Word Format)
- Golgi Apparatus | (Word Format)
- Human Cells | (Word Format)
- Jello Activity | (Word Format)
- Jello Activity Planner | (Word Format)
- Life Science Textbook Ch 3 | (Word Format)
- Membrane Proteins | (Word Format)
- Model Letter 2015 | (Word Format)
- Model Letter 2015 Spanish | (Word Format)
- Parts of a Cell Table | (Word Format)
- Parts of a Cell Table | (Word Format)
- Resources Web Pages | (Word Format)
- Single Celled Organisms | (Word Format)
- Typical Animal Cell | (Word Format)
- Typical Plant Cell | (Word Format)
- Video Teacher Notes | (Word Format)
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Exhibit N 3 Photos of Trial Participants
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Block | (Word Format)
- Elizabeth Bently | (Word Format)
- Ethel | (Word Format)
- Feklisov Aleksandra | (Word Format)
- GreenGlass David | (Word Format)
- GreenGlass Ruth | (Word Format)
- Harry Gold | (Word Format)
- Julius O | (Word Format)
- Kaufman | (Word Format)
- Klaus Fuchs | (Word Format)
- Morton Sobell | (Word Format)
- Nizer | (Word Format)
- Perl | (Word Format)
- Robert and Michael | (Word Format)
- Ronald Radosh | (Word Format)
- Saypol | (Word Format)
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Additional Documents
- Complete Demo Packet for Search | (Word Format)
- FBI Sticker Seals | (Word Format)
- Interrogation Recording Instructions | (Word Format)
- Inventory Worksheet | (Word Format)
- Put a Text on Trial | (Word Format)
- Resource | (Word Format)
- Search Warrant Example | (Word Format)
- Student Generated Questions for FBI Agent | (Word Format, PowerPoint Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
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Chapter 1
- Rules of Notice | (Word Format)
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Chapter 4
- Family Tree | (Word Format)
- Land Visual | (Word Format)
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Chapter 8
- Cassie vs. Lillian Jean Illustration | (Word Format)
- Stacey vs. TJ Illustration Example | (Word Format)
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Chapter 10
- Extended Metaphor | (Word Format)
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Culminating Project
- Multi Genre Portfolio Entry Rubric | (Word Format)
- Multi Genre Portfolio Overview | (Word Format)
- Timeline Requirements | (Word Format)
- Think Through | (Word Format)
- Think Through | (Word Format)
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Theme Topics
- Choice | (Word Format)
- Doing the Right Thing | (Word Format)
- Friendship | (Word Format)
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Front Loading
- Friendship | (Word Format)
- Independence | (Word Format)
- Loyalty | (Word Format)
- Strength in Hard Times | (Word Format)
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Frontloading
- Art for Close Up Reading | (Word Format)
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Vocabulary
- Map | (Word Format)
- Map | (Word Format)
- Taylor Speech | (Word Format)
- Timeline Pictures | (Word Format)
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Vocabulary
- Foldable Direction | (Word Format)
- Foldable Front | (Word Format)
- Foldable Template | (Word Format)
- Tier II | (Word Format)
- Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Allegory | (Word Format)
- Authors Purpose | (Word Format)
- DBI Resources | (Word Format)
- Journal image 1
- Journal image 2
- Journal image 3
- Journal image 4
- Journal image 5
- Journal image 6
- Journal image 7
- Journal image 8
- Journal image 9
- Survivors | (Word Format)
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Full Text | (Word Format)
- Cover Page | (Word Format)
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Day 1 - 5
- Phantom Notecatcher | (Word Format)
- During film Notecatcher | (Word Format)
- Musical Theater | (PowerPoint Format)
- Phantom Characters | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Music of the Night Lyrics | (Word Format)
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Day 8 - 16
- Day 8 Discussion Questions | (Word Format)
- Day 16 Discussion Questions | (Word Format)
- Day 16 Discussion Questions
- Accountable Talk Sentence Stems
- Accountable Talk
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Day 17 - 18
- Day 17 VKR mid assessment | (Word Format)
- Day 18 Vocab Code | (Word Format)
- Frayer Model graphic organizer | (Word Format)
- Vocab Code | (Word Format)
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Day 20
- Archetype Notecatcher | (Word Format)
- Archetypes and Symbol
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Day 24
- Jungian archetypes TDQ | (Word Format)
