Given T.S., write details – Secondary (Ms. LoCasto)

Ms. LoCasto teaches her ninth-graders how to generate details for a Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) about Galileo and his contributions.

Ms. Jurgensen teaches her sixth-graders how to generate topic sentences using details about the lives of Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Ms. French & Ms. Grissler lead their sixth-graders in a whole-class practice of subordinating conjunctions using key vocabulary from the novel, “Romeo and Juliet.”

This webinar answers the question: How do I teach my students to develop the SPO independently? We will identify the discrete skills required to complete an SPO, then discuss how the SPO scaffolds can be used to teach those skills. We also talk about the importance of using note-taking in the pre-writing planning process.

Mrs. Vroom helps her tenth-graders brainstorm a topic sentence about Ghandi’s impact on India.

Ms. Rogers uses examples from different books to showcase how her ninth-grade students can take efficient notes.

Ms. South leads her sixth-graders in a whole-class practice of because, but, and so using the novel, “The Chronicles of Narnia.”

Students complete several TWR activities around the text “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe.

Students complete several TWR activities about Ancient Greece.

Students complete several TWR activities about Ancient Egypt.