William and Mary Curriculum
The Center for Gifted Education is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, parents, and students in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals.
Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Center has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center.
Click on the link below for more information on the William & Mary Curriculum for Gifted Learners.
http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/curriculum/languagearts/index.php
The Literature Web is a model designed to guide interpretation of a literature selection by encouraging a reader to connect personal response with particular elements of the text. The web may be completed independently and/or as a tool for discussion. Recommended use is to have students complete the web independently and then share ideas in a small group, followed by a teacher-facilitated debriefing. The web has five components:
Click below to download and print a copy of the William & Mary Literature Web
http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/_documents/curriculum/teachingmodels/literatureweb.pdf
The Vocabulary Web is a tool for exploring words in depth. It asks students to investigate a single word in detail, finding its definition, synonyms and antonyms, and etymological information. With this information, students then identify “word families,” or other words using the same meaning-based stems as the original word; and they provide an example of the word, which may be a sentence or analogy using the word, a visual or dramatic representation, or another creative form.
Click below to download and print a copy of the William & Mary Vocabulary Web
http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/_documents/curriculum/teachingmodels/vocabularyweb.pdf
Jacob's Ladder
This series targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. Students will be able to comprehend and analyze any reading passage after completing the activities in these books. Using skill ladders connected to individual readings in poetry, short stories, and nonfiction, students move from lower order, concrete thinking skills to higher order, critical thinking skills. All of the books, geared to increasing grade levels, include high-interest readings, ladders to increase reading skill development, and easy-to-implement instructions.
The Center for Gifted Education is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, parents, and students in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals.
Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Center has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center.
Click on the link below for more information on the William & Mary Curriculum for Gifted Learners.
http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/curriculum/languagearts/index.php
The Literature Web is a model designed to guide interpretation of a literature selection by encouraging a reader to connect personal response with particular elements of the text. The web may be completed independently and/or as a tool for discussion. Recommended use is to have students complete the web independently and then share ideas in a small group, followed by a teacher-facilitated debriefing. The web has five components:
- Key Words: interesting, unfamiliar, striking, or particularly important words and phrases contained within the text
- Feelings: the reader’s feelings, with discussion of specific text details inspiring them; the characters’ feelings; and the feelings the reader infers the author intended to inspire
- Ideas: major themes and main ideas of the text; key concepts
- Images and Symbols: notable sensory images in the text, “pictures” in they reader’s mind and the text that inspired them, symbols for abstract ideas
- Structure: the form and structure of the writing and how they contribute to meaning; may identify such features as use of unusual time sequence in narrative, such as flashbacks, use of voice, use of figurative language, etc.; style of writing
Click below to download and print a copy of the William & Mary Literature Web
http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/_documents/curriculum/teachingmodels/literatureweb.pdf
The Vocabulary Web is a tool for exploring words in depth. It asks students to investigate a single word in detail, finding its definition, synonyms and antonyms, and etymological information. With this information, students then identify “word families,” or other words using the same meaning-based stems as the original word; and they provide an example of the word, which may be a sentence or analogy using the word, a visual or dramatic representation, or another creative form.
Click below to download and print a copy of the William & Mary Vocabulary Web
http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/_documents/curriculum/teachingmodels/vocabularyweb.pdf
Jacob's Ladder
This series targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. Students will be able to comprehend and analyze any reading passage after completing the activities in these books. Using skill ladders connected to individual readings in poetry, short stories, and nonfiction, students move from lower order, concrete thinking skills to higher order, critical thinking skills. All of the books, geared to increasing grade levels, include high-interest readings, ladders to increase reading skill development, and easy-to-implement instructions.