Welcome to the Session: Taking the Seminar from Speaking to Writing!
Please Start reading the “Year of the Snake” article.
WORLD: Year of the Snake
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/year‐snake/78066
More than one billion people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year
FEBRUARY 08, 2013
By TIME For Kids
Millions of people across China crowded onto trains and buses this week, hurrying home to be with their families for the country's most important holiday, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. February 10 marks the end of the Year of the Dragon and the beginning of the Year of the Snake.
More than one billion people worldwide celebrate Lunar New Year. In China, people from Beijing to Guangzhou enjoy a holiday. Businesses and government offices are closed. Many people go to temples to pray for good fortune.
Taking the Seminar from Speaking to Writing
Virginia L. Cárdenas, Ed.D.
NC Department of
Public Instruction
District and School Transformation
NC Collaborative Conference …a BIG Disclaimer
ELA Anchor Standards
• CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. • CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
• CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.CCRA.W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
• CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.CCRA.W.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
1. Building knowledge
through content –rich
non-fiction.
3 ELA Shifts: 2. Reading, writing, and
speaking grounded in
EVIDENCE from text.
3. Regular Practice with
COMPLEX TEXT and its
ACADEMIC
VOCABULARY.
6 ELA Strands
• Reading Literature • Writing (W)
(RL)
• Speaking & Listening • Reading (SL)
Informational Text • Language (L)
(RTI)
• Reading Foundations (RF)
Common Core App: Mastery Connect
Language Acquisition Stages
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Understanding
Listening
Language Development is a reflection of THINKING
• Facilitate the progression between the LA stages
WORLD: Year of the Snake
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/year‐snake/78066
More than one billion people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year
FEBRUARY 08, 2013
By TIME For Kids
A display in Shanghai, China, celebrates the Year of the Snake with colorful lights and sculptures.
Millions of people across China crowded onto trains and buses this week, hurrying home to be with their families for the country's most important holiday, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. February 10 marks the end of the Year of the Dragon and the beginning of the Year of the Snake.
celebrate Lunar New Year. In China, people from Beijing to Guangzhou enjoy a holiday. Businesses and government offices are closed. Many people go to temples to pray for good fortune.
Language Amplification:
1. Identify multiple‐meaning words,
2. Select target meaning,
3. Connect target word with synonyms,
4. Use target word in context and model different and appropriate (different) usage of word.
WORLD: Year of the Snake
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/year‐snake/78066
More than one billion people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year
FEBRUARY 08, 2013
By TIME For Kids
A display in Shanghai, China, celebrates the Year of the Snake with colorful lights and sculptures.
Millions of people across China crowded onto trains and buses this week, hurrying home to be with their families for the country's most important holiday, Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. February 10 marks the end of the Year of the Dragon and the beginning of the Year of the Snake.
celebrate Lunar New Year. In China, people from Beijing to Guangzhou enjoy a holiday. Businesses and government offices are closed. Many people go to temples to pray for good fortune.
Tools to Anchor Prior Knowledge & Amplify Language Year of the Snake
Language Amplification (Written Group Activity):
Selected Word: (1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Selected Word: (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Give examples of multiple meanings of Give examples of multiple meanings of
the selected word:
the selected word:
1.
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2.
2.
3.
3.
Provide synonyms for target word*:
1.
Provide synonyms for target word*:
1.
2.
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3.
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4.
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Write 2 sentences using target word:
1.
Write 2 sentences using target word:
1.
2.
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*The teacher identifies the Target Word.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Revised Blooms’ Thinking Cards
QUESTIONS:
REMEMBERING
RUBRIC:
REMEMBERING
I use complete
1. What is the central
1
idea of the text?
sentences.
I look at my
2. Provide a summary
2 partner when I
of the text.
speak.
3. Listevidencethe
authorusestomake
his/herconclusion.
I repeat or
3 rephrase the
question.
& Neighbor’s Gossip
Musical Around the Room
Use the WORLD: Year of the Snake to develop (1) question for each of the Revised
Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels.
Understanding Question:
2.
Applying Question:
3.
Analyzing Question:
4.
Evaluating Question:
5.
Creating Question:
6.
Seminar: Speaking to Writing
Remembering Question:
1.
Musical Around the Room
Use the WORLD: Year of the Snake to develop (1) question for each of the Revised
Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels.
Seminar: Speaking to Writing Procedures:
1. Divide the class into groups of 4.
2. Assign roles.
3. Have every group develop 1 question for each level of the taxonomy.
4. Within each group, have them discuss (verbally) possible answers, and capture in writing the answer(s). 5. Have the Speaker rotate to other teams.
6. The teams respond verbally to the “visiting Speaker” and capture in writing the additional input.
7. When the Speaker returns to his team, discuss how the different perspectives might have changed your perception/ answer. Decide as a team how to amend or change your response. Record decision in writing.
8. The Speaker shares verbally with the whole class the team’s final perception/ response.
9. Gather from the Scribes ALL of their responses and bind responses together for students to read.
Remembering Question:
1.
Understanding Question:
2.
Applying Question:
3.
Analyzing Question:
4.
Evaluating Question:
5.
Creating Question:
6.
Roles to Facilitate the Transition of the Seminar from Speaking to Writing
• Encourager/Rubric Checker
• Scribe
• Researcher
• Speaker
What do you expect of your Students?
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Thoughts lead to Words
Words lead to Phrases
Phrases lead to Sentences
Sentences lead to Paragraphs, Essays, Thesis, …Dissertations! Create and Foster Thinking!
Model the Transformation of Thoughts into Words! Model the Articulation and Amplification of Language! Establish the Expectation that ALL students Amplify Language!
Complex Thinking Leads to
Sophisticated Language!
Taking your pulse
Ah…hah! I wonder?????
Dr. Virginia L. Cárdenas
NC Department of Public Instruction
District and School Transformation
Virginia.cardenas@dpi.nc.gov