service learning texas june 2011

SERVICE LEARNING TEXAS

JUNE 2011 INSTITUTE

Friday Focus Group

Social Studies and

English Language Arts

FOUR CORNERS

Levels of Practice

Continued Needs

SUCCESS

LEARNING THROUGH

CONFLICT

ELA AND READING TEKS

110.20 ELA and Reading. Grade 8

• b. Knowledge and Skills

10. Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusion about

expository text and provide evidence from text to support

their understanding.

(D) synthesize and make logical connection between ideas

within a text and across two or three texts representing

similar of different genres and support those findings with

textual evidence.

ELA AND READING TEKS

110.20 ELA and Reading. Grade 8

• b. Knowledge and Skills

17. Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write

expository and procedural or work-related texts to

communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for

specific purposes. Students are expected to:

(D) produce a multimedia presentation involving text,

graphics, images, and sound using available technology.

THE PATH THROUGH

BOOKS

MIGRANT WORKERS

IMMIGRANTS

DIVERSITY

POVERTY AND ASPIRATION

ELDERS/FRIENDSHIP/DEATH

ELDERS

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT/DISASTERS

ENVIRONMENT

POVERTY/HOPELESSNESS

HUNGER

POVERTY/TEEN

PREGNANCY

CHILDREN AND WAR

BULLYING

TOLERANCE

VISIONING

The important thing

About a spoon is

That you eat with it.

It’s like a little shovel,

You hold it in your hand,

You can put it in your mouth,

It isn’t flat,

It’s hollow,

And it spoons things up.

But the important thing

About a spoon is that you eat with it.

THE IMPORTANT BOOKB Y M A R G A R E T W I S E B ROW N

HOLOCAUST AND BULLYING


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“If we do not act, we shall surely

be dragged down the long dark

and shameful corridors of time

reserved for those who possess

power without compassion, might

without morality, and strength

without insight.”

---Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

When the majority hears something

from a higher power, they’ll believe

anything they hear. ---Jacob M.

“ Never doubt that a small group

of thoughtful, committed citizens

can change the world: indeed, it’s

the only thing that ever has.”---

Margaret Mead“…I know for sure that it brought

me closer to other people I don’t

talk to very often because I talk to

them a little bit more than I did

before this project.”---Jessie

LEADERS MODEL

LEADERS Component

Curriculum Integration

Youth Voice

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LEARNING

Academic

TEKS Based

Rigorous

Multi-dimensional

Problem-based learning

LEADERS Model

Talking Points

Students will----

Have a voice

Be tuned in and empowered

Make real world connections

Know why/what they are learning

Vehicle for learning

Creates space for all stakeholders:

o Business partners

o Parents

o Elderly

o Etc.

Campus/District Improvement Goals

Contributes to graduate profile

Collaboration

Teamwork for a purpose

Kids have roles within the team

Cognitive complexity

YOUTH VOICE!!!!!

MARKETING SERVICE

LEARNING

TEKS Theme or

Community Need

Questions that

Lead to

Student Action

Possible

Community

Partners/Resourc

es

Possible

Student Action

MAKING CONNECTIONS

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