Transforming Practices for the Middle School Classroom
Contents
Section 1: Language Arts
Section 2: Social Studies
Section 3: Science
Section 4: Mathematics
Appendix
Section 1: Language Arts
Chapter 1. Reading, Listening, Viewing: Multimodal Practices for English Learners
- Appendix A — “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”: Reading, Listening, Viewing Plot Diagram/Story Map
- Appendix B — Discussion Questions and Answers
- Appendix C — Screenshots of Websites Used to Create this Lesson
- Appendix D — Vocabulary Activity
- Appendix E — Formative Assessment Rubric
- Appendix F — Summative Assessment Rubric
- Appendix G — “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”: Reading, Listening, Viewing 2-Mode Venn Diagram
- Appendix H — “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”: Reading, Listening, Viewing 3-Mode Venn Diagram
Chapter 2. Media Literacy and Persuasive Writing in a Secondary English Classroom
Appendix — Graphic Organizer
Chapter 3. Let’s Get Multimodal!: Exploring Modes of Narrative Writing in Middle School English Language Arts
- Appendix A — Graphic Organizer Features of Each Mode
- Appendix B — Multimodal Narrative Rubric
Chapter 4. Educating for Multicultural/Multilingual Diversity: An Ethnographic Approach
- Appendix A — Think-Pair-Share Worksheet
- Appendix B — Worksheet with Assignment
- Appendix C — KWL Worksheet
Chapter 5. Translanguaging, Culture, and Context in a Puerto Rican Middle School
- Appendix A — Visual Representations of Vocabulary Words
- Appendix B — Family-Community Questionnaire
- Appendix C — Vocabulary Assessment
- Appendix D — Collaborative Project Rubric
Section 2: Social Studies
Chapter 6. Language Instruction and Civic Learning Through Contingent Scaffolding and the C3 Framework (7th grade)
- Appendix A — “Brief Description of the C3 Framework: Social Studies Objectives”
- Appendix B — Compelling and Supporting Questions Graphic Organizer
- Appendix C — Simple Assessment Rubric, Dimension 1
- Appendix D — Disciplinary Lenses Graphic Organizer
- Appendix E — Student Responses
- Appendix F — Simple Assessment Rubric, Dimension 2
- Appendix G — Dimension 3 Primary and Secondary Sources Student Support
- Appendix H — Citing and Reporting Verbs
- Appendix I — Simple Assessment Rubric, Dimension 3
- Appendix J — Simple Assessment Rubric, Dimension 4
Chapter 7. The Power of Voice in Advanced Social Studies and Language Arts Texts (7th–8th grade)
- Appendix A — Anticipation Guide How Does Language Affect Social Justice
- Appendix B — Main Idea: Summarizing Handout
- Appendix C — Compare-Contrast Graphic Organizer
- Appendix D — Mexican National Era to Early Statehood Era Timeline
- Appendix E — Reading Critically handout
- Appendix F — Reading Critically handout
Chapter 8. Civic Engagement and Text Features in Middle School Social Studies (6th grade)
- Appendix A — Youth Activist Letters
- Appendix B — Graphic Organizers
Section 3: Science
Chapter 9. Infusing Literacy Into the STEM Class
No appendices.
Chapter 10. Building Language Awareness and Scaffolding Scientific Discourse
- Appendix A — Model of a Venn Diagram
- Appendix B — Writing Rubric
- Appendix C — Sorting Activity Handout
- Appendix D — Anchor Chart Assessment Rubric
Section 4: Mathematics
Chapter 11. Incorporating Multimodality Into a Linguistically Diverse Middle School Statistics Curriculum
Appendix — Sample Rubric
Chapter 12. Integrating Vocabulary Instruction Into Middle School Mathematics: Addressing the Needs of Long-Term English Learners
- Appendix A — How Well Do I Know These Geometry Words?
- Appendix B — Geometry Word Sort Cards
- Appendix C — Exit Ticket
- Appendix D — Entrance Ticket