Meaningful Work for Students Serving In-School Suspension (ISS)
This post originally appeared on the blog Keith Geswein .
I always hate the assignments I send with students when they serve ISS. I hate everything about ISS. Obviously, when students are fighting or behaving extremely disrespectfully, they need to be removed from class. Once he/she is taken to ISS, I despise gathering work for the student to do all day because I know I’m going to do a terrible job of doing so.
I always end up feeling guilty for the work I send. I know I should have already prepared packets of work, but planning ahead is not exactly my strong suit. So I end up grabbing workbooks and textbooks. I spend about two minutes looking for things that will take this student a long time to complete. Then I slap a few post-it notes with pages numbers to complete. The entire time, I’m thinking, “This is such pointless work.”
These are the students who need the most support and I’m sending pointless work for them to do right after they’ve had a serious altercation with another student or teacher. I always feel guilty, but I feel like I have no options because I only have a few minutes to find work because I’m in the middle of class. The work also has to keep the student busy for a day without requiring too much effort from the ISS teacher who already has a million other things to do.
These are the students I’ve kept in mind as I’ve written over 200 passages about famous athletes. As I research athletes like Kevin Durant, Tom Brady, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Usain Bolt, I look for stories about times they’ve made mistakes and how they overcame them. When Kevin Durant was in high school, one of his basketball coaches was murdered. Kevin was really upset because this coach was like a father to him. Kevin’s performance on the court suffered because he started disrespecting opponents and hogging the ball. Then Kevin realized his old coach would not have wanted him to play like that. Kevin stopped doing those things and his play improved. The students who are sitting in ISS need to realize that huge celebrities like Kevin Durant make mistakes just like them. Our students need to read stories of successful people who learn from mistakes and are determined never to make the same mistake twice. Now, Kevin Durant is one of the most respected players in the NBA.
When I write these passages, I also include stories of how hard these athletes have worked to achieve success. I describe how these athletes have put in years and years of insanely hard work to be successful. When NFL quarterback Tom Brady was growing up, he hated that his sisters were better athletes than him. He was determined to do whatever it took to be the best athlete in his family. Now he is one of the greatest quarterbacks in American football history! Here are some passages where the headline shows you the focus of the passage.
I’ve written three sets of passages about most athletes. For example, my set about LeBron James and Michael Jordan includes paired texts about their childhood, pro sports career, and charity work.
Each set of paired texts includes a quiz. There’s also a writing prompt that ties all the passages together. The first page, which you can give to the ISS teacher, explains which two passages go together. Answer keys are also provided. You can print a few copies of each set to have in a file folder for those times when you have to immediately send work for ISS.
Some teachers have told me the work for ISS should be boring busy-work. I totally disagree with that! The punishment for the student should come in the form of isolation from his/her peers, not pointless assignments.
In addition to classroom teachers, I encourage ISS teachers to try a few of my paired texts. A few ISS teachers have left feedback on my paired texts saying they were helpful when kids in ISS finished the assignments sent by the classroom teacher. They are also helpful when the student’s classroom teacher is unable to send work on time.
Click any of the images below to see all the paired texts I have available in my TpT store. I’ve written passages on more than 70 athletes who compete in a variety of sports, so I’m sure you’ll find topics that will interest your students. I also have passages written on a variety of reading levels to help you meet the needs of your students.
Feel free to email me at [email protected] to let me know how these work for you. Thank you for the 5,236,823 things you do for your students every day!
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Meaningful Assignments for Students Serving In-School Suspension
I always hate the assignments I send with students when they serve ISS. I hate everything about ISS. Obviously, when students are fighting or behaving extremely disrespectfully, they need to be removed from class. But once he/she is taken to ISS, I despise gathering work for the student to do all day because I know I’m going to do a terrible job of doing so.
I always end up feeling guilty for the work I send. I know I should have already prepared packets of work, but planning ahead is not exactly my strong suit. So I end up grabbing workbooks and textbooks. I spend about two minutes looking for things that will take this student a long time to complete. Then I slap a few post-it notes with pages numbers to complete. The entire time, I’m thinking, “This is such pointless work.”
These are the students who need the most support and I’m sending pointless work for them to do right after they’ve had a serious altercation with another student or teacher. I always feel guilty, but I feel like I have no options because I only have a few minutes to find work because I’m in the middle of class. The work also has to keep the student busy for a day without requiring too much effort from the ISS teacher who already has a million other things to do.
