Welcome Back!
Day 2 Literacy Palooza
Our Agenda
● Discuss questions from yesterday
● Using Picture Books
● Blackout and Highlight Poetry (Steal like
an artist, Austin Kleon)
● Remixing
● APPS
● PLNs via social networks
● Wrap Up
Student book talks?
Sources for booklists?
Narrative nonfiction?
Choice/differentiation
Stamina
Read aloud selections
Hi-Low Books--Orca and Lerner
Abandoning books
Advanced searches using Titlewave/Amazon
Units--ladders
Questions? Some answers.
HISTORY A DAY AT A TIME
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“Slice” of life
5
Civil rights
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What are the access points?
Using Picture Books
as mentor texts
to provide choice
to embed skills instruction
to give more extensive reading opportunities
POWER POINT
•www.slideshare.net/professornana
Not just for kids:
using picture books k-12
Caldecott 2015
Picture Books
as Mentor texts
Examining NF Structures
NF Template
• https://www.teachingchannel.o
rg/videos/teaching-nonfiction-
entry-points
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Apply to other books
Biographies
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History through Biography
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Dynamic duos
Dispelling myths
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Community
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So how can we use PB biographies?
• As model for report writing
• As model for narrative versus expository text differences
• As model for handling “difficult” events in lives of the famous
• As model for teaching about AUDIENCE
• What else?
Your Turn
Take a picture book (F&G) and
complete a template
Examining plot structures
Developing Empathy
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Mood and Tone
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Use of B&W
Archetypes
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This read aloud brought to you by Mo Willems
•“Once upon a time there were three dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur,
Mama Dinosaur, and some other Dinosaur who happened to be
visiting from Norway.” 50
What does the opening sentence
tell readers?
➢ Setting
➢ Main characters
➢ Motif
➢ Archetype
➢ And…it’s going to be funny!
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Plus it addresses this CCSS (anch
Write narratives to develop real or
and well-structured event sequenc
ccssCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to
make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence
when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from
the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their
development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3
Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and
interact over the course of a text.
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ccssCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including
determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and
analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences,
paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter,
scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6
Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style
of a text.
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In Math, Too!
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Power of tens
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Celebrating Cultures
Through extensive reading
of stories, dramas, poems,
and myths from diverse
cultures and different time
periods, students gain
literary and cultural
knowledge as well as
familiarity with various text
structures and elements.
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Examining parody
Text vs. illustration
Focus on the art
• Color
• Media
• Technique
• Perspective
• Composition
color
composition
frame placement on page
Composition
Mentor Text
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Map skills
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The oral tradition
New takes, old tales
New Takes on old tales
Endless possibilities
Creating talking points
Got issues?
culture
Dealing with tragedy
Teaching Skills
More Ideas
Don’t lose sight of the PB
Building Confidence
as Writers
Using the words of others
Black out and
Highlight Poetry
Using ARCs
Page taken from
ZOMBIE BLONES
by Brain James.
Used Post-it tape to
cover chosen words
and then used paint
over the paper.
When dried, peeled
off Post-it tape to
reveal poem.
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
• Take a page (or 2 or 3 or more) from one of the ARCs
• Create a highlighter poem
• Or create a blackout poem
• You may work alone
• Or you may work in groups
• Work quickly
• Don’t overthink this
• Be prepared to share
And now for REMIXING...
• Use F&Gs to create new interpretations of
the stories.
• You can focus the remix: character, theme,
setting, etc.
• Also helps kids learn summaries
Sketchnoting
Follow Karin’s Sketchnoting on her Tumblr at:
http://karinlibrariansketchnotes.tumblr.com
Even Kathy Schrock talks about it.
http://www.schrockguide.net/sketchnoting.html
Why Sketchnote?
We are incredible at remembering
pictures. Hear a piece of information,
and three days later you'll remember
10% of it. Add a picture and you'll
remember 65%.
- Brain Rules by John Medina
From THE
SKETCHNOTE
HANDBOOK by
Mike Rohde.
Paper and Pencil/Markers/Pens
or
Tablet/App/Stylus
What Do You Need to Sketchnote?
You Don’t Have to Be An Artist
My VERY first
sketchnotes.
No color
Stick Figures
A lot of text
April 27, 2015
Getting better.
5-1-15
First Sketchnote taken
from YA Lit.
A lot of white space.
Long quotes
Few pictures.
Last one I did with
paper and colored
pencils.
First one I did using
the iPad.