- Jungian archetypes | (Word Format)
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Day 26
- Summative PT 1 Mask Creation | (Word Format)
- Summative PT 2 Mask Write Up | (Word Format)
- Summative 2 possible archetypes list | (Word Format)
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Day 27
- Mask PT | (Word Format)
- Please Hear What Im Not Saying Poem | (Word Format)
- Day 28 VKR Self Assessment | (Word Format)
- VKR Pre Assessment | (Word Format)
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Day 30
- Argumentative Writing Rubric 1
- Argumentative Writing Rubric 2
- Argumentative Writing Rubric 3
- Explanatory Writing Rubric 1
- Explanatory Writing Rubric 2
- Explanatory Writing Rubric 3
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Extension Opportunities
- A Child's First Sorrow | (Word Format)
- Scaffolded Assignment EEL | (Word Format)
- Mask of the Red Death extension opportunity | (Word Format)
- TDQ Mask of Red Death | (Word Format)
- Text Annotation Mask Of The Red Death | (Word Format)
- Sample of vocab plot elements summary assessment | (Word Format)
- Simplified TDQ for Mask of Red Death | (Word Format)
- The Birthmark Nathaniel Hawthorne | (Word Format)
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Remediation Alternatives
- History and Characters | (Word Format)
- Mask Outline | (Word Format)
- Musical Theater | (Word Format)
- Cover Page | (Word Format)
- 1800s
- Picture Examples | (Word Format)
- Android Monotune
- Chapter 1-10 | (Word Format)
- Compare Contrast | (Word Format)
- Digital Presentation Rubric | (Word Format)
- Dilemma 1 Trolley
- Dilemma Dissection Perception | (Word Format)
- Instructions for Tower Construction | (Word Format)
- Kid President Is Over It
- Moral Dilemmas 2-7 | (Word Format)
- Moral Dilemmas 8-13 | (Word Format)
- Opinionnaire | (Word Format)
- Opinionnaire 2 | (Word Format)
- Personal Interview Sheet | (Word Format)
- Picture Examples | (Word Format)
- Plot Journal | (Word Format)
- Presentation Guidelines Rubric | (Word Format)
- Reading Quiz 1 | (Word Format)
- Reading Quiz 1 | (Word Format)
- See Think Wonder | (Word Format)
- The Lottery | (Word Format)
- The Thinning Trailer
- Virtues Forming Opinion | (Word Format)
- Word Definition Strips | (Word Format)
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- Cover Page | (Word Format)
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Day 1 - 5
- A Drone Tour of Auschwitz | (PowerPoint Format)
- Autobiographical or I Am Poem | (Word Format)
- Black Out Cento Found Poem Directions | (Word Format)
- Dialectical Journal Resource | (Word Format)
- First They Came Readers Theatre | (Word Format)
- Hero Propaganda Poster | (Word Format)
- IC Pre-reading Questions | (Word Format)
- IC Starfish Story | (Word Format)
- IC Terrible Things | (Word Format)
- IC Terrible Things | (PowerPoint Format)
- IC Terrible Things | (PowerPoint Format)
- Multi Genre Essay Rubric | (PowerPoint Format)
- Multi Genre Project Assignment Directions | (Word Format)
- Paragraph Construction Analysis | (PowerPoint Format)
- Paragraph Construction Analysis | (PowerPoint Format)
- Philosophical Chairs Guidelines | (Word Format)
- Prologue Ch. 1 | (PowerPoint Format)
- RACES Paragraph Construction | (Word Format)
- Sensory Detail Graphic Organizer | (Word Format)
- Sensory Writing Writing from a Particular Perspective | (PowerPoint Format)
- Six Word Memoirs | (Word Format)
- Socratic Seminar Ticket | (Word Format)
- Starfish | (Word Format)
- Starfish | (Word Format)
- Terrible Things | (Word Format)
- Text Complexity | (Word Format)
- Thesis Statements How to Construct Them | (Word Format)
- WWII Figure Analysis Sheet | (Word Format)
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Tests
- Ch. 2-3 Discussion Questions | (Word Format)
- Ch. 4-5-6 Discussion Questions | (Word Format)
- Ch. 7-8 Discussion Questions | (Word Format)
- Final | (Word Format)
- Prologue Ch. 1 Discussion Questions | (Word Format)
- Quiz 1 Prologue Ch. 1 | (Word Format)
- Quiz 2 Ch. 2-3 | (Word Format)
- Quiz 3 Ch. 4-5-6 | (Word Format)
- Quiz 4 Ch. 7-8 | (Word Format)
- Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Broadcast Journalism Central Text Article | (Word Format)
- Broadcast Journalism Current Event Determinant Analysis | (Word Format)
- Broadcast Journalism Current Event Rubric | (PowerPoint Format)
- Broadcast Journalism Fukushima Daisy Picture | (Word Format)
- Broadcast Journalism News | (Word Format)
- Broadcast Journalism News Determinants Graph
- Broadcast Journalism Salmon Feedback Form | (Word Format)
- Broadcast Journalism Text Dependent Questions for Article | (Word Format)
