Post
Survey
of
Enacted
Curriculum
Middle
School
English
(Grades
6­8)
SECTION
1.
ENGAGEMENT
WITH
LAYING
THE
FOUNDATION
MATERIALS
Listed
below
are
questions
about
your
use
of
Laying
the
Foundation
materials
in
the
classroom.
Fill
in
the
bubble
for
all
of
the
lessons,
short
lesson
assessments,
and
unit
test
assessment
you
used
with
your
students
in
your
class
this
year.
1.
CLOSE
READING:
Yes
No
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Did
you
use
any
close
reading
lessons?
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IF
YES,
indicate
which
close
reading
lessons
below.
If
NO,
proceed
to
question
2.
Reading
Strategies
Annotation
Author’s
Purpose
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Dialectical
Journals
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Fact
or
Opinion
and
Author’s
Purpose
Maybe
You
Can
Judge
a
Book
By
Its
Cover
Dialectical
Journals
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Analyzing
a
Visual
Text
Analyzing
Poetry
Using
Poems
from
Neighborhood
Odes
Literary
Elements
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Point
of
View
Finding
Patterns
and
Contrasts
Origami
House
Project
Sensory
Appeals
Strategies
for
Interpreting
Poetry
The
Best
Word
for
the
Job
The
Person
or
the
Persona
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The
Post‐Mortem
of
a
Protagonist
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The
Three
Levels
of
Reading
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Uncovering
Layers
of
Meaning
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Using
“The
First
Day”
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“The
World
is
Not
a
Pleasant
Place
to
Be”
From
Awareness
of
Mood
to
Analysis
of
Tone
Using
“By
the
Waters
of
Babylon”
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Peeling
Back
the
Layers
–
“The
Witch”
Summarizing
and
Identifying
Issues
in
Nonfiction
The
Synthesis
Question:
Community
Service
Synthesizing
Poetry
Using
Foldable
Notes
to
Synthesize
Warm
Up
Activity:
Rhetoric
in
Photographs
Multiple
Choice
–
“The
Witch”
Determining
Fact,
Opinion,
and
Bias
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19th
Century
Literature
Analyzing
a
Visual
Text
–
American
Gothic
Analyzing
a
Visual
Text
–
The
Fall
of
Icarus
Archetypal
Heroic
Journey
Character
Analysis
–
“Eleven”
Determining
Tone
Through
Music
Finding
Appeals
in
Contemporary
Speeches
How
an
Author
Creates
and
Intended
Effect
with
Diction
How
Literary
Elements
Create
Meaning
in
“Riding
Is
an
Exercise
of
the
Mind”
Moving
through
the
Levels
of
Thinking:
Detail
Peeling
Back
the
Layers
–
Where
the
Red
Fern
Grows
Point
of
View
–
“The
First
Day”
Syntax
and
Mood:
“The
First
Day”
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1
Theme
and
Point
of
View
Using
“Ozymandias”
Tone
Analysis
Using
“The
Tell‐Tale
Heart”
Analysis
of
Rhetoric:
Persuasion
and
Argumentation
“Sestina”
–
Poetry
Analysis
Figures
of
Speech
(Figurative
Language)
Using
“The
First
Day”
Sound
Devices
Sound
Devices
Literary
Techniques
Persuasion
and
Argumentation

Understanding
Shakespeare
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Multiple
Choice
–
“The
Witch”
Multiple
Choice
–
Where
the
Red
Fern
Grows
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Connecting
Figurative
Language
to
Meaning
Using
Where
the
Red
Fern
Grows
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Strategies
for
Interpreting
Poetry
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Interpreting
Logical
and
Emotional
Appeals:
Letter
from
Birmingham
Jail
Irony
in
Literature
and
in
Life
Raising
the
Reading
Level
–
Harry
Potter
and
The
Sorcerer’s
Stone
Rhetorical
Analysis:
Close
Reading
and
Composition
Summarizing
and
Identifying
Issues
in
Nonfiction
The
Synthesis
Question:
Community
Service
Warm‐Up
Activity:
Allusions
Finding
Appeals
in
Contemporary
Speeches
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Comparison‐Contrast
Irony
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Persuasive
Appeals
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Using
“The
First
Day”
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Appeals
through
Syntax
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Character
Analysis
–
“The
First
Day”
Evaluating
an
Argument:
“You
are
Old,
Father
William”
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2.
GRAMMAR:
Yes
No

Did
you
use
any
grammar
lessons?

