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High School ELA Video Resources


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NCTE 2013 Three Conferences
In this video, Penny Kittle, author of Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing , has writing conferences with three students with different needs.
Length: 10 minutes        Teacher:  Penny Kittle      
Grade level:
High School
Location:  North Conway, New Hampshire

Comic Book Templates: An Entry Point into Non-fiction
In this video, Ms. Wessling demonstrates a scaffold – comic strip templates – to assist students’ comprehension of and engagement with a complex non-fiction text.  Students are in non-fiction book groups, beginning to read full-length non-fiction texts, such as Chew on This and Blood Diamonds.
Length: 8 minutes               Teacher:  Sarah Brown Wessling    
Grade level:
10th grade     Location:  Johnston, Iowa
Improving Teacher Practice with Sarah Brown Wessling
In this video, Ms. Wessling reviews the model of the gradual release of responsibility and demonstrates a lesson using the model in a lesson focused on analyzing figurative language in Metamorphosis.
Length: 5 minutes               Teacher:  Sarah Brown Wessling    
Grade level:
10th grade     Location:  Johnston, Iowa

"Teaching a Growth Mindset"
In this video, Professor Carol Dweck shares some of the research she has conducted on how to teach students to have a growth mindset as opposed to a fixed mindset in order to make way for learning.
Length: 23 minutes     Teacher:  Carol Dweck     
Grade level:
ALL      Location:  Young Minds 2013 Conference
"Developing a Growth Mindset"
This is an abbreviated version of Professor Carol Dweck sharing some of the research she has conducted on how to teach students to have a growth mindset as opposed to a fixed mindset in order to make way for learning.
Length: 10 minutes           Teacher: Carol Dweck
Grade level: ALL                 Location: New York, New York

Check out these videos highlighting the use of digital technology in the classroom!
Google Docs in the Classroom
Using Technology to Boost Confidence
In this video, high school students write collaboratively using Google Docs. 
​Length: 2 minutes         Grade Level: 9-12   
Speaker: Sarah Brown Wessling                                                      
​School:  Johnston Senior High School    Location: Johnston, Iowa
In this video, students use technology to build communication skills.
Length: 2 minutes         Grade Level: ALL    Teacher: Jo Paraiso                                     Organization: Oakland Unified School District
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