Student Profile/Achievement: Jessica consistently exceeds grade level expectations in literacy-based subjects and demonstrates a strong artistic expression.  She continuously infuses these mediums into all her work both inside and outside of class. However, she frequently submits unedited work and finds the editing process unappealing, lacklustre, time-consuming, frustrating, and tediousness.  Though Jessica is social, actively participates in class, is not afraid of taking creative and educational risks, and performs well beyond that of her peers, she often appears unfocused and is noted as being a “dreamer” with her “head in the clouds”.

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Annual Goal(s): Jessica will use her literacy and arts abilities to enrich the depth and breadth of grade level learning expectations in all subject areas and extracurriculars.  To do this, Jessica will utilize digital, teacher, parent, and peer feedback to edit her responses and ultimately improve her craft.

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Learning Expectation(s): Jessica will create a learning blog consisting of weekly blog posts (digital journal entries) that combine written text and visual depictions, as well as other mediums, of newly learned knowledge, comprehension, reflection, responses, inquiries, and paralleled experiences.  She will summarize and creatively communicate these posts with a wider community, including her peers, parents, and teacher. Jessica will use this feedback to reflect upon and edit her current and future responses.

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Teaching Strategies: Co-construct a contract/schedule that Jessica can follow, that promotes growth, and that ultimately encourages accountability.  Support her in asking questions that deepen her and others’ knowledge and understanding, particularly through reflection. Encourage mind-mapping.  Encourage extension and other learning opportunities at home through further reading, the study of articles, the use of videos, and blog/journal entry creation/development, among others.  Support positive but critical editing on journal entries using tools such as word editing softwares like Grammarly.

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Assessment(s): Provide a variety of opportunities for Jessica to demonstrate her ability through a multimodal learning blog and series of digital journal entries.  For formal assessments, incorporate choice boards that include an opportunity for infusion of literacy and arts abilities. Provide detailed verbal and written feedback through a student-teacher conference.  Blog and associative posts can also be shared at home for additional parent feedback. Use editing as part of the evaluative process to further improve Jessica’s editing behaviours.