- Broadcast Journalism Think See Wonder | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Giver Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- The Giver Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- The Giver A Bright New Dawn Breaks | (Word Format)
- The Giver Close Read Activity for Chapter 19 | (Word Format)
- The Giver Embedded Instruction Mini Lesson Ch 13 | (Word Format)
- The Giver TDQs and Reflection Questions | (Word Format)
- The Giver Utopia Final Project Rubric
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Unit Cover Page and Plan | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box A Drone Tour of Auschwitz | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Autobiographical or I Am Poem | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Black Out Cento Found Poem Directions | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Dialectical Journal Resource | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box First They Came Readers Theatre | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Hero Propaganda Poster | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box IC Pre-reading Questions | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box IC Starfish Story | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box IC Terrible Things | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Little Rabbits Advice | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Multi Genre Essay Rubric | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Multi Genre Project Assignment Directions | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Paragraph Construction Analysis | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Philosophical Chairs Guidelines | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Prologue Ch 1 | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box RACES Paragraph Construction | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Sensory Detail Graphic Organizer | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Sensory Writing Writing from a Particular Perspective | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Six Word Memoirs | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Socratic Seminar Ticket | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Terrible Things | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Text Complexity | (Word Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box Thesis Statements How to Construct Them | (PowerPoint Format)
- The Boy on the Wooden Box WWII Figure Analysis Sheet | (Word Format)
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Test
- Tests Quiz 1 Prologue Ch 1 | (Word Format)
- Tests Quiz 2 Ch 2-3 | (Word Format)
- Tests Quiz 3 Ch 4-5-6 | (Word Format)
- Tests Quiz 4 Ch-7-8-9 | (Word Format)
- Tests Prologue Ch-1 Discussion Qs | (Word Format)
- Tests Ch-2-3 Discussion Qs | (Word Format)
- Tests Ch-4-5-6 Discussion Qs | (Word Format)
- Tests Ch-7-8 Discussion Qs | (Word Format)
- Tests Final | (Word Format)
- Holocaust Unit Plan Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Holocaust Allegory | (Word Format)
- Holocaust Authors Purpose | (Word Format)
- Holocaust DBI Resources | (Word Format)
- Holocaust Survivors | (Word Format)
- Holocaust The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Full Text | (Word Format)
- Holocaust Journal image 1
- Holocaust Journal image 2
- Holocaust Journal image 3
- Holocaust Journal image 4
- Holocaust Journal image 5
- Holocaust Journal image 6
- Holocaust Journal image 7
- Holocaust Journal image 8
- Holocaust Journal image 9
- Virtual Travel Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Blog Feedback Starters | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Blog Grading Rubric | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Close Reading Instruction | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Discussion Starters | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Gallery Walk | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Itinerary Checklist | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Reflections on Virtual Travel Agent | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Text Complexity Analysis | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Website Evaluation | (PowerPoint Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Website Evaluation Assessment | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Website Evaluation Criteria | (Word Format)
- Virtual Travel Unit Website Evaluation Criteria-2 | (Word Format)
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- Advanced Art Unit Cover Page and Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Advanced Art BANKSY | (Word Format)
- Advanced Art Copy Folder Log 06-16-2017 | (Excel Format)
