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Learning Goals

 * Identify features of AL in my discipline
 * Describe three high-leverage strategies for supporting AL

1:15 - 1:20 - Welcome
 * Notetaker: Lauren
 * For fun: [|Hip-Hop Vocab: The Lexicon is in the Lyrics]
 * Utilizing student passions to learn vocabulary

1:20 - 1:40 - Text Talk, Zwiers 4 (Matt & Ben) Ben and Matt's lesson:
 * 1) Overview of handout
 * 2) Reading example conversation with partner
 * 3) Activity with AP Prompts
 * 4) Circle words that are "cross subject"
 * 5) Underline words that are "content specific"
 * 6) Activity with skiing video
 * 7) Understanding content specific language (even in skiing!)
 * 8) Overall aim of activity: teacher must provide significant scaffolding for student understanding

Academic Language in your discipline (beyond vocabulary)
 * 1) Discourse and syntax
 * 2) History: perspective taking and hypothetical situations
 * 3) Music: importance to vocabulary, vehicle to interpretation because music has technical language
 * 4) Physical Education: modeling exercises, sport specific language and health vocabulary
 * 5) Math: abstract language, knowing how to interpret the equations
 * 6) Spanish: the mechanics of the language is the academic language
 * 7) English: summary vs. reflection vs. annotated work vs. long essay & corresponding words to genre
 * 8) Special Education: foundational skills & social cues

1:40 -2:00 - In groups, analyze the following high leverage practices and create a tip sheet and short skit demonstrating the strategies

Teaching a Word (Vocabulary)
 * [|Marzano's Six Step Process]
 * [|Tip Sheet]

Sentence Frames (Syntax)
 * [] (Focus on the section on language frames)
 * [] (Focus on pages 11-12)
 * [|Tip Sheet]

Mentor Texts (Discourse)
 * []
 * [] (Focus on pages 7-17)
 * [|Tip Sheet]

"Top Ten" AL Strategies

2:00 - 2:25 - Presentations
 * 1) Idea of translation and doing variations of language so you aren't devaluing slang or cultural language
 * 2) 6 steps for vocabulary teaching:
 * 3) explain
 * 4) restate definition
 * 5) show
 * 6) discuss
 * 7) reflect
 * 8) apply
 * 9) Discourse: you have to give context or else there will be little to no understanding/ true learning

2:25 - 2:30 - Closure & Housekeeping

DUE 2/4 - Read the edTPA handbook directions and rubrics connected with the AL tasks; Come to class on Thursday with any questions
 * Task 1, question 4; Task 3, question 3; rubrics 4, 14

DUE 2/4: AL Lesson Practice
 * Create a concept for AL support by completing the AL template for a lesson of your choice or one of the following:Fill in the template and bring a hard copy to class. Note: Your AL support/focus doesn't have to address the entire lesson plan -- just one aspect of your choosing.
 * ELA - []
 * Math - []
 * Social Studies - []
 * Music - []
 * Health - []
 * [[file:AL planning template.docx]]


 * Next Text Talk? 5/9 - Zwiers, chapter 5
 * Reading Log?