LRTS Webinar, originally aired Wednesday, October 23rd / 2013
Presenter: Vera Grayson, Consultant, DOEECD
This webinar was created in October 2013 and is in the process of being revised to reflect the following changes that were implemented during the 2014-2015 administration. The revised webinar will include the following updates:
updated rubrics that have been revised for clarity in Ideas, Language Use, and Conventions, including a second Ideas criterion for the Reading Response
updated scores for Ideas2 for Reading Response writing samples
updated number of points for the Reading Response task to 20 due to the addition of the Ideas 2 criterion
updated total number of points for the examination to 84 due to the addition of the Ideas 2 criterion
This webinar was created to provide Grade 10 English teachers with information about the Nova Scotia Examination: English 10. Examples of reading passages, selected response questions, and constructed response questions will be provided. Scoring rubrics will be discussed and illustrated with samples of student writing.
Supporting documents for the English 10 webinar are available on the secure Educators area website (choose “GNSPES/SEPNE” from the dropdown list and click “select”, teachers can enter their logon credentials, and click on the assessment folder).
Nova Scotia Examination - English 10 Information Webinar
Today's educators face the difficult task of meeting the needs of diverse classrooms that include children who have been affected by war, violent conflict and trauma. The psychosocial needs of war-affected children who resettle in Canada can be intense, complicated, and can require a sensitive and individualized approach. Trauma can have multiple consequences on children that are not easily understood. Children who have experienced trauma are often labelled as disruptive, defiant, and at high risk of dropping out. When appropriate supports are in place, it is possible for children to recover from trauma. Working from a trauma informed perspective is a valuable approach to teaching that helps to ease the transition of these students into our classrooms, increasing the possibility of a successful Canadian transition. This webinar draws from qualitative research conducted in Canada and oversees that examines best practices in supporting the psychosocial needs of refugee students as a means of supporting successful integration into our schools and communities.
Key takeaways from this webinar will include:
1. Working from a trauma-informed perspective
2. Building capacity in newcomer students - Effects of trauma and interrupted learning and helping newcomer students that have suffered trauma and violence in their lives
3. Building a culturally responsive space and classroom
4. Lesson plans to assist and build capacity in classroom teachers
Bridging two worlds : building teacher capacity in working with refugee children
This webinar addressed the “new” learning focuses of the Sr. High English Language Arts Teaching in Action 10-12 document. The webinar looked at the document front matter (pages 1 to 208) that teachers find most meaningful, and how teachers are implementing the resource.
Talk & Walk: An Overview of Teaching in Action 10-12
ELA teachers had the opportunity to discuss "best practice" in the high school classroom using the Planning for Balanced Assessment & Instruction in ELA 10 –12 Desk Blotter resource as the focus of conversation. Informal "Talk" centred around the Classroom as a Workshop, Gradual Release of Responsibility, Approaches to Assessment, and Approaches to Instruction.
Planning for Balanced Assessment and Instruction in English Language Arts: It's Foundational!
