This presentation considers new curriculum and practices that activate students' desires to read like a detective and write like an investigative reporter. New research tells us that curriculums must prioritize content knowledge development, and be guided by complex text.
English Language Development lessons must work in tandem with English Language Arts when students are learning in a language other than their own. The learning environment where English Language Arts and English Language Development are vertically aligned, backwards-mapped and information is released gradually are fundamental for students future.
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10. Close Reading
is important because it is the building
block for larger analysis. Thoughts evolve
not from someone else's truth
about the reading,
but from individual observations
as part of a carefully
constructed curriculum.
11. The core idea is that annotation
should help the reader during
and after reading.
12.
13. By anthropologist and naturalist
Loren Eiseley
Curious, I took a pencil from my pocket and
touched a strand of the web. Immediately there
was a response. The web, plucked by its
menacing occupant, began to vibrate until it was
a blur. Anything that had brushed claw or wing
against that amazing snare would be thoroughly
entrapped.
14. How Can I Locate the Main Idea?
Once you can find the topic, you are ready to find the
main idea. The main idea is the point of the paragraph.
It is the most important thought about the topic.
To figure out the main idea, ask yourself this question:
What is being said about the person, thing,
or idea (the topic)?
15. By anthropologist and naturalist
Loren Eiseley
Curious, I took a pencil from my pocket and
touched a strand of the web. Immediately there
was a response. The web, plucked by its
menacing occupant, began to vibrate until it was
a blur. Anything that had brushed claw or wing
against that amazing snare would be thoroughly
entrapped.
24. Student agency refers to learning
through activities that are
meaningful and relevant
to learners,
driven
by their interests,
and often self-initiated with
appropriate guidance
from teachers.
25. Self- Direction or Control?
“Control might lead to compliance
but it doesn't inspire us
to do our best”
Bob Sullo
26. Led by the Teacher,
Owned by the Students!
Apply
Share
Model
Guide
Transfer
27. Teaching for Transfer
Transfer is
“the practice of applying knowledge or
meaning from a familiar context
to an unfamiliar context.”
28. Close Reading
is important because it is the building
block for larger analysis. Thoughts evolve
not from someone else's truth
about the reading,
but from individual observations
as part of a carefully
constructed curriculum.
31. By anthropologist and naturalist
Loren Eiseley
Curious, I took a pencil from my pocket and
touched a strand of the web. Immediately there
was a response. The web, plucked by its
menacing occupant, began to vibrate until it was
a blur. Anything that had brushed claw or wing
against that amazing snare would be thoroughly
entrapped.
32. STUDENT
The idea here is that I’m writing these things in the margins — these purposeful
annotations — not simply for a grade or because the teacher said, “Do a close
reading.” I’m doing it to help me dominate:
A_the task of understanding and learning from the text while reading (this is
one of my ultimate goals for my students — that they’ll read the texts I assign with
self-kindled, habituated, cultivated curiosity, engaging with it for learning’s sake)
B_the task of doing a thing with that text after reading
(if my head is on straight as a teacher, there’s going to be a piece of writing or a
piece of speaking that every student will do with any given text).
33. Reciprocal Reading and Writing
“…students are expected
to read carefully to make meaning and identify
evidence.”
“Teaching students to annotate text
(mark text and make notes)
for specific elements…”
34. Curious, I took a pencil from my pocket and
touched a strand of the web. Immediately
there was a response. The web, plucked by its
menacing occupant, began to vibrate until
it was a blur. Anything that had brushed claw or
wing against that amazing snare would be
thoroughly entrapped.
42. By anthropologist and naturalist
Loren Eiseley
1 Curious, I took a pencil from my pocket and
touched a strand of the web.
2 Immediately there was a response.
3 The web, plucked by its menacing occupant, began
to vibrate until it was a blur.
4 Anything that had brushed claw or wing against
that amazing snare would be
43. Picture Walks
A picture walk allows readers to explore and interpret
visual images across all content areas.
Connect visual images to their personal experiences
and activate prior knowledge while
expressing themselves at their own
oral language level.
Details Count!
44. If you see it?
You’ll talk about it!
If you talk about it?
You’ll be able write about it!
79. Backwards Mapping
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a
clear understanding of your destination.
It means to know where you're going
so that you better understand where you are now so
that the steps you take are always
in the right direction.
80. Essential Question
Well-crafted questions ground intellectual pursuits giving
students some sense of direction, purpose, and
relevance as they are engaged in the work of the
subject. Good questions direct students to dig deeper
into content and processes, and delve deeper into a
subject or the content.