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Differentiated Instruction What’s New in Young Adult Fiction and How to Use It in Your Program

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Differentiated Instruction What’s New in Young Adult Fiction and How to Use It in Your Program

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  1. “As a teacher, when we hear the term differentiated instruction our eyes open wide, our hearts begin thumping, our blood pressure rises. All we can think of is ‘MORE WORK—(individual lesson plans, a plethora of assignments, a variety of assessments)—which we don’t want, & MORE TIME!’ which we don’t have!” Works Cited Hipes, Deborah. What’s NEW in Young Adult Literature and How to Use It in Your Program (Grades 6-12). Bellevue, WA: Bureau of Education & Research, 2011. Wormeli, Rick. Fair Isn’t Always Equal: Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom.Stenhous, 2006. Differentiated Instruction What’s New in Young Adult Fiction and How to Use It in Your Program

  2. What we forget is that… • We already differentiate. • We can add more differentiation step by step. • We actually save time when we, as Rick Wormelli says, “give each student what [he/she] needs in order to progress.”

  3. Suggested StrategiesDifferentiate Assessment The Following Strategies were borrowed from Hipes as suggested by King-Shaver & Hunter in their book Adolescent Literacy & Differentiated Instruction. Differentiate assessmentby applying pre-assessments that determine kids’ interests and learning styles before assigning the reading. Check out www.learning-style-online.com/inventory& www.SurveyMonkey.com for using surveys.

  4. Differentiate Interests Differentiate interests by making an anticipation guide and then forming discussion groups based on this guide and the interests of the students. Indicate a number of statements that can stimulate debates/discussions based on some of the themes of a book, for example. To Kill a Mockingbird & Theme: students agree or disagree that one never truly understands a situation until they attempt to see things from another point of view. Historical slant: Great Depression era Law and Civil Liberties: courtroom procedures and trial law

  5. Differentiate Readiness Differentiate readiness for reading by creating vocabulary lists whereby students are to form groups and complete a task in response. For students who are more artistically inclined. Have one group create a visual by using all of the vocabulary words in a poster for the book. Have another group develop a game using all of the vocabulary words.

  6. Differentiate Literary Analysis Differentiate literary analysisby having basic readers search a novel or story for clues that reveal character while advanced readers can search for clues the reveal a work’s theme or symbols or even motifs.

  7. Differentiate Writing Assignments Differentiate writing assignments by supplying choices about purpose, topic, audience, and genre.

  8. Differentiate with Technology Differentiate with technology by creating a classroom wiki. Students may work together creating a reader’s guide for a challenging novel—like CliffsNotes—in which various groups are responsible for explaining different aspects of the book: character identification, plot summary, background history, aspects of theme, symbolism, etc.

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