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AppendixC
High School REaL Grant Literacy Proposal and End of Year Summary
East High School
Description of plan:
The Dept. Chairs are committed to the incorporation and follow-up of common literacy/AVID practices
across the building. Members of East's Leadership Team and the departments they lead have requested
release time, extended employment and materials/munchies to continue "writing, writing, writing" work
with their departments.
Under the umbrella of these items:
• Science and English Departments would like to continue departmental work on common writing
rubrics
• Freshman Academy English and Social Studies teachers would like more time to collaboratively
examine student writing and modify curriculum to meet student needs
• Phy-Ed teachers would like to collaborate and create common writing/journaling assignments in
gym classes
• Several members of the Literacy Team and the Leadership Team would like to collaborate to
create a website where all this work can be accessed and displayed for use by other teachers,
students and parents.
Intended outcome:
1. To increase the quantity and quality of student reading and writing across building
2. To increase the quantity and quality of teacher collaboration across the building
3. To standardize teachers expectations and instruction of reading and writing across the building
Project Participants:
Members of the Science, English and Phy-Ed Departments and the Freshman Academy (about 30-
teachers total).
Alignment to Literacy Core Practices:
The main objective of the Literacy Library is to research and support the regular use of literacy practices
throughout the CORE (throughout the building) including:
• Teach academic vocabulary
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• Teach word knowledge
• Build on student's existing language
knowledge
• Provide purpose using authentic texts
• Teach integrated use of comprehension
strategies within content
Develop understanding of text structures
• Provide authentic writing models
• Teach use of the writing process
Develop writing for a variety of purpose
& audience
• Provide daily purposeful writing
• Develop academic discourse and
discussion skills
• Model and developing metacognition
• Use and develop inquiry
• Use and develop critical analysis and
synthesis
• Develop evaluative skills
Alignment School Action Plan:
1. Establish common practices that support student learning across all subjects
2. Promote high expectations for all
3. Continue college, career, and citizen development
4. Promote individual reflection and goal setting
5. Focus on Reading and Writing
6. Align curriculum using ACT and Common Core standards as guides
7. Use Universal Design for Learning to guide our curricular design
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