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Welcome to Mrs. Tramel's Junior English Class! Our classroom is a place where students have choices in reading and writing through differentiated assignments. We focus on fostering ownership of learning with individual and collaborative tasks, promoting literacy skills in spoken, written, and visual forms. We embrace real-world relevance and diverse literature while delivered through a standards-based curriculum. The classroom nurtures critical thinking and inquiry-based instruction, creating a safe space for intellectual curiosity and exploration.
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Mrs. TramelJunior English Class policies and guidelines
The Student will… • o have choice • in reading and writing selections and • through differentiated assignments and assessments. • o have ownership of his/her learning through • individual tasks and texts, as appropriate; • collaborative opportunities for problem-solving; and • developing spoken, written, and visual literacy skills. • o find relevance in the curriculum through • real-world experiences; • multi-genre lessons/units built around big ideas and enduring understandings; • understanding and appreciating diverse literatures of the world.
The Teacher will The Teacher will… • o deliver a standards-based English Language Arts curriculum; • o situate learning in a multi-genre, thematic context with enduring understandings and essential questions; • o coach and facilitate learning; • o expand definitions of “text” and of “literacy” in a quickly evolving world; • o value and encourage Inquiry-Based instruction • model critical and higher level questioning • encourage student-generated questions • emphasize divergent thinking; • o differentiate instruction; • o provide opportunities for collaborative problem solving • o give students meaningful feedback through “checks for understanding”; • o use varied and appropriate authentic assessments.
The Classroom Environment will... • o be a literacy-rich environment; • o support critical thinking with the integration of technological and digital tools; • o be conducive to collaborative groups • where the classroom culture equals a community of learners, and • with Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop practices; • o be safe for intellectual curiosity, investigation and risk-taking.
What do I do when I am absent? Option 1 Option 2 • Visit the English office on the 1st floor (Room 130) during 1st or 7th period, or before or after school to talk to me in person. • Check My Calendar on Sharepoint • Go Palmer website • Find Your Teacher’s Site (mine is on second page) • ChristinaTramel • Calendar • Junior’s calendar is pink (think class color)