- Advanced Art Grafitti Poem | (Word Format)
- Advanced Art Lewiston Idaho Public Work | (PowerPoint Format)
- Advanced Art Sacajawea Junior High Call for Artists | (Word Format)
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Assessments
- Assessments Mural Contributions | (Word Format)
- Assessments Mural Submission Grading Rubric | (Word Format)
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Canoe DBI
- Canoe DBI Chris Fennell-1 | (Word Format)
- Canoe DBI Chris Fennell-2 | (Word Format)
- Canoe DBI Mural | (Word Format)
- Canoe DBI Sculpture | (Word Format)
- Canoe DBI Wave Notecatcher | (Word Format)
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Example
- Example Chosen Submission 1
- Example Chosen Submission 2
- Example Class Photo 1
- Example Class Photo 2
- Example Completed Drawing
- Example Evolved Thumbnail Sketch
- Example Finished Mural Designer 1
- Example Finished Mural Designer 2
- Example Mural Submission Form
- Example Painting Mural 1
- Example Painting Mural 2
- Example Priming 1
- Example Priming 2
- Example Projecting Image 1
- Example Projecting Image 2
- Example Thumbnail Sketch
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Mexican Muralists
- Mexican Muralists | (PowerPoint Format)
- Mexican Muralists Scholastic Art Mexican Muralists | (Word Format)
- Mexican Muralists Working with Narrative Art Questions | (Word Format)
- Night Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Night A God Who Remembers | (Word Format)
- Night Analyzing Artwork | (Word Format)
- Night Auschwitz Death Camp Documentary | (Word Format)
- Night Biographical Paragraph In Text | (Word Format)
- Night Citation Website Template | (Word Format)
- Night Clerical Error Holocaust Survivor | (Word Format)
- Night Discussion Guidelines | (Word Format)
- Night Double Entry Journal Response | (Word Format)
- Night Four Square Vocab Matrix | (Word Format)
- Night Geographical Journey Night | (Word Format)
- Night Guide To In Text Citation | (Word Format)
- Night Holocaust ID Analysis | (Word Format)
- Night In Text Citations | (PowerPoint Format)
- Night Lesson Plan Third Wave | (Word Format)
- Night Never Shall I Forget Poem | (Word Format)
- Night Novel Terms Vocabulary | (Word Format)
- Night Personal History Holocaust Victims | (Word Format)
- Night Preface to the New Translation | (Word Format)
- Night Reciprocal Notes | (Word Format)
- Night Reciprocal Teaching Notes | (Word Format)
- Night Samuel Bak Paintings | (PowerPoint Format)
- Night Samuel Bak Surrealist Painter | (Word Format)
- Night Seven Trait Essay Rubric | (Word Format)
- Night Stems Vocab Quiz | (Word Format)
- Night Stems Vocab Word List | (Word Format)
- Night Summative Assessment | (Word Format)
- Night Text Dependent Questions Preface | (Word Format)
- Night Twins Of Auschwitz Article | (Word Format)
- Night USHMM Photo Analysis | (Word Format)
- Night USHMM Photo Captions | (Word Format)
- Night USHMM Teacher Resource | (Word Format)
- Night Vocabulary Quiz | (Word Format)
- Night Witness To History | (Word Format)
- Whats Your Story Unit Plan | (Word Format)
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Assignments
- Assignment One Pre-Reflection | (Word Format)
- Assigment Two Sharing Stories | (Word Format)
- Assignment Three Getting To Know | (Word Format)
- Assignment Four Sharing Our Stories | (Word Format)
- Assignment Five Looking Further | (Word Format)
- Assignment Six Making Of A Story | (Word Format)
- Assignment Seven Telling The Story | (Word Format)
- Assignment Eight Revising Our Writing | (Word Format)
- Assignment Nine Final Draft | (Word Format)
- Assignment Ten Final Reflection | (Word Format)
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Handouts
- Handouts A Vocabulary Collection | (Word Format)
- Handouts Choosing A Title For Your Poem | (Word Format)
- Handouts Choosing A Title Jigsaw | (PowerPoint Format)
- Handouts Close Reading | (Word Format)
- Handouts Gallery Walk Notes | (Word Format)
- Handouts Importance Telling Stories Article | (Word Format)
- Handouts Poem Planning | (Word Format)
- Handouts Poetic Devices Pre-Assessment | (Word Format)
- Handouts Poetic Devices to Use in Your Writing | (Word Format)
- Handouts Practicing Poetic Techniques | (Word Format)
- Handouts Project Calendar | (Word Format)
- Handouts Project Netiquette | (Word Format)
- Handouts Specificity | (PowerPoint Format)
- Handouts-Specificity-In-Writing | (Word Format)
- Handouts Talking Bubbles Notecatcher | (Word Format)
- Handouts Team Huddle Questions | (PowerPoint Format)
- Handouts The Effect of Specificity | (Word Format)
- Handouts This is Water Transcript | (Word Format)
- Handouts Using Purposeful Line Breaks | (Word Format)
