Baseline+Data

==My seventh grade reading class took the pretest through the use of achievementseries.com. The file for the test is attached. The students scored an average of 56.25%. The highest score was a 78.9% and the lowest was a 42.1%. By looking at the completed test, I discovered that many of my students did not understand the vocabulary associated with poetry well enough to answer the questions correctly. Once the unit is finished, my students will retake the test. When it is scored, I will be able to measure their understanding of those terms and their use in poetry as well as in prose.==

=Process: 1.I looked at the eMetric scores for my middle school students and decided to address the seventh grade standards 7.R.3.2 and 7.R.3.3 since their scores were low. = 2. Created a pretest in Achievement series finding questions built on the standard 7.R.3.2 and 7.R.3.3. 3. Administered the pretest. 4. Created and implemented three tech lesson plans with the unit. 5. Duplicated the achievement series test again to use as a post test with enough time elapsed to see how much students retained. 6. In September I will use the eMetric data that is available for the year and compare last year’s eMetric scores to the grant year’s eMetric scores to see if there was an improvement in student performance.

=__My reflection__: = ====I began my research by examining the eMetric scores for the Menno Middle School students for the 2009-10 school year. While examining the scores, I decided to focus on the seventh grade. It seemed as though the standards dealing with literary devises and elements was an area of struggle for them. I have noticed that student really struggle with literary elements and devises the most while reading poetry. ====