518+Agenda+1.25.13

12:00 - 12:05 - Welcome

12:05 - 12:15 - Swap Shop (Lauren, Abe)

12:15 - 12:20 - Your definition of 21st Century Literacy

12:20 - 12:55 - Interactive model of reading
 * [[file:tricky texts.pptx]]
 * What are the implications of academic language on reading comprehension?

12:55 - 1:20 - Introduction to "academic language"

1:20 - 1:45 - Review, "pre-during-post" text-based lessons
 * [[file:Pre-during-post.docx]]

1:45 - 1:50 - Closure

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 * Housekeeping -**
 * Finish //Holler// and Academic Language Module
 * Read Zwiers, chapter 3 - Do this in your GoogleDocs journal.
 * **Pre-reading** - Think of specific ways you have observed your students struggle with academic language. Describe the challenge with academic language and at least three possible hypotheses to explain why the problem might be happening.
 * **During-reading** - Read Zwiers chapter e with this AL challenge in mind. As you're reading, mark places in the text that could help you respond to the challenge you identified.
 * **Post-reading** - List three specific strategies you gleaned from chapter 3 that you could imagine being useful to address the AL challenge. For each strategy do these three things: a) Describe/show the strategy, (include the page number from Zwiers) b) Explain how you would use it in the particular classroom context you were thinking about, c) Explain your rationale for selecting this particular strategy
 * Text-based lesson plan is due next Friday - 2/1 (deadline window - 2/1-2/4)
 * Swap Shop - Caitlin