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While You Wait

While You Wait. Please look over the list of stressful life events* found in your packet. Choose one event to write about, briefly, until we’re ready to begin. *List of events adapted from Holmes & Rahe stress scale *One list for adults, another for teens/students. What’s In It For You?.

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While You Wait

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  1. While You Wait • Please look over the list of stressful life events* found in your packet. Choose one event to write about, briefly, until we’re ready to begin. • *List of events adapted from Holmes & Rahe stress scale • *One list for adults, another for teens/students

  2. What’s In It For You? • Please take a moment to reflect on the following questions. Jot down answers – be ready to share! • How do you feel about teaching nonfiction reading? How do your students feel about nonfiction reading? What comes easily to you when teaching nonfiction reading? What is more difficult?

  3. It is not enough to simply teach my students to recognize theme in a given novel; if my students are to become literate, they must broaden their reading experiences into real-world text. • - Kelly Gallagher

  4. English SOL Institute • Secondary Nonfiction Reading Strand Nonfiction Reading ToriOtstot

  5. Secondary Nonfiction Reading • Key Points in Nonfiction Reading • Nonfiction includes both informational and functional passages • Emphasis on text structures and organizational patterns. Examples in the Curriculum Framework • Comprehension of nonfiction reading is a reporting category on new SOL tests.

  6. Secondary Nonfiction Reading • Key Points in Nonfiction Reading • Pair passages of same topic: fiction and nonfiction • 9-12 nonfiction standards include identification of faulty reasoning • More nonfiction items on SOL test beginning at 5th grade

  7. Secondary Nonfiction Reading4-12 Reading Blueprints

  8. Secondary Nonfiction Reading • Key Points in Nonfiction Reading • Pair passages of same topic: fiction and nonfiction • Comprehension of nonfiction reading is a reporting category on new SOL tests. • Emphasis on text structures and organizational patterns. Examples in the Curriculum Framework

  9. THIEVES*readwritethink.orgSOLS 9.4: a,b,c,k; 10.5: a,e,h; 11.5: a,h; 12.5: a • Title • What is the title? • What do I already know about this topic? • Does the title express a point of view? • Headings • What does this heading tell me I will be reading about? • What is the topic of the paragraph beneath it? • How can I turn this heading into a question that is likely to be answered in the text?

  10. THIEVES cont. • Introduction • What does the introduction tell me I will be reading about? • Every first sentence in a paragraph • What do I think this chapter is going to be about based on the first sentence in each paragraph? • Visuals and vocabulary • What can I learn from the visuals in a chapter? • How do captions help me better understand the meaning? • Do I know what the boldfaced words mean? • Can I tell the meaning of the boldfaced words from the sentences in which they are embedded?

  11. THIEVES cont. • End-of-chapter questions • What information do the questions earmark as important? • What information do I learn from the questions? • Summary • What do I understand and recall about the topics covered in the summary?

  12. Secondary Nonfiction Reading • Key Points in Nonfiction Reading • Comprehension of nonfiction reading is a reporting category on new SOL tests.

  13. Twitter Fight!SOLS9.4: c,d,e,g,k; 10.5: d,g,h,k; 11.5: e,f,h; 12.5: a,b,c,e • Read “Should College Freshmen Choose Their Own Roommates?” (from Upfront, a Scholastic magazine) • In the upper right corner, find the “Y” or “N.” “Y” = argue the yes, or pro, side. “N” = argue the no, or con, side. • With a neighbor with the opposite letter to yours, argue your stance using evidence from the text and your own personal knowledge. (Pass one piece of paper back and forth – feel free to use the different colored pens!) • Five minutes to read & prepare; Six minutes to write – timer! • Rules: • Each person must offer at least four arguments. • You may not speak – you may only write. • Each argument must be 140 characters or less.

  14. Resources for Teachers • www.izzit.org • www.kellygallagher.org – Article of the Week • TED Talks • Scholastic.com – Upfront and Scope

  15. Contact Information • ToriOtstot • totstot@ycsd.york.va.us

  16. Disclaimer Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.

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