Most Recent Sketchnoting
Just for Perspective
Looking for Volunteers
If you have your students create Sketchnotes
based on children’s/tween/YA literature,
please send them to me. I’m collecting
examples to use for a project.
kperry@shsu.edu
MISS PEREGRINE’S
HOME FOR
PECULIAR CHILDREN
by Ransom Riggs
Melody, Age 12
Your Turn
Think of a book you know well. It can be any
level, personal or professional, anything
goes.
Brainstorm some ideas you can use as visual
reminders about the book.
Draw two or three images on a piece of paper
along with the title and author of the book.
There’s an APP
for that
Exploring some simple APPS for
ELAR classes.
DON’T WORRY
BE “APPY”!
FREE audio
www.audiobooksync.com
Being• Is it a tool or a toy?
• Could it be replaced by a worksheet?
• Does it add to both enjoyment and education?
• Will it work in individual, group, and whole class settings?
• What is the cost (including in-app)?
English Idioms Illustrated
Robot Media
Free with
In app purchases
Dragon Dictation
Voxer
Vine
7 seconds of video
video loops continuously
USES:
quick booktalks
spine poems
endless
Symbaloo
Word Cloud
Adobe Voice
http://voice.adobe.com/v/VoBrxuX_VQR
Adobe Slate
https://slate.adobe.com/a/z6Mgz
GUM
Bottom Line?
Mindtool versus Toy
Free versus Purchase
Platforms?
Hidden Costs?
PLNs
Reaching outside of the 4 walls
71% of teens use more than one
social network site
Teens are diversifying their
social network site use. A
majority of teens — 71% —
report using more than one
social network site out of the
seven platform options they
were asked about. Among the
22% of teens who only use one
site, 66% use Facebook, 13% use
Google+, 13% use Instagram and
3% use Snapchat.
Facebook
Instagram
Instagram Continued
Great how-to post for beginning snappers.
http://mashable.com/2014/08/04/snapchat-for-beginners/
Great video explaining how to do a Snapchat contest.
https://vimeo.com/84663955
Great post explaining exactly how to run a Snapchat contest.
https://librarianenumerations.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/how-to-create-a-snapchat-
contest/
How-To-Use Snapchat Video
https://youtu.be/TMxTyFjEus4
Snapchat
Snapchat Continued
Snapchat in the Media Center
http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2015/03/03/snapchat-in-the-media-
center/
Lindsay Cummings
lindsaycwrites
So I turn to
social media
TWITTER
∗ Strongest growth in any social network
surpassing Pinterest, Reddit, and LinkedIn
∗ Used by 2 X as many women as men
∗ 25-55 year olds is largest demographic
∗ “poor man’s social network”
∗ 60% of all users have some college education
∗ Use has doubled in the past 12 months
∗ MediaBistro, August 2012
Some Tweet Facts
Usage 2007-2012http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/social-media-stats/2012-social-network-analysis-report/
Here is what Twitter says
about online PD/community
All you need to do is ask…
Following @donalynbooks would net you
hundreds of others to follow, connect you to
#nerdybookclub and #titlechat and get links to
@educationweek and other blogs
Connecting with @readingjunkee gets
connections to @yalsa, nets more people to
follow in the library field, and will also shake out
book titles as must reads.
@utalaniz is the queen of RTs. If you miss
something, she will catch it for you. Interesting
links in her posts.
∗ Decreased funding for PD
∗ Distance to events
∗ Time away from work
∗ Can meet like-minded individuals
∗ Makes connections across country and world
Why Twitter?
And here is @FrankiSibberson asking us what
we are reading on Mondays. Another
community!
And here is Sara’s tweet about Banned Books
Week so we can see what her students do
every day to celebrate the Freadom to Read.
Other communities
∗ Librarians
∗ Teachers
∗ University folks
∗ Organizations
∗ Authors
∗ Publishers
Resources Available on Twitter
How and Where to Start
Assignment for my YA Literature Classes
Follow
∗ one literacy organization
∗ one YA author
∗ one teacher
∗ one librarian
∗ one professor
My Approach
∗ Follow followers
∗ Follow links
∗ Follow suggestions
Building out a PLN
Not just people, links
Links
Links
Joining Tweet Chats
Making more connections
∗ Last Sunday of every month
∗ 7-8 PM CST
∗ Hosted by @donalynbooks and @colbysharp
∗ Topic announced in advance
∗ Open to all
∗ Chat is always archived
Titletalk
∗ Link accounts as much as you can
∗ Download apps such as Tweetdeck or Hootsuite to help
handle the reading load and postings
∗ You can also use sites like TweetGrid or Twubs to help you
manage chats.
∗ Set aside regular time to read and respond to tweets
∗ Be careful of the time suck element
Some final advice
Google+
Tumblr
Choose the One
Tumblr
Final Questions and Answers
And in the end

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