- Handouts Vocabulary Worksheet | (Word Format)
- Handouts Walking in Someones Shoes | (Word Format)
- Handouts Whats Your Story Assignment Sheet | (Word Format)
- Handouts Whats Your Story Independent Project | (Word Format)
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Poems
- Poems A Two Voice Poem | (Word Format)
- Poems Our White House | (Word Format)
- Poems Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye Origin Story | (Word Format)
- Poems Selected Poems from Nyumbani Means Home | (Word Format)
- Poems Selected Poems from Nyumbani Means Home 2 | (Word Format)
- Poems The Gift | (Word Format)
- Writing My Memories Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Writing My Memories Unit Plan | (Word Format)
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Resources
- Resources Calvin and Hobbes Hillocks Questions | (Word Format)
- Resources Checklist for Final Copy | (Word Format)
- Resources Girl | (Word Format)
- Resources Hillock's Questioning Hierarchy | (Word Format)
- Resources Holy Place Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Resources I Hated Tonto Still Do | (Word Format)
- Resources Lousy First Drafts | (Word Format)
- Resources My Name | (Word Format)
- Resources My Name 2 | (Word Format)
- Resources My Name Template | (Word Format)
- Resources Narrative Rubric | (Word Format)
- Resources P Q P | (Word Format)
- Resources Questioning Stems Wilhlem and Hillocks | (Word Format)
- Resources Readers Response | (Word Format)
- Resources Reflection Questions Stems | (Word Format)
- Resources Revision Notes | (Word Format)
- Resources Short Assignments | (Word Format)
- Resources Text Complexity Analysis Link | (Word Format)
- Resources The Rule of So What | (Word Format)
- Resources The Rule of Specificity | (Word Format)
- Resources This is How I Remember it | (Word Format)
- Resources Two Views of the Mississippi | (Word Format)
- Resources Vocabulary Awareness Chart | (Word Format)
- Resources Waiting | (Word Format)
- Resources Wanted Poster | (Word Format)
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- Argumentative Writing Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Argumentative Paper Rubric | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Climbing Article Packet | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Climbing Terms and Info | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Everest Video Note Catcher | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing From Into Thin Air | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing From Into Thin Air Adapted Reader | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Joys of Citing Materials | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing MLA Paper Format | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Outline Sample | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing Table of Contents | (Word Format)
- Argumentative Writing To Climb Or Not To Climb Essay Assignment | (Word Format)
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Exhibit N 3 Photos of Trial Participants
- The Importance of Studying A Foreign Language Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- The Importance of Studying A Foreign Language Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Manifest Destiny Unit Cover Page and Plan | (Word Format)
- Manifest Destiny Intro to Manifest Destiny | (PowerPoint Format)
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Culminating Project
- Culminating Project Final Project Rubric | (Word Format)
- Culminating Project John Hay A Personal History | (PowerPoint Format)
- Culminating Project My Personal Story Assignment Sheet | (Word Format)
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Documents
- Documemts John L O Sullivan | (Word Format)
- Documents Life on Overland Trail Letter
- Documents O Sullivan Close Reading | (Word Format)
- Documents Polk and Godeys Lady Book Narratives | (Word Format)
- Documents Texas Independence Documents ABCD | (Word Format)
- Documents Two Pioneers Describe Oregon | (Word Format)
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Graphic Organizers
- Graphic Organizers Comparing Texas Independence and the War with Mexico | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizers Concept Maps | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizers Migration West | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizers Review Storyboard | (Word Format)
- Graphic Organizers Texas Document Analysis Note Catcher | (Word Format)
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Socratic Seminar
- Socratic Seminar Arrangements | (Word Format)
- Socratic Seminar Guidelines Handout | (Word Format)
