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• Emergency Card & Field Trip Form – please be sure to fill them out completely and return them by the second day of school.
• PAS form – please fill out and return to the “Gold Box” on the PAC table in the media center.
• **Can win special prize for our HR if all are turned in within the next week.
WHY I’M HEREMs. Bowman's Educational Mission StatementMy goal as an educator is to inspire and empower each child to be a life-long learner. When teaching writing, I seek to reach my students where they are, inspire them to reach higher, and challenge them to go beyond where they ever thought they were capable of going. I strive to show each student where his/her strengths are as a reader and writer, and also show each student where he/she can improve to become even stronger. I want to celebrate my students' successes with them and provide the tools and support necessary to make sure they all have something to celebrate. When teaching, I desire to help my students discover the joy of reading and the craft of writing. I love hearing students share a well-crafted sentence they discovered while reading independently.
My goal as an educator is also to create mutually respectful relationships with all students and families regardless of race, gender, academic abilities, or disabilities. I am mindful to speak and deposit positively into the lives of the students entrusted to me each year. As an educator, I realize the responsibility placed on me as both an instructor and role model. I take that responsibility very seriously and teach each child the way I would want my children to be taught. My goal is to make sure my students and their families know that I care about them as students and as individuals.
When giving and grading assignments, I am conscientious to make sure that each assignment has purpose and value, to be fair and consistent when grading, and to provide feedback identifying both strengths and weaknesses. I identify the strengths to communicate what the student is doing well and should continue to do. I identify the weaknesses in the student's work to help the child make improvements and set new goals.
In relationships with my students and families, I strive to give my best in everything I do, to be considerate, humble, and honest. My values drive who I am as a person both in and out of the classroom. I seek to remind myself and inspire my students to remember that we live in a world with a population greater than one. I strive to empower and equip my students to go out and make a difference.
SUPPLY LIST
– $10 Lab Fee (Memo Line: Writing Lab Fee)– ½” or 1” binder or folder– Spiral notebook– 5 dividers – if using a binder– Sheet protectors– Optional– Loose leaf paper (college ruled)– Pencils and blue/black pens– Colored pen – other than blue or black– Highlighters – please ensure the package
includes yellow, blue and green
Florida Standards Assessment
• Reading• Grammar• Writing
–Text Dependent–Literary Analysis
• Explanatory• Argumentative
What is literary analysis?Literary analysis is a way to talk about literature. It is a way to understand literature better, so we can tell others about it.
In his preface to Boswell’s Life of Johnson, Charles Osgood states:
“Phillips Brooks once told the boys at Exeter that in reading a biography three men meet one another in close intimacy — the subject of the biography, the author, and the reader. Of the three, the most interesting is, of course, the man about whom the book is written. The most privileged is the reader, who is thus allowed to live familiarly with an eminent man. Least regarded of the three is the author. It is his part to introduce the others, and to develop between them an acquaintance, perhaps a friendship, while he, though ever busy and solicitous, withdraws into the background.” James Boswell, edited by Charles Osgood, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1917), preface.
Our task, likewise, is to bring the subject, the author, and the reader together. We presume to offer insights about different literature that will edify all three.
My AccessThe Transformative Writing Development Application MY Access! School Edition is the award-winning, cloud based writing development solution that utilizes artificial intelligence and linguistic technologies to bring wide-scale differentiated instruction to the writing process. Educators can make timely, data-driven decisions for successful differentiated instruction and motivate students to write more frequently by providing them with immediate feedback. - See more at: http://www.vantagelearning.com/products/my-access-school-edition/
Getting Started
• When students log in to MY Access!, they can see pending assignments from each teacher as well as their progress to date.
• As students begin the writing process, they have access to a variety of prewriting tools, including graphic organizers and printable resources to assist them in planning their responses.
Student–Teacher Communication
• As teachers review student submissions, they can provide individualized instruction, feedback, and comments.
• Students can also communicate directly with teachers from within MY Access!, ensuring a continuous loop of one-to-one communication.
My AccessFeedback and Revision Plans
When students submit their writing, MY Access! provides them with immediate assignment scores so that they can begin the process of revision at once. MY Access! prompts are trained to be evaluated through our IntelliMetric® scoring system, which provides students with even more feedback than a comprehensive holistic score, breaking down their submission into each of the standard domains of writing:
• Focus and Meaning
• Content and Development
• Organization
• Language Use, Voice, and Style
• Mechanics and Conventions
More importantly, students also receive immediate, detailed, and developmentally appropriate prescriptive feedback:
• MY Tutor ® provides goals and examples to help students focus their revision activities.
• MY Editor ® assists students in identifying potential errors and recommends corrections in grammar, style, mechanics, and usage.
CLASSROOM WEBSITEhttp://bowmanatbrooks14-15.weebly.com/
• Mission Statement• Rhetorical Devices• Explanatory Writing• Argumentative Writing• Synthesis Writing• SAT Writing• College Application Essay• Class Blog• Links & Resources
EXTRA AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING
• Monday until 4:00• Help with Classwork• Writing Conferences
CLASS EXPECTATIONS
1)Exemplify impeccable character
2)Employ a “ridiculously sick” work ethic
3)Exude a positive attitude
BREAK-DOWN OF QUARTER GRADE
• Tests/Final Writing – 40%• Homework/Class Work – 40%• Participation – 20%
Homework
The art of perfecting a craft comes from studying other successful artists and learning from them.
Edsby• Edsby is a cloud-based social learning platform that
helps schools and districts transform communication.
• http://edsby.com/• Advantages:
• See homework assignments• Email links directly between home and
school• Message board
Writing I: Course Description
• The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop and use grade level writing and language skills in a variety of writing formats for argumentative, informative, and narrative purposes to ensure preparation for college and career readiness.
The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:• active reading of exemplar writing models to examine
– text craft and structure– effects of figurative, denotative, and connotative language choice– use of appropriate voice and/or tone– influence on idea development of sentence structures, sentence rhythm, and grammatical choices– reciprocal nature of content and form
• writing for varied purposes, including – developing and supporting argumentative claims– crafting coherent, supported informative/expository texts– responding to literature for personal and analytical purposes– writing narratives to develop real or imagined events– digital writing platforms– writing to sources using text- based evidence and reasoning
• effective listening, speaking, and viewing strategies with emphasis on the use of evidence to support or refute a claim in multimedia presentations, class discussions, and extended text discussions
• collaboration amongst peers
WISH LIST
• Post-it Notes • Pens• Pencils• Copy Paper • Kleenex• Hand Sanitizer• Highlighters (Yellow, Blue, Green)• EXPO Markers• Antibacterial Wipes
WRITING CONTEST
• Please send me an email with your student’s name, block they have me, and your name in the subject line by the end of next week.
• Please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, and or praise reports.
• My goal is to help your child become an effective communicator in the 21st century.
Key ClubClub 1Room 212
Faculty Advisors:Bowman,St. John &Youngster
Living ProofClub 2Room 212
Faculty Advisors:Bowman &Youngster
Questions
• I’m looking forward to working together with you and your student to make this a challenging and rewarding year.
