Active Reading Strategy

Any AP English teacher

can tell you that the goto strategy for analyzing
any nonfiction text is the
SOAPSTone method.

After reading a nonfiction text, a student

would analyze the piece toidentify each of
the SOAPSTone elements.
This allows them to gain a greater
understanding of the text, make connections,
and therefore use a more critical eye while
evaluating the worth of the piece.
For example, if a student was unaware of
the political background or historical impact
of a piece, they may view its argument in a
much different way than what was intended.
Additionally, the tone plays a major role in
how a piece is interpreted. A sarcastic,
humorous tone will lead the reader in a much
different direction than a instructive one.

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LMHS 2015-16

HSTW and MMGW Five Literacy Goals

1. Read the equivalent of 25 books per year
across the curriculum.
2. Write weekly in all classes.
3. Use reading and writing strategies to
enhance learning in all classes.
4. Write research papers in all classes.
5. Complete a rigorous language arts
curriculum taught like collegepreparatory/honors English.

All stakeholders will

implement DEAR
(Drop Everything And
Read) five days a
week for 15 minutes
per day.
The Media Center
Advisory Committee
(MCAC) will support
the LMHS literacy
plan reading goals,
attend workshops,
and participate in
regional reading
competitions.
The media specialist
will update all media
collections annually.
LMHS students will
submit summer
reading assignments.

August
2015June 2016

All students

All teachers
All faculty and
staff

August
2015June 2016

Media Specialist

School-wide reading logs show 100%

participation.

August
Media Specialist
2015June 2016
May 2015- ELA Teacher
September Curriculum Team
2015

Students will
participate in reading
and writing contests.
Staff will create a
school-wide campaign
to promote literacy.

August
2015June 2016
August
2015June 2016

All teachers

All students
Media Specialist
ELA Teachers

Media Specialist

Formal media center evaluation tools for

SCDOE
MCAC meeting agendas and minutes
Workshop certificates of attendance

On-line collection analyses

Invoice of new additions available to
administration
Students document summer reading on
reading logs and complete assignments
related to summer reading at the beginning
of the school year
Students projects will be presented at the
first Parent Literacy Night in September
2015
Students are provided with books, rubrics
and guidelines for the summer reading
projects
Winning certificates for reading contests will
be displayed on the LMHS Wall of Fame and
acknowledged on media outlets
Student reading logs show 100%
participation
School-wide literacy bulletin boards updated
quarterly

Teachers will attend

August 2015- ELA Teacher
professional
June 2016
Curriculum Team
development for cross
curricular writing
strategies.
Students will be
August 2015graded weekly on a
June 2016
minimum of one piece
of writing in all
content areas.

All teachers
All students

Student s will be
August 2015provided
June 2016
opportunities to write,
edit, and publish a
school newspaper.
Create student
August 2015literacy portfolio for
June 2016
each student on the
student network drive.
Students will complete August 2015research papers
June 2016
and/or research
projects in all classes

Teacher sign-in sheets from

professional development
meetings.
Create a website/blog for teachers
to access strategies from outside
the network.
Samples of exemplary work is
located on Network drive in a
literacy portfolio and displayed
around the school and each
classroom.
Student work is also located in
classroom notebooks, binders,
literacy portfolios, or journals.
Power School grade books will
reflect grades for weekly writing
assignments.
Teacher s will include
opportunities for student writing
in weekly lesson plans.
Quarterly publications of the
student newspaper
(The
Buzzz)

Students
Newspaper
Sponsor

Media Specialist
All students

Individualized student portfolios

on network drive

All students

All teachers
Media Specialist

Completed projects and papers in

the electronic literacy portfolios
Hardcopies of completed final
drafts available in classrooms

The Middle
Grades
Academy (MGA)
Intervention
Reading
Program will be
implemented
for students
scoring 26th
percentile and
below on MAP
Reading tests.
All stakeholders
will implement
DEAR (Drop
Everything And
Read) five days
a week for 15
minutes per
day.
Teachers will

implement
close reading
strategies
(i.e. text
features and
graphic aids)
to analyze

August

2015June 2016

MRT
(Master Reading
Teacher)

August

2015June 2016

All students

August

2015
June 2016

All students
ELA Teachers
ELA Instructional
Coach

Data monitoring of:

MAP Reading Scores
Progress Monitoring
WRAP testing
Utilize the following
Intervention Programs:
REWARDS
Language!Live

School-wide reading logs show

100% participation.

All teachers
All faculty and staff

Weekly lesson plans will include

close reading strategies.

Students will
complete a
research
paper/project
based on the
following:

Focused
research
questions.

Lessons on
plagiarism,
summarizing,
paraphrasing,
organization,
and
documentatio
n.

Modern
Language
Association
formatting.
Students
research papers
will be assessed
using a common
rubric.
Senior class
students will
additionally
complete a
Senior Capstone
Project to include
the following:

August
2015June 2016

Students
Teachers
Media Specialist

August
2015June 2016

Students
Teachers

Completed rubrics.

August
2015June 2016

Senior class
students
Senior Class
advisors

Completed research paper, PSA, and

portfolio.

Student writing portfolios.

Teacher lesson plans.
Observations.
Completed papers/projects.
Classes will be scheduled for research
and lessons in the media center.

Our 2015-16 Goals:

1.Increase the graduation rate by 2%.

2.Increase ACT/ACT ASPIRE readiness rate
by 3%.
3.Implement a Progressive Discipline Plan to
decrease referrals by 20%.

Argument Writing Terms

NEXT MEETING: 11-19-15