Never hear "I don't have anything to write about" again!Marla Robertson
Presentation at the 2014 Billie J. Askew Reading Recovery & K-6 Literacy Institute - Writing is learning but how do we get our students to write? This interactive session will provide ideas for generating writing topics through a variety of quickwrite strategies
Language Workshop-The Heartbeat of Literacy Instruction by Kellie Hinsley & A...shellmhenderson
2014 UNOmaha K-8 MET Link conference presentation: Participants will learn how to use a mentor text and thread their teaching throughout the language, reading and writing workshops using the mentor text. Participants will also discover the power in an inquiry-driven language workshop model.
Never hear "I don't have anything to write about" again!Marla Robertson
Presentation at the 2014 Billie J. Askew Reading Recovery & K-6 Literacy Institute - Writing is learning but how do we get our students to write? This interactive session will provide ideas for generating writing topics through a variety of quickwrite strategies
Language Workshop-The Heartbeat of Literacy Instruction by Kellie Hinsley & A...shellmhenderson
2014 UNOmaha K-8 MET Link conference presentation: Participants will learn how to use a mentor text and thread their teaching throughout the language, reading and writing workshops using the mentor text. Participants will also discover the power in an inquiry-driven language workshop model.
Describe and demonstrate how social networks such as Facebook and Goodreads, and ICT tools like laptops and iPods can support and enhance Literature Circles.
Literature circles is a powerful but little used active learning strategy in ELT. It is collaborative, student-centred learning that involves the efforts of all students for the group to be successful.
12. SUMMARIZER: Prepares a brief summary of “today’s reading” which conveys the main highlights or the key points in the pages read.
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14. PASSAGE MASTER: Points out interesting or important passages within the reading—could be interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling or important
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16. CONNECTOR: Finds connections between the reading material and the outside world—such as personal experience, school, community, a topic studied in another class, or a different work of literature
17. ILLUSTRATOR: Draw some kind of picture related to the reading—could be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, flow-chart, or stick-figure scene.
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23. Lit Circle Weekly Schedule * Group Reviews Roles * Select Role Lit Circle Roles for Week *Complete assigned reading (group, independently) *Complete assigned role activity *Report out role info *Complete assigned role activity *Finish role activity *Teacher facilitates as needed *Teacher uses checklist to monitor progress & expected behavior
24. How much time should be allowed for each book? It should take about 3-4 weeks for each book to be read