SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• LITERACY PLAN
• 2007-2008

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• FOCUSES ON SCHOOL-WIDE WRITING AND READING
• OUR PLAN IS BASED ON HIGH-STAKES TEST-TAKING
  STRATEGIES/WARM-UP EXERCISES, CROSS-CURRICULAR
  WRITING, STANDARDS-BASED READING, AND PROMOTING
  THE USE OF ACADEMIC VOCABULARY SCHOOL-WIDE

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• HIGH-STAKES TESTS WARM-UPS CAHSEE/CST daily
  warm-ups that include academic vocabulary and
  questions
• (Emphasis on Literary Analysis terms and
  questions)

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• NON-FICTION READING DSSR days each department
  is designated a certain day for DSSR
• (Provide binder that is accessible for each
  department with SSR resources including resources
  seen in CSTs and CAHSEE)

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• CA STANDARDS-BASED READING Holt Literature and
  Language series purchased for 9th through 11th
  grades provides 60/40 split of non-fiction/fiction
  

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM school-wide
  activity Core classes created common writing
  prompts by subjects and/or by level all English
  teachers will be involved in semester norming
  sessions

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• WEEKLY ACADEMIC FIVE VOCABULARY
• School-wide per core class
• Use strategies from teacher-created list to teach
  and expose the students at least 6 different
  times to the five chosen words each week
• Strategies include, but are not limited to
  crossword puzzles, vocabulary notebook (rating
  scale), word webs

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• EAP/CAPP Junior and Senior English classes
  focus on EAP writing and reading through use of
  modules
• Common EAP-type writing prompts given each
  quarter
• Norming sessions are held and teaching strategies
  created for re-teaching and skills improvement

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• EAP MODULE INTRODUCTION 9th and 10th grade
  students are introduced to the EAP modules
  thinking, concepts and writing

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• LITERACY CLASSES incoming 8th grade students
  who scored Far-Below and Below Basic on CSTs are
  double- enrolled placed in Literacy and English
  Classes

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• Title 3 - All lower level ELL students are double
  enrolled in ELD and literacy classes to assist
  them in improving their reading, writing,
  speaking, and comprehension skills in English.

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SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

• FUTURE PLANS
• --Cross Curricular with EAP Modules
• --During Harvesting Teacher Brilliance time
  and/or during Professional Development
  days/meetings present 2-3 strategies that are
  most useful school-wide

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GO REBELS!! GO REBELS!!