IF
YES,
indicate
which
grammar
lessons
below.
If
NO,
proceed
to
question
2.
Usage
“The
World
is
Not
a
Pleasant
Place
to
Be”
Direct
and
Indirect
Objects
Parts
of
Speech
Diction
Analysis
through
Grammar
Study
–
“The
Witch”
Phrases
Parts
of
Speech,
Phrases,
Clauses,
and
Sentences
Using
Night
Subordinate
Techniques
The
Poetry
of
Phrases
Identifying
and
Writing
Infinitive
Phrases
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Sentence
Strategies
Predicate
Adjectives
and
Predicate
Nominatives
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Parts
of
Speech,
Phrases,
Clauses,
and
Sentences
Using
Night
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Prepositional
Phrases
with
“Ode
to
the
Sprinkler”
Sentence
Composing
Using
“The
First
Day”
Phrase
Toolbox
Identifying
and
Writing
Prepositional
Phrases
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2
Clauses
Finding
Patterns
and
Contrasts
Parts
of
Speech,
Phrases,
Clauses,
and
Sentences
Using
Night
Subordination
Techniques
Sentences
and
Sentence
Variety
Parts
of
Speech,
Phrases,
Clauses,
and
Sentences
Using
Night
Sentence
Structure
Basics
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Using
“The
First
Day”
Dependent
Clauses
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Clause
Toolbox
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Sentence
Variations
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A
Syntax
Lesson
‐
Shabanu,
Daughter
of
the
Wind
Sentence
Composing
Using
“The
First
Day”
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Warm
Up
Activity:
Rhetoric
in
Photographs
Warm
Up
Activity:
Examining
and
Imitating
Syntax
in
Quotations
Warm
Up
Activity:
Analyzing
Syntax
in
Quotations
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Warm
Up
Activity:
Analyzing
Claims
in
Quotations
Warm
UP
Activity:
Killgallon
Style
Lesson
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Inverted
Sentences
Syntax
and
Persuasion
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Sentence
Composing
Using
“Snow”

Syntax
Techniques
Learning
Advanced
Syntax
Techniques

Appeals
through
Syntax

Syntax
and
Persuasion

Analysis
of
a
Text
Diction
Analysis
through
Grammar
Study
–
“The
Witch”
Parts
of
Speech,
Phrases,
Clauses,
and
Sentences
Using
Night
Tone
Analysis
Using
“The
Tell‐Tale
Heart”
Syntax
and
Mood:
“The
First
Day”
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3.
COMPOSITION:
Did
you
use
any
composition
lessons?
Yes
No

IF
YES,
indicate
which
composition
lessons
below.
If
NO,
proceed
to
question
2.
Types
(modes)

Block
Method
of
Organization
Compare‐
Challenge
or
Defend
Contrast

Point‐By‐Point
Organization
A
Moment
in
Time‐Analyzing
a
Visual
Text
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Raising
the
Reading
Level
–
Harry
Potter
Using
Concession
and
Counterargument
and
the
Sorcerer’s
Stone

Writing
the
Argumentative
Essay
Using
Logical
and
Emotional
Appeals

Writing
an
Argument:
A
Mock
Trial
“The
World
Is
Not
a
Pleasant
Place
to
Be”
Exercise
Multiple
Mode

Finding
Fairy
Tales
in
Real
Life
Origami
House
Project

Synthesizing
Poetry
Personal
Archetype‐Mandala
Project

Writing
from
Models
–
“The
Witch”
So
You
Want
to
Be
an
Author
The
Process
of
Composition

Discovering
Research
and
Oral
Dialectical
Journals
Composition

Essay
Prompt,
Rubrics,
and
Rangefinders
Revision
and
Editing
Strategies
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3
Style
and
Voice
Workshop
Tips
for
Timed
Writing
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Writer’s
Workshop
Using
Night
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Writing
Workshop
Dialectical
Journals
Filling
in
the
Blanks
–
Using
Modifiers
to
Provide
Detail
Structural
Elements
Creating
Effective
Thesis
Topics
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Creating
Effective
Topic
Sentences
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Introductions
and
Conclusions
Using
Quotations
Effectively
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Creating
Effective
Thesis
Statements
and
Topic
Sentences
Using
Quotations
Effectively
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Journal
Lesson
–
The
Power
of
Love
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Organization
Block
Method
of
Organization
Compare‐
Contrast
Point‐By‐Point
Organization
Style/Voice
Student
Self‐Evaluation
‐
PAMDISS
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Style
and
Voice
Workshop
Tone
Analysis
Using
“The
Tell‐Tale
Heart”
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Active
and
Passive
Voice
for
Middle
School

for
Where
the
Red
Fern
Grows
Finding
Fairytales
in
Real
Life
The
Persuasive
Response:
Community
Service
The
Synthesis
Question:
Community
Service
Using
Foldable
Notes
to
Synthesize
Writing
a
Multi
Paragraph
Essay
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Rhetorical
Analysis:
Close
Reading
and
Composition
The
Synthesis
Question:
Community
Service
Using
Foldable
Notes
to
Synthesize
Writing
and
Analytical
Nugget
Using
A
Game
of
Catch
Writing
Body
Paragraphs
Using
Sharing
the
American
Dream
Writing
Introductions
and
Conclusions
Using
Sharing
the
American
Dream
Writing
Thesis
Statements
Using
Sharing
the
American
Dream

The
Synthesis
Question:
Community
Service

A
Syntax
Lesson
–
Shabanu,
Daughter
of
the
Wind
Using
Imagery
to
Create
Tone
Warm
Up
Activity:
Analyzing
Syntax
in
Quotations
Warm
UP
Activity:
Analyzing
Claims
in
Quotations
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4.
CREATION
OF
MATRIALS
Did
you
create
any
of
the
following
in
your
class
this
year
based
on
the
skills
and
knowledge
you
learned
from
the
Laying
the
Foundation
Training:
Lesson
plans

Activities
(e.g.,
labs,
group
activities)

Assessments

Other:
(Please
list
in
the
space
provided
below)
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