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

Appendix