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Welcome to WOC1 Written & Oral Communication-1

Welcome to WOC1 Written & Oral Communication-1. Blocks 5 & 7. I know what you’re wondering …………. Who is my child’s teacher? What is her philosophy and teaching style ? What are the course goals ? What’s going on so far …what’s coming up ?

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Welcome to WOC1 Written & Oral Communication-1

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  1. Welcome to WOC1Written & Oral Communication-1 Blocks 5 & 7

  2. I know what you’re wondering………….. • Who is my child’s teacher? • What is her philosophy and teaching style? • What are the course goals? • What’s going on so far…what’s coming up? • HOW CAN PARENTS HELP THEIR KIDS ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN WOC1?

  3. Hello! I’m Mrs. Liz Kirby B.S., English/Art Illinois State University M.S., Curriculum/Instruction Northeastern Illinois University Experienced language arts teacher: •2 years middle school •10 years Young Adult Program alternative high school •12 years RMHS (starting now!)

  4. Do I seem familiar? • I am a community member, having lived in AH for the past 25 years. • I am an RMHS “family” member---both my daughters attended District 25 schools and RMHS. • I am fully invested in the future of your child, the community members of THE FUTURE!

  5. Here’s the big picture: District Goals • Increase student success rate in courses (A, B, C) • Increase sub-group EPAS scores • Increase number of students taking AP classes and exams and passing AP tests

  6. WOC1 Goals For This Year • Communication Skills: written and oral • English Grammar: sentences paragraphs essays research papers! • Reading: multi-genres, scaffolding-upward (“learning by lexile”) • Vocabulary: “stems” and whole words • Develop study strategies: • “Habits of Work”: organization/resources

  7. Where we are now? • Stamp Sheets & Binders: monitoring daily habits of work, behaviors for success, and organizational skills • Cooperative Education: community spirit and skills for group-learning • “gists,” WTL’s, and grammar: summarizing and introspection = Writing To Learn • Communication process: the system of oral and nonverbal com • Vocabulary: “stems” and STEMWORDS to increase reading, writing and speaking fluency

  8. Where are we headed? • Speeches and Media Presentations (QUEST) • Writing Process (MELcon) • Selected short Fiction and Non-Fiction • Classic Novels (Of Mice & Men; To Kill a Mockingbird) • Word Within a Word (250 stems by June! WOW!) • WREN Books (Writing and English)—District- Wide College Readiness Program • Independent Reading (1 book per semester/20 min per day, starting October…)

  9. Student investment in performance =“knowing and owning” grades • Grading is updated online: https://hl.d214.org/homelogic/ Parent login info has been mailed home. • Students must monitor weekly. • Notes & class updates will be sent through homelogic to your registered email. (BE SURE WE HAVE YOUR CORRECT, ACTIVE EMAILS and PHONE NUMBERS!)

  10. PARTNER with me forYour Child’s SUCCESS: • Check your child’s assignment notebook and WOC1 homepage ofhttp://rmhskirby-1314.weebly.com/woc1-homepage.html • Organization: Binder (a reference that usually stays at school) and Homework folder (dark blue) • Reading at home (newspapers, magazines, books…paper or electronic!) • Check homelogic.com and emails frequently • Quiz your son/daughter over word stems, http://rmhskirby-1314.weebly.com/vocabulary.html • ASK QUESTIONS about what your kids learn!

  11. Be Smart! Ask Questions… • Please complete the “exit slip” with at least one comment or question on which I can follow up. Leave it here tonight OR complete at home and your child can return to me . • Please email me whenever you have a question or concern. (liz.kirby@d214.org) • VISIT OUR CLASSROOM! (We welcome guest speakers!!!)

  12. THANK YOU for your kind attention… …Don’t be late for your next class!

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