Laura Mills
Crystal Cunningham
PART 1: Details for the RPP
II. School Profile:
III. The plan
To encourage student involvement in the reading bowl team, students will be asked to practice for the competition during their assigned lunches in the media center. If they do so, the media specialist will buy pizzas for the students who practice in the media center during their lunches at least three times a week. In the classroom, the students will create a book trailer, of a reading bowl book of their choice, by using chromebooks and Screencast-O-Matic, a free web 2.0 tool.
IV. Evaluation of the Reading Promotion Plan
The first, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan is the comparison of reading scores. We will evaluate the reading scores of students from the previous year that did not participate in the RPP to the reading scores from the end of the this school year of students that did participate in the RPP). If the reading scores improved from the previous year then, the RPP was a success. If the reading scores did not improve then, the RPP was unsuccessful.
The second, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan is to answer the question did we meet our goal of having a group of students read books and have them read the books and the best competitors in the group competes in the Book Bowl.
The third, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan will be to evaluate how well the students that were chosen to participate in the Book Bowl did in the Book Bowl.
The fourth, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan will be to evaluate the circulation records to see if it increases.
(Did the students check out more books than in years past)?
The final, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan will be to use a survey that ask students questions about their enthusiasm for reading after competing in the Reading Bowl.
V. Reference list
Bates, N, (2012), Weaving a Virtual Story-Creating Book Trailers 101.Knowledge Quest, 40(3), 72-76
Booker, K. (2017, August 17). R.A.C.E. Response = Better Answers. Retrieved October 26, 2017, from http://slideplayer.com/slide/5268373/
Chance, R., & LESESNE, T. (2012). Rethinking Reading Promotion. Teacher Librarian, 39(5), 26-28.
Log in. (n.d.). Retrieved November 1, 2017, from https://www.powtoon.com/my-powtoons/#/
Olsen, J. (2013, October 17). R.A.C.E - Constructed Response Strategy. Retrieved November 01, 2017, from http://prezi.com/imbt4nl8gbov/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
(n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017, from http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wfhs/mc/Lists/Announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=15&Source=http%3A%2F%2Finternet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us%2Fschools%2Fwfhs%2Fmc%2Fdefault.aspx
Part 2: RPP PRESENTATION
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Crystal Cunningham
PART 1: Details for the RPP
- Goal: The mission of the Windsor Forest High School media center is to create an environment that produces information literate life-long learners who evaluate the reliability and validity of multiple resources to effectively produce and communicate their own knowledge and understanding. The goal is to promote literacy by introducing students from the 10th - 12th advanced placement English language arts program to the twenty young adults books that have been chosen as winners for the 2017-2018 Georgia Peach Award. The literacy program will be promoted through a variety of strategies, such as participation in a reading bowl competition, creating a book trailer using web 2.0 tools, and writing questions and answers about the four books they are required to read. The books that will be read will support the diverse development, cultural, social, and linguistic needs of the 10th - 12th grade community.
II. School Profile:
- Windsor Forest High School is located in Savannah, Georgia in Chatham County. Savannah’s recorded history began in 1733 when General James Oglethorpe and his 120 passengers landed along the Savannah River. Oglethorpe named the 13th and final American colony “Georgia” after King George II of England. Savannah would was the first city of Georgia.
- According to the 2015 census, the median household income was below $40,000 and 26.5% of the population were considered to be living at poverty level. There are 1062 students, 112 faculty members, 87 certified employees.
- 365 - 9th graders
- 285 - 10th graders
- 236 - 11th graders
- 176 - 12th graders
- 106 students in the gifted program
- 85 students currently have an IEP
- 22 students have a 504 plan
- 22 students are in an EL/ESL program
- The media center is divided into five sections: tables, CPU’s, makers space, seating area, and books. Housed in the media center is a makerspace, a room for collaboration and/or small group meetings, a room to produce and edit video software, and a room for creating and printing posters. The media center houses 26 CPU’s, 4 chrome carts (to be checked out by the teachers) with 32 chromebooks in each cart, and 3 chromeboxes. Besides the Helen Ruffin Reading bowl collaboration and competition, the SCCPSS is promoting literacy by having competitions for and elementary aged book drive. The goal is to raise 12,000 books per school. The books will be sorted and placed into elementary school classrooms throughout the district. The first schools to reach the tiered goals, win prizes such as a chrome cart, 5 iPads, and a chromebox.
III. The plan
- Project Outline: The media specialist will work with the AP ELA teacher’s 10th - 12th grade students. The teacher will explain the importance of literacy and reading skills and will discuss the yearlong project. It is the responsibility of all teachers to give students many opportunities to write. Research has found that writing about a topic enhances understanding of that topic. The media specialist will explain the Helen Ruffin reading bowl, introduce the students to the books, and allow them to check out one at a time for a period of 3 weeks per book.
