418+-+Agenda+-+11.27.12

1:15 - 1:20 - Welcome & Announcements
 * Make sure you complete last week's assignment! http://gonzagateach.wikispaces.com/418+Agenda+-+11.20.12
 * Next class: Finish Mitchie - Come prepared with three meaningful passages to share. Also, be prepared with at least three questions/ideas you'd like to discuss.
 * Keep going on the key assessment

1:20 - 2:00 - Building AL into Assessment (Zwiers, chapter 9)
 * http://www.edutopia.org/comprehensive-assessment-introduction-video - What does this have to do with assessing academic language?
 * From the TPA:
 * **Task 1**
 * Language Demand - What learning activities require students to use academic language?
 * Language Function - What intellectual work are students doing when they engage in these learning activities?
 * Additional Language Demands - What language do students need to accomplish the key language demand?
 * Language Supports - How am I supporting students' use of AL?
 * **Task 3**
 * What evidence do you have that students were able to use appropriate language to develop content understanding?
 * https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/passing-notes-teaching-strategy?fd=1

2:00 - 2:30 - Dig, Connect, Mix, Do, Reinforce, Add On (Zwiers, chapter 10)