Don't Tell Me I Can't... Don't Tell Us WE Can't!!!!
The theme of our year was: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t… Don’t Tell Us WE Can’t!!!! And boy did we ever show the doubters of the world that we CAN do anything we put our minds to!!!! The MME results of this year—and previous years—are posted to remind you of what’s possible when you put your mind to it.
The rest of the resources on this page relate specifically to the 11th grade year. For your viewing pleasure we have the lesson plans (in case you lost them), the vertical planning document (so you can see what we’re doing this year and why), discussion rubrics (so you can prepare for our deep, analysis discussions), and various test-taking strategies (so you can prepare for whatever standardized test you have coming up). Simply click to download what you need. Enjoy! :)
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Year: |
What Proficiency Means: |
Reading: |
Writing: |
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% Proficient |
% Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Advanced |
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2012: class of ‘13 |
*In order to be deemed proficient you must answer 65% of questions correctly—up 26% from previous years. |
58.4% (4% increase) |
9.1% (9.1% increase) |
75.3% (22.4% increase) |
14.3% (9.9% increase) |
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2011: class of ‘12 |
*In order to be deemed proficient you must answer 39% of questions correctly. |
54.4% |
0% |
52.9% |
4.4% |
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2010: class of ‘11 |
*In order to be deemed proficient you must answer 39% of questions correctly. |
74.3% |
1.4% |
45.9% |
4.1% |
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2009: class of ‘10 |
*In order to be deemed proficient you must answer 39% of questions correctly. |
51.9% |
0% |
38.5% |
1.9% |
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2008: class of ‘09 |
*In order to be deemed proficient you must answer 39% of questions correctly. |
47.2% |
0% |
24.5% |
0% |
And here's even more data :)...
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In reading, you went from the 501st ranked school in the state to the 282nd ranked school. That’s an improvement of TWO HUNDRED nineteen places!!!!
- This improvement in reading makes you the 35th MOST IMPROVED high school in the entire state!!!!!
- SEVEN of you earned the ADVANCED mark on the reading test!! That's the MOST EVER at Star... and with even greater expectations than the past :)
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In writing, you went from the 180th ranked school in Michigan to the 24th—that’s right, the TWENTY-FOURTH—ranked school in the state!!! That’s an improvement of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX places!!!!
- Just over three-fourths of you were proficient—or better—in writing: 75.3%!!!!
- ELEVEN of you eared the ADVANCED level on the writing test!! That's more than the last four years COMBINED!! :)
Vertical Planning Document—allows you to see what we’re doing and WHY we’re doing it
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Lesson Plans
- Unit I: I ________, Therefore I Am—our first unit using F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby as our guiding text.
- Unit II: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t… Don’t Tell Us WE Can’t!!!!—our second unit focusing on preparing for the Michigan Merit Exam (M.M.E.).
- Unit III: The Small Details—our third unit focusing on analysis using Lorraine Hansberry’s class American Drama A Raisin in the Sun to illuminate the way.
- Unit IV: The Beast Within—our last unit centering around the “true” nature of man using William Golding’s Lord of the Flies to help us explore our true nature.
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Discussion
- Discussion Notes—so you can see how Teacher Who? tracks our in-class discussions
- Individualized Discussion Rubric—the rubric used to assess/evaluate individuals during class discussion
- Group Discussion Rubric—the rubric used to assess/evaluate the class
- Listening Rubric—a rubric designed to assess/evaluate an individual’s listening ability
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Test-Taking Strategies
- ACT Reading Strategies—different, various ways to “play the A.C.T.’s game”
- ACT ELA Strategies—everything you need to know to ace the ELA section of the A.C.T.
- WorkKeys Strategies—different, various ways to succeed on the WorkKeys “Reading for Information” and “Locating Information” tests
- Multiple-Choice Strategies—this is guaranteed to increase your scores on any multiple-choice reading test
