week6

= Tuesday Feb. 17 =

Attendance & Housekeeping

 * Roll Call
 * Blog of Fame Announcement: 2 winners!
 * Jessica for "Can the Gap Ever Be Closed"
 * Kaitie for "Pneumonoultrans......"
 * Reminder of the reason why we're at the library

Julie Derden

 * Finding 3 articles:
 * Sign up for Literacy Strategy for your presentation as soon as you know!

For our next class session

 * Read chapter 10: Informal Assessment (pgs. 193-198)
 * Read chapter 9: "Powerful Pens"
 * Bring notecard with 2 questions and one application idea (take an idea you read about and apply it to your future classroom).
 * Read this handout about writing good alternative assessments [[file:YouPickAlternative Assessment.doc]]
 * Print off & read //You Pick Assignment// Sheet (on the  assignments page)

= Thursday Feb. 19 =

Attendance & Housekeeping

 * BOHA: Write an 11 word sentence that includes the these 2 words: "write" & "learn"
 * Roll Call
 * Discuss Additional Clincial Hours Paper & due date
 * No Class next Tuesday

Chapter 9 & 11: Writing to Learn with Adolescents

 * Expert Group discussions
 * Writing important in all content areas?
 * Alternative Assessments?
 * Whole Group:
 * Alternative assessment
 * Writing Alternative Assessment that get STUDENTS writing: RAFT: Alternative Assessment

Collect Cards

Debate (if time)
Debate Prep: In your expert groups: develop an argument for the following statement. (Be thinking about counter arguments)
 * Red (+): Spelling & Grammar should ALWAYS "count" Teacher/Administrator perspective
 * Blue (+): Spelling & Grammar should ALWAYS "count" Student/Parent perspective
 * Yellow (+):Spelling & Grammar don't always have to "count" Teacher/Administrator perspective
 * Green (+): Spelling & Grammar don't always have to "count" Student/Parent perspective

Combing Views: Red & Blue Yellow & Green

Tag Team Debate:
 * One speaker from the team takes the floor. That speaker can speak for no more than 1 minute, and must "tag" another member of the team to pick up the argument before the minute is up. Team members who are eager to pick up on or add to the team's argument, can put out a hand to be tagged. That way, the current speaker knows who might be ready to pick up the argument. No member of the team can be tagged twice until all members have been tagged once.

Debate information from: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/03/lp304-01.shtml

For our next class session (Note: No class on Tues. Feb. 24--so these are to be completed by Thursday Feb. 26)

 * Lesson planning (powerpoint) You need to print this to have! [[file:Lesson PlaningEasier.ppt]]
 * Print off the lesson plan template as well as the lesson plan with explanations found on the clinicals page.
 * Professional Journal Assignment due Thurs. Feb. 26!
 * Blog Post #3