Welcome Back!PLN 1

Session #4

Mifflin County SD

September 19, 2015

Taking the Pulse…

Now that you’re back in the classroom, what song title best describes your attitude?

Eye of the Tiger Under Pressure Centerfield Bridge Over Troubled Water

Research Rewind…

Top predictors of student achievement

Pair/Share

Pause, Pounce, Bounce

One Success, One Struggle

List one strategy that proves to be successful in your teaching.

List one strategy that you used that still needs work.

Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Strategy Reflection Tryouts…

What did I try?How did it go?What would I change if I did it

again?

Please Do Now…Reading Practices

Reading Activities Response

Page 221

Rigor in Reading and Discussion

How do we get there?Pair/ShareSmall Group DiscussionsLiterature CirclesSocratic Seminar

Let’s Get Started!

Literature Circles

Quotation Mingle

Hand Up, Pair Up, Share Out

Frayer Model

Literature Circles DefinitionCharacteristicsExamplesNon-Examples

Role Sheets for Discussion

Benefits…

Pitfalls…

How About…

Literature Circles Role SheetWord FinderDiscussion DirectorQuotation FinderSummarizer

The Bet by Anton Chekhov

Using the literature circles template, complete two items for each of the 4 roles to prepare for a group discussion.

Purpose in Reading

The House

Writing With a Purpose…

Introducing the I-Search Paper

Pp. 206-207

Let’s Take a Look at the Structure of the I-Search

Comparison/Contrast Chart

Model BDA Lesson

Pages 97-103

Hiroshima

Argumentative Writing

Argument vs. Persuasion vs. Opinion

The Lunchroom Murder…

Next Class

Have PLN 1 final project completeWrite a reflective 1-2 page essay

discussing three ways you have changed your classroom instruction

Article of your choice

See You in October!