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English & Reading

2014 English SOL Institutes

Standards of Learning

Includes:

Curriculum Frameworks
Enhanced Scope & Sequence Sample Lesson Plans
Test Blueprints
Released Tests
Writing Practice Tool
Performance Expectations

The K-12 English Language Arts SOL Institutes utilized a train-the-trainer model to provide professional development at six sites throughout commonwealth. This training focused on nonfiction and fiction reading, writing, instructional strategies for English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. Participants attended four different concurrent breakout sessions with either an elementary or secondary focus.

Fall 2014
Resources – Presentations & Lessons

Q&A with VDOE English Staff – Closing Session Presentation, October 2014 (PPT)

Reading
Writing
Strategies for ELLs
Strategies for Students with Disabilities

Reading

Elementary

Secondary

Abingdon & Staunton
Susan Hoch & Jessic Kidd

Julianne Albert & Robin Wheeler
Dulles & Roanoke

Presentation (PDF)
Bibliography Skills Strategies Cognitive Levels (Word)
Lesson Plan Model (Word)

Newport News & Richmond
Beth Estill

Mentor Text Handout (Word)

Abingdon
Stephenie Fellinger

Presentation (PPT)
10 on 1 Directions Handout (Word)
Animal Farm Vocabulary Handout (Word)
Tale of Two Cities Vocabulary Handout (Word)

Roanoke
Christina Gonzalez & Kelly Smith

Dulles
Adria Merritt

Presentation (PPT)
Poem Analysis Example Outline Handout (PDF)
Poetry Analysis Essay Guidelines Handout (Word)
Poetry Analysis Outline Guidelines Handout (Word)

Richmond
Jill Nogueras & Emily Stains

Presentation (PPT)

Newport News
Monica Robinson & Abigail Doughterty

Presentation (PPT)
Close Reading Participant Notes Handout (Word)
F.A.M.E. The Crazy Ones Handout (Word)
F.O.E. Handout Handout (Word)
Fame Comparison Handout (Word)
Homework NPR Handout (Word)
Presentation Lesson Plan Handout (Word)
Quick Sort Handout (Word)

Staunton – Hilary Loftus and Sarah Crain

Presentation (PPT)
Sample Text Handout (Word)
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Handout (Word)

Writing

Elementary

Secondary

Abingdon & Roanoke
Tamara Williams

Presentation (PPT)

Dulles
Diane Leipzig

Presentation (PPT)
SOL DHL Handout (Word)

Newport News
Lillie Smith & Kristin Palmer

Richmond & Staunton
Annette Conley & Jennifer Haws

Presentation (PPT)
Cause and Effect
- Cause and Effect Poster (JPG)
- Cause and Effect Organizer Handout (JPG)
- Cause and Effect Cards Handout (Word)
- Native Americans Text Handout (Word)
Compare and Contrast
- Compare and Contrast Handout (Word)
- Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer Handout (Word)
  Venn Diagram Lines (Word)
Main Ideas and Details
- Fishbone (JPG)
- Four Square 1 Detail Grade 1 Handout (Word)
- Expository Text Halloween Handout (Word)
- Fishbone Organizer 2 Handout (JPG)
- Four Square Template Lined K-2 Handout (Word)
- Idea Mapping Gifts from Nile Handout (Word)
- Idea Mapping Graphic Organizer Handout (Word)
- Lined Organizer 1 Detail Grade 2 Handout (Word)
- Magnets at Work Nonfiction Article Handout (Word)
- Main Idea Details Graphic Organizer Handout (Word)
- Persuasive Writing Four Square Handout (Word)
- Reindeer Passage Handout (Word)
- Sticky Facts Handout (PDF)
- Weather Passage Model Main Idea Headings Handout (Word)
Narrative

Blank Shape Graphic Organizer Handout (PDF)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonfiction Handout (Word)
Shape Graphic Organizer Lines Handout (PDF)
Story Blocks Handout (Word)
Story Map Summarize Handout (Word)
Retelling Boxes with Handwriting Lines Handout (Word)

Problem and Solution

Problem Solution Cards Handout (Word)
Problem Solution Chart Handout (Word)
Problem Solution Outline Graphic Organizer Handout (Word)
Problem Solution Graphic Organizers Handout (Word)
Problem Solution Graphic Organizer Handout (Word)

Sequencing

Sequencing Graphic Organizer Handout (Word)
Timeline Template Handout (Word)

Writers’ Workshop

First Grade Writer's Workshop Organizer Handout (Word)
Grade 1 Writing Checklist Handout (Word)
Power Writing Handout (Word)
Prewrite Web 1 Handout (Word)
Prewriting Web Handout (Word)
Writers’ Workshop Organizer Handout (Word)

Abingdon & Roanoke
Rebecca Elswick

Dulles & Richmond
Maryann Dause & Beth Dibble

Presentation (PDF)
Nine Grid Bingo Handout (PDF)
Aristotelian Rhetoric Notes Handout (PDF)

Newport News & Staunton
Shanda Boone-Hurdle

Presentation (PPT)
Sample Essays Handout (Word)

Strategies for English Language Learners

Elementary

Secondary

Abingdon & Roanoke
Shyla Vesitis

Presentation (PPT)

Dulles
Rhonda Hawks & Claudia Livezey

Presentation (PPT)
Bibliography Handout (Word)
Instructional Technology ELL Handout (Word)
Q Focus Template Handout (Word)
Word Walls Handout (Word)

Newport News & Richmond
Adriane Geronimo

Presentation (PPT)
Academic Writing Handout (Word)
ELL Writing Handout (PDF)
WIDA Performance Definitions – Speaking & Writing Handout (PDF)
WIDA Speaking & Writing Rubrics Handout (PDF)

Staunton
Paul Teller & Patsy Stine

Abingdon
Louise Sutton & Carey Cleveland

Presentation (PPT)
Victory Dance Handout (Word)

Dulles
Donna Webb

Newport News & Richmond
Val Gooss

Presentation (Word)
Technology Resources Handout (Word)

Roanoke
Guiliana Jahnsen-Lewis

Presentation (PPT)

Staunton
Amanda Broyles & Kim Breining

Presentation (PDF)

Strategies for Students with Disabilities

Mary Stowe, W&M

Chris Frawley, VCU

Kandy Grant, JMU

Lanett Brailey, VCU

Kathy Nutt, GMU

Judith Fontana, GMU

Ruth Mclachlan, RU

Disability Awareness Fact Summary (Word)
Resources Secondary ELA (Word)
Specially Designed Instruction Resources (Word)
Reading Rope Activity General (Word)
Checklist Methods Intensifying Instruction (Word)
LINCS Table (PDF)
Word Mapping Template (PPT)
Strategies Using Student Cognition (Word)
2014 State of Learning Disabilities (PDF)
The Reader (JPG)
Effective Strategies for Students with Disabilities (PPT)