- Socratic Seminar Participation Checklist | (Word Format)
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Student Assignments
- Student Assignments Achieving Manifest Destiny Map | (Word Format)
- Student Assignments Blank US Map | (Word Format)
- Student Assignments Cornell Outlines | (Word Format)
- Student Assignments Initial Migration West | (Word Format)
- Student Assignments Map Assignment | (Word Format)
- Student Assignments Texas Independence | (Word Format)
- Student Assignments Texas Independence 2 | (Word Format)
- Student Assignments War with Mexico Flip Chart | (Word Format)
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Vocabulary
- Vocabulary Glossary | (Word Format)
- Vocabulary Minimum Words for Accomodations | (Word Format)
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Work Samples
- Work Samples High 1 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Work Samples High 2 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Work Samples High 3 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Work Samples Low 1 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Work Samples Low 2 | (Word Format)
- Work-Samples-Low-3 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Work Samples Medium 1 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Work Samples Medium 2 | (Word Format)
- Work Samples Medium-3 | (PowerPoint Format)
- Master Speeches Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Annotated Bibliography | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Annotated Bibs Bibliography Info | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Argumentative Journal Shaping Sheet | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Bobby Kennedy Speech | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Challenger Families Cope with Grief | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Chief Joseph Rhetoric | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches DBI Picture | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Gettysburg Address Reading Exercise | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Gettysburg Rhetoric List | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Kennedy Inaugural Address | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Master Glossary | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Master Research Paper Rubric | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Master Research Paper Rubric 1 | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Master Speech Layout | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Master Speech Lower Lexile | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Master Speech Lower Lexile 2 | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Parallel Structure Packet | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Phase One Pictures | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Phase Three DBI Challenger | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Queen Elizabeth Troops Speech | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Reagan's Challenger Speech DBI | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Rhetorical Device Chart | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Rhetorical Fallacies | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Rhetoric Order Challenger Speech | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Speech | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches SOAPS Document Analysis | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches The Masters | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches To Kill A Mockingbird Rhetoric | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Vocabulary Instruction | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Vocabulary Instruction 1 | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Winston Churchill | (Word Format)
- Master Speeches Your Not Special Speech Rhetoric | (Word Format)
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Resources
- Resources 15 Minutes that saved America
- Resources 1920 Bay Group Project | (Word Format)
- Resources 1920 Project Rubric | (Word Format)
- Resources 1920s Long Essay | (Word Format)
- Resources Cheat Card Hippo and Skills | (Word Format)
- Resources Crash Course 28 | (Word Format)
- Resources Crash Course 28
- Resources Everything But the Essay | (Word Format)
- Resources First Inaugural Address | (Word Format)
- Resources Imperialism Model UN | (Word Format)
- Resources New Deal | (Word Format)
- Resources Progressive Era Speed Dating | (Word Format)
- Resources Roosevelt Inaugural Address | (Word Format)
- Resources Rubric DBQ 7 Point Scale | (Word Format)
- Resources Rubric LEQ 6 Point Scale | (Word Format)
