Expository Reading and Writing Course for Middle School

October 30, 2013Dr. Mary Adler

CSU Channel IslandsMary.Adler@csuci.edu

805-437-8486

Day 1, October 30, 2013 Rationale, template and key principles Meeting the modules, Grade 7

Day 2, November 1, 2013 Resources: Reading Rhetorically, They

Say I Say Meeting the modules, Grade 8

Day 3, March 7, 2014 Reflect on teaching & analyze student

work Stimulating productive student talk

Agenda/Goals for this series

Key Principles of ERWC Relentless focus on the text

1. The integration of interactive reading and writing processes

2. A rhetorical approach to texts that fosters critical thinking

3. Materials and themes that engage student interest and provide a foundation for principled debate and argument

4. Classroom activities designed to model and foster successful practices of fluent readers and writers

5. Research-based methodologies with a consistent relationship between theory and practice

6. Built-in flexibility to allow teachers to respond to varied students' needs and instructional contexts

7. Alignment with standards (2010 CCCSS)3

• Draw a slip, discuss with your partner.

• How do you interpret this key principle?

• What might be beneficial about it?

• How does it fit with your philosophy of

teaching for middle school students?

Introducing Students to the ERWC What's Next? Thinking About Life After High School Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page Racial Profiling The Value of Life Good Food/Bad Food Into the Wild 

12th grade, Semester 1

Bring a Text You Like to Class Juvenile Justice Language, Gender, and Culture Teachers can opt to teach the novels Brave New

World or 1984 Bullying: A Research Project Final Reflection: The ERWC Portfolio

12th grade, Semester 2

Grades 9-11Grade 9Hip Hop Goes GlobalThe Undercover ParentExtreme Sports: What's the Deal?Threatening Stereotypes

Grade 10 In Pursuit of Unhappiness River Rights: Whose Water

Is It? Leopard Man Age of Responsibility

Grade 11 Island Civilization To Clone or Not to Clone Violence in the Media The Last Meow

Grades 7-8Grade 7

What It Takes to Be Great

Tap vs. Bottled Water

Helicopter Parents The Impact of

Celebrities

Grade 8 Social Networking or

Antisocial Networking

When is Lying Okay? Robots in School The Construction of

a College Experience

What is the growth curve between middle school

and college?

What are the major differences between the middle school and college texts?

In what ways do the texts encourage a particular way of teaching/learning?

As middle school teachers, what is important to you that students learn as preparation for college, career, and life?

A textbook survey

Your Observations

ContentMultiple high interest textsExpositoryRelevant issues

ProcessSummarizing Analysis and interpretationRereading, annotation, and writing

ERWC as a Bridge to College/CareerERWC as a Bridge to College/Career