AVID Strategies for the Middle School ELA TeacherDan DawerPflugerville Middle SchoolAugust 14, 2014

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Outcomes

Participants will understand how to apply AVID WICOR strategies in their Middle School ELA classes in order to:

1. Scaffold student learning at increasingly complex levels

2. Promote critical reading and thinking skills

3. Support collaboration between learners

Agenda (Session 1)

8:30 – 8:40: Quickwrite8:40 – 8:50: What is WICOR?8:50 – 9:15: Model Lessons9:15 – 9:35: WICOR-izing a lesson9:35 – 9:45: Reflection and

Application

Agenda (Session 2)

10:00 – 10:10: Quickwrite10:10 – 10:20: What is WICOR?10:20 – 10:45: Model lessons10:45 – 11:05: WICOR-izing a

lesson11:05 – 11:15: Reflection and

Application

Quickwrite

What do you already know about…• AVID?• WICOR?• Critical thinking and reading

skills?

What new information do you want to learn about these topics?

Reading Strategy:

Marking the text

Organization Strategy:

One-Pager Response

Inquiry Strategy:

Carousel Brainstorm

Collaboration Strategy:

Philosophical Chairs

Philosophical Chairs

Decide whether you agree or disagree with the statement below:

Good teachers are made, not born. We know which techniques and strategies are most effective, and we can train teachers to improve.

Writing Strategy:

Learning Log