Fall+2010+Agendas

toc =Aug. 30 - Introduction to the Course=

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Introductions and Ice Breakers (My life in numbers) Poem: [|"First Reader" by Billy Collins] (from //[|Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach]//)

What kinds of things do we read? [|Alpha boxes] (This brainstorming/divergent thinking strategy can be used before, during, or after for a variety of purposes) Exchange additional ideas about things we read [|Give one, Get one] (This interactive, collaborative knowledge-building strategy does NOT need to involve a "worksheet") Read aloud: excerpt from //[|A History of Reading]// by Alberto Manguel [|Excerpt available here] (top of p. 14)

[|Word Sort] - organize keywords from the [|IRA/NCTE Standards for English Language Arts] (p. 3) [|Possible Sentences] - predict what students should know and be able to do using the words from the word sort

=Sept. 13 - Adolescent Readers; Goals of Reading Instruction=

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Housekeeping: NCTE membership and //Voices from the Middle// subscription, using wikispaces, meet at [|Central Library] next week Reader's Theatre: [|"Did I Miss Anything?" by Tom Wayman]

What do we already know and want to know about teaching reading in the middle grades? [|KWL] activity using [|TypeWith.me]

13 Principles from //[|Best Practice: Today's Standards for Teaching and Learning]// by Harvey Daniels & Steven Zemelman [|Changes in Literacy Instruction] (p. 7)

Standards and Best Practices in Context [|Inside-Outside Circle] discussions of [|Middle School Vignette 1] (pp. 38-39) and [|High School Vignette 5] (pp. 44-45) Looks like, sounds like, questions, ideas activity with one of the standards

=Sept. 20 - Young Adult Literature=

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Loose Ends: Share Standards representations Mini-lesson demonstration

[|"To the Woman (We Think You're a Teacher) with the Books on the 2 Train"] by some anonymous students Pairs Discussion of Why Do We Teach? questions from //[|Reading Don't Fix No Chevys]// by Michael Smith and Jeff Wilhelm

Creating Lifelong Readers - respond using [|PollEverywhere] [|Kylene Beers on establishing lifelong readers] How do you bring in young adult literature without displacing the classics? [|See Teri Lesesne's response]

Helping students find the "right book" Zones of comfort, danger, and risk (learning) zone - five finger rule - book pass

Select and check out young adult literature - try a few titles - give it a "ten-page chance"

=Sept. 27 - Foundations of Reading=

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Mini-Lesson: Point of View (Maddie)

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[|Young Adult Literature assignment] demonstration

Read alouds, selecting texts, interest inventories, Matthew Effect, reading levels Taylor Mali: [|"Giving Good Voice"]

Save the Last Word for Me - [|NCTE Guideline: On Reading, Learning to Read, and Effective Reading Instruction]

Word recognition, fluency, and comprehension - How well do I know these words?

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=Oct. 4 - Reading Comprehension=

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Mini-Lesson: Fact and Opinion (Valerie)

I have, who has? - review fluency, connect to comprehension

[|"The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently" by Tom Lux] - Pointing

[|Kylene Beers video] on "struggling" --> dependent readers

[|NAEP 2009 Reading data]

Teaching reading comprehension - read what you wrote on the wiki

Interrogate your own reading process

[|Kelly Gallagher podcast] on the importance of background knowledge

=Oct. 11 - Before Reading Strategies; Textbooks=

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Mini-Lesson: Imagery (Lauren)

Reader's Theatre: "Why Do I Teach?" (in four poems)

Cris Tovani article on purpose Say Something strategy for small-group discussion

Setting purpose for reading - "The House"

Create anticipation guides for textbooks

Prediction Party for //The Three Questions// by Jon Muth

=Oct. 18 - During and After-Reading Strategies=

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Mini-Lesson: Symbolism (Katie)

[|"Marginalia" by Billy Collins] - collaborative annotation

//Reading as a Process// - Introduction to [|All America Reads: Secondary Reading Strategies] (large pdf) Coding the Text One Question, One Comment

Fishbowl Discussion - using [|TodaysMeet] as a backchannel Here's the [|archive of our class discussion]

During Reading: Making Inferences

After Reading: Summarizing

Scaffolding and Gradual Release of Responsibility

[|Jeff Wilhelm podcasts]

Demonstration Lesson Plan Assignment [|"The Universe is Conspiring to Help Us"] by Kevin Kelly from //This I Believe// series on NPR

=Oct. 25 - Vocabulary Instruction=

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Mini-Lesson: Synonyms (Brianna)

YA Lit Reviews due Post Book Reviews Give Book Talks; conduct Read-Alouds Metaphorical graphic organizers

Soma in Motion

=Nov. 1 - Lesson Plan & Research Project Workshop=

Reading/Writing Workshop Model Overview

Peer-Feedback on Lesson Plans in Progress
 * I like . ..
 * I notice . ..
 * I wonder . ..
 * What if . ..

Stations Activity: Introducing the Multi-Media Research Project

=Nov. 8 - Responding to Literature=

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Mini-Lesson: Genre (Jacki)

Flashback to Vocabulary Week
[|"You Begin" by Margaret Atwood]

Syllable Squat Word Storm Read "Plugging in Memory" from //[|Vocabulary Unplugged] // by Alana Morris (most important word) Here are the [|sample chapters available on the web] (large pdf) Word Connections Word Storm

Responding to Literature
Finding the Poem Activity (from Robert Probst in //Adolescent Literacy//, pp. 48-49)

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Dialogue with a Poem: [|"The Secret" by Denise Levertov]

Somebody Wanted Something But So: //The Appointment//

Envisionment Building - [|Conversations in Literature] workshop 8 (first 32 min.) Introduction, Interpretations, and Themes

=Nov. 15 - Diverse Learners=

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Mini-Lesson: Mood (Dan)

Fix-Up Strategies Color Coding Scoring Comprehension

Mini-Lesson: Meter (Elizabeth)

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=Nov. 29 - Writing Instruction=

Mini-Lesson: Pacing (Amy)

Reaching and Teaching Diverse Learners
"Two Kinds of Intelligence" by Rumi Multiple Intelligences Dance (review) [|English Language Learners: A Policy Research Brief from NCTE] (Debrief Idea Pass Around) 20 Tips for Teachers of Language-Minority Students SIOP Lesson Plan Checklist Stages of Language Acquisition Oral Language Development Checklist Students' Right to Their Own Language Code-Switching

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Learning to Write; Writing to Learn
"The Unwritten" by W. S. Merwin Writer's Palette Activity

[|NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing] Read introduction together; each student reads one section Written Conversation

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=Dec. 6 - Study & Inquiry Skills; Viewing & Representing=

Mini-Lesson: (Karyn)

Writing Community [|Developing Writers: Workshop 2 - A Shared Path] (first 4:30)

Writing Assessment [|Developing Writers: Workshop 6 - Providing Feedback on Student Writing] (first 10:00)

Six Traits Writing Instruction

[| Writing Now: A Policy Research Brief from NCTE]

Written Conversation

[|Writing in the 21st Century: A Report from NCTE by Kathleen Blake Yancey]

Course Evaluations

=Dec. 13 - Share & Celebrate Your Multi-Media Research Projects=

Multi-Media Research Projects due