418+Agenda+4.9.15


 * Target:**
 * **I can implement strategies to skillfully lead a rich class discussion.**

1:15 - 1:20 - Welcome
 * Notetaker: Manny

1:20 - 1:40 - Plan a 7 minute discussion around //Holler// chapter 9 and 10
 * Group Focus Areas (implement ideas from Zwiers)
 * Asking genuine, open-ended, rigorous questions-Hayley, Megan, Andy
 * Asking questions and having students move in a linear path between strongly agree and strongly disagree towards statements about relations with police
 * bringing it back to Ch. 9 and Reggie's experience with his Police encounter
 * Having students engage in conversation of their own experiences and encounters
 * Supporting academic language-Paul, Julia, Emily
 * Providing students with sentence starters to engage in conversation with the class regarding the chapter on graduating from Quincy
 * Add to what a peer has said/Contradict or disagree/ Shift the focus to clarify were the three categories for these sentence starters.
 * This provides students with a prompt that uses their academic language they are learning in the classroom
 * Students use their personal experiences to relate to the material using the academic language
 * Responding to student comments- Liz, Stacia, Alex (I agree or I disagree statements)
 * I agree delegate: Andy; there are still people who think about racial tensions with a black president and his authenticity behind his birthplace. The criticism he has received seems to have some racial undertones
 * I disagree delegate: Julia; the development of our country has pushed more towards a non-white person and not necessarily just a black president, but rather what the tensions are currently occurring
 * Sentence starters: why we thought what we thought
 * Setting up a productive, small group discussion- Matt, Kasey, Manny
 * Creating two small groups: a student perspective group on the issue of being marginalized or seeing it take place and a Teacher group to talk about how they would handle a situation occurring with their students or how to address it in a classroom setting
 * Having both groups share what they think about the other; what would students want from their teachers, what would teachers respond to these points.
 * Understanding your audience, what does this look like for these student's understandings

Providing feedback for group's ability to prompt discussion and the format

Looking for specific ideas to lead a discussion on Holler

__**What a great book by the way am I right? Not to be confused with 2Pac's 1993 single "Holler if ya hear me" But how interesting that both 2Pac and Mr. Michie worked towards breaking down barriers in the understanding of marginalized, and stereotyped groups in our country through language...mind blown**__

__**These groups are on point, much like Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson's fashion sense**__

1:40 - 2:30 - Discussion Demos

[|Las Mañanitas]
 * Housekeeping:**
 * **Tuesday - 4/14 - Philosophical Chairs Activity Guide (upload to Blackboard)**
 * ****Thursday - 4/16 - Documentary "Rain in a Dry Land"** ; draft of TPA if you want feedback **
 * **Tuesday**
 * Here's looking at you Matt!!!**
 * Other stuff......**
 * I am sorry I was not listening.... awkward..**
 * Scoring rubrics for edTPA task were mentioned, which is IMPORTANT!!**


 * Anny is going to Chi-town next week, sad day... but have fun Anny!!**
 * Hopefully she learns the D-low shuffle and can share it with us all when she gets back!**
 * [|D-low shuffle]**


 * If not Manny would be happy to demonstrate!**

= Have a great weekend everyone! =