These are the students I’ve kept in mind as I’ve written over 200 passages about famous athletes. As I research athletes like Kevin Durant, Tom Brady, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Usain Bolt, I look for stories about times they’ve made mistakes and how they overcame them. When Kevin Durant was in high school, one of his basketball coaches was murdered. Kevin was really upset because this coach was like a father to him. Kevin’s performance on the court suffered because he started disrespecting opponents and hogging the ball. Then Kevin realized his old coach would not want him to play like that. Kevin stopped doing those things and his play improved. The students who are sitting in ISS need to realize that huge celebrities like Kevin Durant make mistakes just like them. Our students need to read stories of successful people who learn from mistakes and are determined never to make the same mistake twice. Now, Kevin Durant is one of the most respected players in the NBA.
When I write these passages, I also include stories of how hard these athletes have worked to achieve success. I describe how these athletes have put in years and years of insanely hard work to be successful. When NFL quarterback Tom Brady was growing up, he hated that his sisters were better athletes than him. He was determined to do whatever it took to be the best athlete in his family. Now he is one of the greatest quarterbacks in American football history! Here are some passages where the headline shows you the focus of the passage.
I’ve written three sets of passages about most athletes. For example, my set about LeBron James and Michael Jordan includes paired texts about their childhood, pro sports career, and charity work.
Each set of paired texts includes a quiz. There’s also a writing prompt that ties all the passages together. The first page, which you can give to the ISS teacher, explains which two passages go together. Answer keys are also provided. You can print a few copies of each set to have in a file folder for those times when you have to immediately send work for ISS.
Some teachers have told me the work for ISS should be boring busy-work, which I totally disagree with. The punishment for the student should come in the form of isolation from his/her peers, not pointless assignments.
In addition to classroom teachers, I encourage ISS teachers to try a few of my paired texts. A few ISS teachers have left feedback on my paired texts saying they were helpful when kids in ISS finished the assignments sent by the classroom teacher. They are also helpful when the student’s classroom teacher is unable to send work on time.
Click any of the images below to see all the paired texts I have available in my TpT store. I’ve written passages on more than 70 athletes who compete in a variety of sports, so I’m sure you’ll find topics that will interest your students. I also have passages written on a variety of reading levels to help you meet the needs of your students.
Feel free to leave feedback in my TpT store to let me know how these work for you. Thank you for the 5,236,823 things you do for your students every day!
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NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL - ISS RULES
- Violators will not be allowed to enter if scheduled to attend.
- Bring all assignments, books, papers, writing utensils needed to complete work.
- You will complete an ISS assignment on the first day served for a given infraction.
- If none are received, additional assignments will be provided by the ISS attendant.
- You are to enter and exit through the outside door to room.
- Those reporting from the administrative office will use hall entrance.
- A tardy will be charged to first block that student is scheduled to attend and punishment will follow school policy.
- All privileges are revoked in ISS. Seniors may not leave at the senior bell.
- Seated sideways and/or looking around is prohibited.
- Feet must be kept on the floor.
- Food = snacks, sunflower seeds, candy, gum, etc.
- Lunch will be ordered from a limited menu from the cafeteria at regular rate for student. Lunch will be served at 2:00 PM.
- If you need assistance, raise your hand and the ISS attendant will come to you.
- Want to know what time it is, bring a watch. Don’t ask!
- Phones, Ipods, MP3 Players, Kindles, headphones, etc. will be confiscated and referral written.
- Putting your head down counts as sleeping.
- Marking on desk, wall, seats or other property belonging to the school will be considered vandalism.
- Report any vandalism noticed in your area to the ISS attendant when you arrive at your seat.
- You will return your area to the condition that it is in at the end of the day.
- Only two (2) restroom breaks…first at 10:30 AM and second at 2:30 PM.
Violators of the rules established for ISS will be referred to their administrator and will be given additional consequences and/or punishment for that behavior. You can only be assigned ISS for a total of six full days. All discipline warranting suspensions after serving six days of ISS will result in out of school suspension (OSS).
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There’s also a writing prompt that ties all the passages together. The first page, which you can give to the ISS teacher, explains which two passages go together. Answer keys are also provided. You can print a few copies of each set to have in a file folder for those times when you have to immediately send work for ISS.
Using the five paragraph essay format, explain what you did that resulted in an in-school suspension, and the better choices you will make from now on so you don't get suspended again. You should...
In School Suspension Assignment ISS Assignment by Going the Distance 4.9 (14) $3.00 PDF Use this assignment to keep students in ISS busy, and give them a grade. Students will write two essays to complete the assignment. One essay about why it is important that they be in your classroom instead of ISS, and the other about how students can avoid ISS.
Meaningful Assignments for Students Serving In-School Suspension I always hate the assignments I send with students when they serve ISS. I hate everything about ISS. Obviously, when students are fighting or behaving extremely disrespectfully, they need to be removed from class.
In School Suspension NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL - ISS RULES Code of Dress strictly enforced Violators will not be allowed to enter if scheduled to attend. Have proper materials to complete work while assigned to ISS Bring all assignments, books, papers, writing utensils needed to complete work.