PLC Collaborative Team: 11th

PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.

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PLC AGENDA: To be completed prior to meeting

Meeting Date: 9/28/16

PLC Guiding Questions: In PLCs, the focus of the collaboration is on one or more of the four
guiding questions. Provide specifics about your PLC teams meeting agenda as they relate to
one or more of the guiding questions.

What do we want students to learn Identify and utilize articles, adjectives, and
(know, understand and be able to do)? adverbs in writing

How will we know theyve learned it? We are reviewing common formative and
summative assessments on noRedInk

What will we do for those who havent We will review the lessons in class and allow
learned it? retakes on both formative and summative

What will we do for those who have Have them create sample sentences to show
learned it? mastery of the sentence and examples for other
students

PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance:

Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):
Continue to create common formative assignments with no NRI
NoRedInk: Components of a Sentence outcome:
73% Pre to 90% Post--Jason
81% Katie
82% Marissa
86% Kim
Best: action verbs and subjects (common)
Worst: pronouns*** (difference between pronouns and
nouns)

Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible
PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
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Review differences pronouns vs nouns All 10/12/16

Compound and Complex Sentences All 10/12/16

Collect QUACK materials-begin end of October Jason and Marissa 10/31/2016

(videos) all

Integrate SAT test practice-keep log all 10/31/2016

PLC AGENDA: To be completed prior to meeting

Meeting Date: 10/12/16

PLC Guiding Questions: In PLCs, the focus of the collaboration is on one or more of the four
guiding questions. Provide specifics about your PLC teams meeting agenda as they relate to
one or more of the guiding questions.

What do we want students to learn Building Compound and Complex Sentences

(know, understand and be able to do)?

How will we know theyve learned it? We are reviewing common formative and
summative assessments on noRedInk

What will we do for those who havent We will review the lessons in class and allow
learned it? retakes on both formative and summative

What will we do for those who have Have them create sample sentences to show
learned it? mastery of the sentence and examples for other
students to aid in their learning

PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance: Mazur, Frieling, Ruhlman, Kowalke (Burck at the MISD)

Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):
Discovered we all gave or need to give re-takes on the Compound and Complex
assessment. Students struggled with this one.
ELL students are struggling
Class Averages were around 72%
PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
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Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible

Next NRI: Punctuation with Conjunctions and All By 10/31/16

Connecting Clauses (2 Separate Lessons)

Re-teach and re-take the Compound and Complex All By 10/31/16

assessments.

Find a common passage for SAT practice All By 10/31/16

Target Rhetorical Words for Exam All By 10/31/16

PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
Link to original doc

PLC AGENDA: To be completed prior to meeting

Meeting Date: 10/31/16

PLC Guiding Questions: In PLCs, the focus of the collaboration is on one or more of the four
guiding questions. Provide specifics about your PLC teams meeting agenda as they relate to
one or more of the guiding questions.

What do we want students to learn

(know, understand and be able to do)?

How will we know theyve learned it?

What will we do for those who havent

learned it?

What will we do for those who have

learned it?

PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance:

Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):

Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible
PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
Link to original doc

PLC AGENDA: To be completed prior to meeting

Meeting Date: 11/9/16

PLC Guiding Questions: In PLCs, the focus of the collaboration is on one or more of the four
guiding questions. Provide specifics about your PLC teams meeting agenda as they relate to
one or more of the guiding questions.

What do we want students to learn We would like students to have an

(know, understand and be able to do)? understanding of comma usage and using colons
and semicolons.

How will we know theyve learned it? We will use their score from the NoRedInk
grades

What will we do for those who havent We will reteach it.

learned it?

What will we do for those who have We will encourage them to tutor others.
learned it?

PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance:
Katie Burck, Jason Frieling, Kim Ruhlman, Marissa Mazur
Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):
We outlined what our next week data will be: QUACK 1 and 2, Phrases and Dependent
Clauses and Active and Passive Voice
We need to do more practice with connecting clauses; the students weakness was
primarily with using semicolons within the sentence, and we are administering
retakes.
Average:
74%, 70%, 79%, 68%

Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible

QUACK 1 and 2 all December

Phrases and Dependent Clauses all December

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PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
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Active and Passive Voice all December

14

SAT Question #1: Writing and Language all November

22

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PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance: January 11
Katie Burck, Jason Frieling, Kim Ruhlman, Marissa Mazur, Bill Mathis
Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):
Discussed points for Exam: Essay: 15 (SAT rubric) Exam: 45 questions=60 points

Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible

Complete QUACK 4 by end of semester all January 27

KHAN Academy begins 2nd semester all Februarys

plc

QUACK 5-10 to be completed during 2nd semester all June 9

PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance: February 8
Katie Burck, Bridget Kowalke, Kim Ruhlman, Marissa Mazur, Bill Mathis
Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):
Review First Semester data and questions-revised

Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible
PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
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Find essay article for OTK and assign essay and all March 8
have essay

NRI: Parallel Structure all March 8

QUACK 5, 6, and 7 All March 8

TOPICS FOR 3.8.17

Re-visit curriculum essentials - break out 9, 10, 11, 12; create standards for each
essential (this will be the focus of upcoming PLC time as well)
Discuss SAT questions to be submitted by Monday, 3/13

PLC AGENDA: To be completed prior to meeting

Meeting Date: 03/08/2016

PLC Guiding Questions: In PLCs, the focus of the collaboration is on one or more of the four
guiding questions. Provide specifics about your PLC teams meeting agenda as they relate to
one or more of the guiding questions.

What do we want students to learn Identify strengths and weaknesses in his or her
(know, understand and be able to do)? own writing for the SAT

How will we know theyve learned it? After implementing test like conditions, students
took a timed practice SAT essay test and as peers
scored 3-4 essays. We have the data to identify
skills assessed and areas of weakness.

What will we do for those who havent We will focus on the structure of SAT and
learned it? provide feedback and formative practice on
those weaknesses.

What will we do for those who have We will begin to work on improving complex
learned it? sentence structure and strengthen word choice
in those who have acquired the basic skill.
PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
Link to original doc

PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance: March 8th

Marissa Mazur, Kim Ruhlman, Katie Burck, Bill Mathis
Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):
Decided SAT questions 7-12 by SAT (April 11)
SAT Essay:
Average:
R:2-3
Mat: 2-3
B: 2-3
Maz:2-3
Strengths: Reading, annotating the article
Weakness: Analysis, not following/responding to the prompt, timing

Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible

Revisions from peer edit for summative grade all

(before SAT)

Oedipus (finish reading before spring break) and all

project during SAT week

QUACK Vocabulary (before spring break) all

NRI: Commonly Confused Words all

PLC Collaborative Team: 11th
PLC Collaborative Team Norms: Same as English Dept.
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TOPICS FOR 3.8.17

PLC MINUTES: To be completed during/after the meeting

In Attendance: April 24th

Bill Mathis
Meeting Outcomes (What was decided? How will our teaching evolve?):
Found and explored different resources for displaying information for students in
LOTF
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13ROezRpqpt-vO-yLof5UyKpfgBrxkNKslOvVUcG6T
zE - Link to some contemporary articles, TV shows and references to modern
connections to LOTF.

Action Items (Where do we go from here?) Person/People By this Date

Responsible