- Resources Sample DBQ | (Word Format)
- Resources Speed Dating Rubric | (Word Format)
- Resources Vocabulary CODE Planning Sheet | (Word Format)
- Resources WWI Foldable | (PowerPoint Format)
- Resources WWII DBI Note catcher | (Word Format)
- Resources WWII DBI | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Body Identity Outline 1 | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Body Identity Outline 2 | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Close Reading Activity | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Performance Task | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Performance Task Rubric | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War SRAF Activity | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Study Exam | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Study Exam 2 | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War The Causes of the Vietnam War | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Tim O'Brien | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Tim O'Brien Speaking of Courage | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Tim O'Brien Spin | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Tim O'Brien The Things They Carried | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Vietnamization Discussion Questions | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Vietnam War Assessment Review | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Vietnam War Exam Review | (Word Format)
- The Vietnam War Vocabulary Forms | (Word Format)
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- Poetry Unit Cover Page | (Word Format)
- Poetry Timed Essay | (Word Format)
- Poetry Universal Rubric for Analytical Essay | (Word Format)
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Poetry PowerPoints and PDF's
- Poetry Descriptions for TPS FASTT | (Word Format)
- Poetry Sestinas Villanelles Odes and Elegies | (Word Format)
- Poetry Sonnets | (Word Format)
- Poetry Terminology | (Word Format)
- Poetry Wheel Directions | (Word Format)
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Poetry Writing Templates
- Poetry Elegy Template | (Word Format)
- Poetry English Sonnet Outline | (Word Format)
- Poetry Horatian Ode Template | (Word Format)
- Poetry Italian Sonnet Template | (Word Format)
- Poetry Ode Template | (Word Format)
- Poetry Sestina Template | (Word Format)
- Poetry Villanelle Skeleton | (Word Format)
- Social Injustice Unit Plan | (Word Format)
- Social Injustice Appendix A | (Word Format)
- Social Injustice Appendix B through K | (Word Format)
- Social Injustice Appendix L | (Word Format)
- Social Injustice Appendix M through T | (Word Format)
- Social Injustice Appendix N | (Word Format)
- Social Injustice Close Reading 1 and 2 | (Word Format)
Frequently Asked Questions
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Training Resources
Professional Development Opportunities
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Katie Graupman, Annie McMahon, Lisa Nance
ELALitCoach1@sde.idaho.govSpring Showcase
May 3, 2018 - 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn
This regional workshop serves as a Spring Showcase for Returning Teachers with Cohort 5 Core Teachers in Region 1 facilitating breakout sessions on a variety of topics. This is an invitation only workshop for regional administrators and to attend in support of their teachers. Workshop topics focus on ways to integrate the Idaho Core State Standards into the K- 12 classroom.
Registration will be open until April 27th at 8am. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for those who meet that deadline.
If you have questions about the content of this workshop, contact your Region I Idaho Network Coach at ELALitCoach1@sde.idaho.gov.
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Jill Diamond, Annie McMahon, April Niemela
ELALitCoach2@sde.idaho.govSpring Conference
May 8, 2018 - 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston
Please bring your copy of your Idaho Standards, your writer’s notebook, a tech device, and classroom artifacts or stories to share about your strategy commitment. Dress in layers.
Breakfast will be served at 8:30 am, offering you a chance to mix and mingle with fellow administrators from Region 2. We will begin promptly at 9:00 AM. We will have a brief lunch at 11:45 to 12:30 pm. The training will be from 9 am - 4 pm at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston.
Registration ends May 3 at 8:00 am. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for those who meet that deadline.
If you have questions about the content of this workshop, contact your Region I Idaho Network Coach at ELALitCoach1@sde.idaho.gov.
