418+Agenda+3.18.14

1:15 - 1:20 - Welcome & Agenda
 * Notetaker:
 * Objectives:
 * Review the second half of the course
 * Identify/define components of reading comprehension
 * Describe components of effective scaffolding of a complex text

1:20 - 1:40 - Second half course overview
 * Option to revise and resubmit Lesson Plan A (due Friday - will average the two scores)
 * Revised calendar
 * EdTPA videotaping requirements
 * Sign Ups
 * Blackboard Updates

1:40 - 2:25 - Text-Based Instruction http://padlet.com/wall/p96rahdri9 1. Review of the cognitive components of reading/potential sources for reading difficulty (15 minutes) media type="custom" key="25392100"

2. Assigning reading vs. teaching reading >
 * https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C4j3UUAsj5-ZS_uJtwapKGrl5PbPnImtdlhmFBT-73I/edit?usp=sharing

2:25 - 2:30 - Closure


 * For Thursday:**
 * Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxh_F8lQ87A - The Adolescent Literacy Crisis (11 minutes)
 * Read: http://carnegie.org/fileadmin/Media/Publications/PDF/tta_Lee.pdf (in the subject specific portion, choose two subjects to carefully read; skim the rest)
 * Be prepared to discuss the following questions:
 * What do we mean by the "adolescent literacy crisis"? How do you feel about the term "crisis" applied in this context?
 * What are specific features of texts in your discipline? What are useful instructional strategies you could imagine using in your classroom?