Full Description
The Game Plan is the first professional book that gives secondary administrators, literacy coaches, and other instructional leaders a step-by-step blueprint for implementing the Common Core Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and the Technical Subjects and other college and career readiness standards. The book provides principals, district supervisors, instructional coaches, and other leaders with a coherent, realistic plan to build a school-wide culture of literacy instruction, data use, and PLC-based cycles of reflection, planning, and action. This multi-year plan is built on a continuous cycle of improvement philosophy and is modular in nature, allowing leaders to rearrange, substitute, and modify the plan to meet the needs of any secondary school.
Organized in two parts, the first section of The Game Plan lays out a semester-by-semester flexible configuration for introducing, implementing, and supporting the literacy standards over the course of six full school years; this section also includes detailed guidelines for creating a comprehensive assessment plan to gather, analyze, and act on school data. The second section includes instructional tools and strategies for reading, writing, vocabulary, and other aspects of the literacy standards that teachers in all subject areas can use.
Contents
Chapter 1 How to Use This Book
Chapter 2 Principles of Professional Learning
Chapter 3 College and Career Readiness Standards
Chapter 4 Year 1: Summer
Chapter 5 Year 1: Fall Semester
Chapter 6 Year 1: Spring Semester
Chapter 7 Year 2: Summer
Chapter 8 Year 2: Fall Semester
Chapter 9 Year 2: Spring Semester
Chapter 10 Year 3: Summer, Fall, and Spring Semesters
Chapter 11 Years 4-6
Appendix A The Play Book: Literacy Strategies for the Content Area Classroom
The Starting Line
Strategy Map
Text Structure
Text Annotation
Academic Vocabulary
GIST
Four Square Notes
Prompt Analysis
Text-Dependent Questioning
Silent Conversation
Save the Last Word for Me
Anticipation Guides
RAFT
LIFT OUT
CRAVAT
2-3 Column Notes
Show and Tell Vocabulary
Text Mingle
Analyzing Visual Text
Nonstop Writing
Carousel Brainstorming
Vocabulary Vignettes
Discussion Grids
Vocabulary Tableaux
Appendix B Coach's Corner: Instructional Leadership Resources
Literacy Kickoff Meeting Planning Grid
Focus Strategy Reflection Guide
Halftime Meeting Planning Grid
Support Planning Grid
Leadership Reflection Protocol
Data Summary Plan
PLC Meeting Agenda
Literacy Strategy Classroom Observation Form
Teacher Self-Evaluation Form
PLC Self-Evaluation Form
Appendix C Moving Up to the Big Leagues: Expanding Literacy Beyond the School Level
