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Planning
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SC Academic Standards
Adopted 2007
English 2
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English 4
NC Standard Course of Study
English Language Arts, Grade 8
Adopted 1994
Overview Documents: State | Morrison
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Morrison Planning
Mid-Carolina High School, 2008-09
Long Range Plans:
English 2 |
English 4
Standards Overviews: English 2 |
English 4
SCDE
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (Appendix)
Mid-Carolina High School, 2007-08
Long Range Plans:
English 2 | English 4
Piedmont Open
IB Middle, Grade 8 Lang Arts
2006-07 Unit Overview/Pacing Guide Align
Curriculum Maps:
2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02
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2000-01 Course Overview and Instructional Plan
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Standardized
Testing
These
days, standardized testing is a mini-subject all on its
own, and though I am not a big believer, I understand
the importance of holding myself accountable to state
standards and I feel a moral obligation to help my
students and school jump the multiple testing hurdles
placed in the path to improvement. Because most
standardized tests are based on creating score spread
(Level 1 to Level 4), tests like the NC Reading EOG
often show more about a student's socio-economic
background and what he/she doesn't know, than what what
he/she does. There are many, very good reasons to
doubt the validity of students and school evaluations
based on tests like the EOG. But, they have become
a fact of life for my students, so while I continue to
fight the baseless acceptance of flawed tests, I do what
I can to make sure my students can be as successful as
possible.
I
spent ten years at Piedmont Open Middle in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a large urban district in
North Carolina where I taught all levels of eighth grade
Language Arts, and two at Mid-Carolina High School in
Newberry County, a much smaller rural district in South
Carolina, where I taught honors English 2 and regular
English 4.
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