What Student Will Do in Case Study

• Students will create graphic organizers and other visual scaffolds to enhance comprehension of texts.
• Students will design and employ criteria charts and rubrics to measure their growth.
• The class will maintain and add to a word wall to scaffold acquisition of new vocabulary.
• Students will maintain personal dictionaries containing both instructional and personally meaningful vocabulary.
• Students will maintain a reader response journal.
• Students will code texts (using sticky notes if necessary).
• Students will post concepts, questions, articles, pictures, etc. related to “Communication.
• Students will create a culminating project.
• Student writing products will provide evidence of their growth in communicating ideas through writing.