Profiles and Plans - GT CEP & GT VIP

Gentle Reader: to solve a problem, you must first confront it.


1. Teaching Carlos

• Profiles


• Multimedia Profile (Google "SPM phone interview from Harris County Jail PT.1" for words and ideas of Mr. Carlos Coy)


• (Google "SPM - In My Hood" for work product 1 in English)*


• Plans

2. Teaching Marshall

• Profiles


• Multimedia (Google "Eminem 8 Mile Interview" for words and ideas by Marshall Mathers)


• (Google "Eminem Lose Yourself video" for work product 1 of Mr. Marshall Mathers)


• Plans
  
  

3. Teaching Jimmy Buffett (You know he gets it but when will he go public and pass?)

• Profiles


• Multimedia (Google "JIMMY BUFFETT PROTECTS PARADISE" for words and ideas)


• (Google "Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffet Music Video"
  for work product 1 for James Buffett)


• (Google "Jimmy Buffet book "Swine Not" " for words and product 2)


• Plans

4. Teaching Andre (Dr. Dre) (A known musical perfectionist, Andre makes those producing product give only their best. Dr. Dre is known to make artists re-record one clip over 100 times.)

• Profiles


• Multimedia (Google "Dr. Dre - Detox (interview + snippet)" for words and ideas)


• (Google "Dr Dre Detox is coming" for words and ideas)


• (N.B. Dr. Dre has masterminded the studio success of many rap and hip-hop artists; Google "Dr. Dre" and his many products (and proteges) will appear)


• Plans

5. Teaching Amy (You motivate her ...but how does she motivate her?)

• Profiles


• Multimedia (Google "Amy Winehouse - Rehab" for work product 1)


• (Google "The DL: Amy Winehouse Interview" for words and ideas)


• Plans

6. Teaching Dana (Latifah) (Attitude and Aptitude)

• Profiles


• Plans

7. Teaching Curtis (50 Cent)(Appreciating "The Resilient" - the 7th GT Profile?)

• Profiles


• Multimedia Profile (Google "50 cent at home" video for words and ideas by Mr. Jackson)


• (Google "50 Cent - Ready For War (Instrumental)" for work product 1--Music by Dr. Dre)


• (Google "50 cent touch the sky instrumental CURTIS *new*" for work product 2)


• (N.B. Lyrics omitted; Google for all work product by Mr. Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent)


• Plans

8. Teaching Bored Stiff (Every Student, Any Race)(Are we sure that being "Sage on the Stage" and/or worksheets are working?)(As Dr. Renzulli gently notes: "...No Child Left Bored?")

• Profiles


• Multimedia (Google "Bored AP Students video" for work product of "Bored AP Students")


• (Google "chillin in ap calc!" for words and ideas of "Every Student")


• Sleep In Class (Google "Sleep in Math RMHS")


• (Google "Sleep in Class video")


• (Google "Everybody sleeping during the class,,,")


• Plans

9. Teaching Tupac (2Pac Shakur)(Note: Exemplary GT Teachers need knowledge of this opus, since nearly EVERY GT kid knows something of this profile)

• Profiles


• Multimedia Profile (Google "2Pac - Dear Mama" for work product 1 of Mr. Shakur)


• (Google "2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up" for work product 2 of Mr. Shakur)


• (Google "Tupac Interview video" for words and ideas 1 of Mr. Shakur)


• (Google "2pac interview wit tanya hart" for words and ideas 2 of Mr. Shakur)

10. Teaching Robin (Could he ever just sit quietly in a worksheet class? Voted "Most Likely Not to Succeed" by his high school class)

• Profiles


• Multimedia Profile (Google "Robin Williams on Letterman Part 1" for work product in English 1)


• (Google "Mork And Mindy TV Show Opening Theme Season One 1978" for work product 2 of Robin Williams)

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ELL and ESL RESOURCES

Works Cited (Courtesy of National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition. (2006). Resources About Secondary English Language Learners, Washington, DC.)

Birdas, S., Boyson, B., Morrison, S., Peyton, J. K., & Runfola, T. (2003, December). Resources for educators of English language learners: Elementary and secondary levels. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers.
Chamot, A. U. (2000, April). Literacy characteristics of Hispanic adolescent immigrants with limited prior education in high standards. Paper presented at a Research Symposium on High Standards in Reading for Students From Diverse Language Groups: Research, Practice & Policy held April 19-20, 2000 at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs in Washington, DC.
Fix, M. & de Velasco, J. R. (2001). Challenges facing high immigrant-serving secondary schools in the context of standards based school reform. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.Fry, R. (2003, March). Hispanic youth dropping out of U.S. schools: Measuring the challenge. Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center.
Kindler, A. (2002). Survey of the states' limited English proficient students and available educational programs and services: 2000-2001 summary report. Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition.Lucas, T. (2000). Facilitating the transitions of secondary english language learners: Priorities for principals. NASSP Bulletin, 84(619), 2-16.
Macias, R. F. (2000, September). Summary report of the survey of the states' limited English proficient students and available educational programs and services, 1997-98. Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition. National Center for Education Statistics. (2005, March). A profile of the American high school sophomore in 2002: Initial Results from the Base Year of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002: Statistical Analysis Report. Washington, DC: Author.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-110.
Runfola, T., Carolino, B., Lara, J., Pande, G., & Spaulding, S. (2004, January). English language learners and high school reform conference proceedings. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers. Swanson, C. B. (2004, February). Who graduates? who doesn’t? a statistical portrait of public high school graduation, class of 2001. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.U.S. Census Bureau. (2004). Foreign-born population of the United States (PPL-176). Washington, DC: Author.
Zehler, A. M., Fleischman, H. L., Hopstock, P. J., Stephenson, T. G., Pendzick, M., & Sapru, S. (2003, September). Descriptive study of services to LEP students and LEP students with disabilities: Volume I research report. Arlington, VA: Development Associates, Inc.