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Brandon Bolyard, Amy Brownlee, Jackie Miller, Emily Morgan
ELALitCoach5@sde.idaho.govOPEN Spring Conference
Thursday, May 3, 2018 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Red Lion Boise, ID
The Idaho Coaching Network will conclude its fifth year with a conference hosted by Cohort 5 teacher leaders. Our teacher leaders work in a range of contexts, from Kindergarten to high school, and they will showcase how to improve ELA/literacy instruction across the curriculum during a series of one hour breakout sessions. All Idaho educators and administrators are invited and welcome to attend.
Registration ends April 27th at 8 am. Breakfast & lunch will be provided for those who meet that deadline.
If you have questions about the content of this workshop, contact your Idaho Network Coach at ELALitCoach3@sde.idaho.gov.
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Karrie Jayo, Peggy Thomas, Rhonda Urquidi
ELALitCoach4@sde.idaho.gov
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Scott Corgatelli, Heather Miller, Peggy Thomas
ELALitCoach5@sde.idaho.govOPEN Spring Conference
May 11, 2017, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Red Lion Hotel, Pocatello, ID
This conference will be open to educators and school leaders. The conference will highlight work done in districts and in classrooms in both regions, and will have valuable training aimed at increasing student ability to read and write across the curriculum.
Registration will be open until May 4th at 8am. Breakfast and lunch are guaranteed only for those who meet that deadline.
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Nancy Chaffin, Merri Ann Drake, Peggy Thomas
ELALitCoach6@sde.idaho.govOPEN Spring Conference
May 11, 2017, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Red Lion Hotel, Pocatello, ID
This conference will be open to educators and school leaders. The conference will highlight work done in districts and in classrooms in both regions, and will have valuable training aimed at increasing student ability to read and write across the curriculum.
Registration will be open until May 4th at 8am. Breakfast and lunch are guaranteed only for those who meet that deadline.
Professional Development Resources
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- Module 1 - Anchor Standards
- Resources for Module 1 can be found in the Files tab under "English Language Art/Literacy Content Standards Vertically Aligned"
- Module 2 - Exploring the Appendices
- Module 3 - Exploring the Next Generation of Assessments
- Module 4 - Unit Planning
- Module 5 - Inquiry to Meet the ELA/Literacy Standards
- Module 5 Resources
- Module 6 - Understanding Argument: An Exploration of the Three Text Types in the ELA/Literacy Standards
- Module 6 Resources
- Module 7 - Backwards Planning
- Module 7 Resources
- Module 8 - Argument at the Lesson Level 2
- Module 8 Resources
- Module 9 - Understanding Narrative
- Module 9 Resources
- Resource Cards for Module 4, 7, and 9
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- Accessing Quantitative Measures of Text Resources
- Implementing the Idaho Content Standards
- Qualitative Measures Rubric: Informational Texts
- Qualitative Measures Rubric: Literary Text
- Questions for Professional Reflection on Reader and Task Considerations
- Range and Complexity of Text
- Understanding and Integrating Text Complexity
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- Annotations for National Park Responses
- National Parks Prompt and Student Responses
- Scoring Student Writing Using the Smarted Balanced Argumentative Rubric
- Scoring Student Writing Using the Smarted Balanced Argumentative Rubric Presentation
- Smarter Balanced Argumentative Rubric
- Source Material for National Park Assignment
Resource Links
State Department of Education Links
General Links
- Achieve the Core
- Achieve The Core - Shifts at a Glance
- CCSS Initiative Homepage
- Idaho Commission for Libraries
- Idahoans for Excellence in Education Coalition
- Idaho Council of Teachers of English
- Professional Development Modules and Courses
- Smarter Balanced Item Writing and Review
- Teaching Channel: English Language Arts
EQuIP: Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products
The EQuIP rubric is a tool designed for determining the quality, rigor, and alignment of curricular material to the Idaho Content Standards. The coaches in the Idaho Coaching Network ELA/Literacy provide training across the state on the use of the rubric in evaluating lessons and units across the curriculum. Educators can use this rubric to revise existing lessons and units, whether those are publisher-created or their own, or even to help craft new ones.