- The Details: The reading promotion plan will be led by the media specialist and Ms. Lauren Fuquea, the AP ELA teacher and will be assisted by the media clerk. The reading promotion plan will take place in the media center and in the AP ELA classroom. In the AP ELA classes, students will be required to read 4 of the 20 diverse Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl books and write questions and answers about the book. They will pair off into groups of 4 and create a book trailer on one of the books of their choice. Through the media center, they will become members of the Windsor Forest Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team and will be responsible for reading a minimum of four reading bowl books and will be required to write a minimum of thirty questions and answers for the books they have read in order to prepare for the HRRB competition. The same questions may be used for both the AP ELA class requirements and for the reading bowl competition. The group consists of 10th - 12th grade students enrolled in the AP ELA program. By reading, writing and answering their own questions about a book, the students will become information literate life-long learners who evaluate the reliability and validity of multiple resources to effectively produce and communicate their own knowledge and understanding. According to standards ELAGSE11-12RI3 and ELAGSE11-12RL10, by the end of the reading promotion program, students should be able to analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text and by the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
To encourage student involvement in the reading bowl team, students will be asked to practice for the competition during their assigned lunches in the media center. If they do so, the media specialist will buy pizzas for the students who practice in the media center during their lunches at least three times a week. In the classroom, the students will create a book trailer, of a reading bowl book of their choice, by using chromebooks and Screencast-O-Matic, a free web 2.0 tool.
- The resources: 20 Georgia peach award winning books used in the Helen Ruffin reading bowl competition, chromebooks, Screencast-O-Matic, and a free web 2.0 tool.
- The timeline:
- During pre-planning: Collaborate with Lauren Fuquea regarding literacy promotion project and come up with a timeline for her classes
- Last week in August: plan a day for students to visit the media center to discuss reading promotion plan and to select first of two books to check out
- Mid-October: visit media center to turn in selected book and turn in the questions/answers. Select second book
- First of December: turn in second book and questions/answers.
- First of December: students who signed up for the Helen Ruffin Reading bowl will begin coming to the media center during assigned lunches and will practice answering the question/answers for the books they’ve read using the clickers
- First of January: in Ms. Fuquea’s class, students will divide into groups of 4 in each grade level and begin planning to create a book trailer
- Jan 22nd: Book bowl students will compete in local HRRB competition
- Mid February: In Ms. Fuquea’s class, students will turn in storyboard for the book trailer
- First of March: students will begin coming to the media center once a week, as a class, to work on creating, editing and finishing book trailer.
- After spring break/end of April: students will present book trailers, during their assigned class block, in the media center using the media center’s laptop, projector and screen
IV. Evaluation of the Reading Promotion Plan
The first, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan is the comparison of reading scores. We will evaluate the reading scores of students from the previous year that did not participate in the RPP to the reading scores from the end of the this school year of students that did participate in the RPP). If the reading scores improved from the previous year then, the RPP was a success. If the reading scores did not improve then, the RPP was unsuccessful.
The second, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan is to answer the question did we meet our goal of having a group of students read books and have them read the books and the best competitors in the group competes in the Book Bowl.
The third, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan will be to evaluate how well the students that were chosen to participate in the Book Bowl did in the Book Bowl.
The fourth, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan will be to evaluate the circulation records to see if it increases.
(Did the students check out more books than in years past)?
The final, method that will be used to evaluate the Reading Promotion Plan will be to use a survey that ask students questions about their enthusiasm for reading after competing in the Reading Bowl.
V. Reference list
Bates, N, (2012), Weaving a Virtual Story-Creating Book Trailers 101.Knowledge Quest, 40(3), 72-76
Booker, K. (2017, August 17). R.A.C.E. Response = Better Answers. Retrieved October 26, 2017, from http://slideplayer.com/slide/5268373/
Chance, R., & LESESNE, T. (2012). Rethinking Reading Promotion. Teacher Librarian, 39(5), 26-28.
Log in. (n.d.). Retrieved November 1, 2017, from https://www.powtoon.com/my-powtoons/#/
Olsen, J. (2013, October 17). R.A.C.E - Constructed Response Strategy. Retrieved November 01, 2017, from http://prezi.com/imbt4nl8gbov/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
(n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2017, from http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wfhs/mc/Lists/Announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=15&Source=http%3A%2F%2Finternet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us%2Fschools%2Fwfhs%2Fmc%2Fdefault.aspx
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