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2b? Ntb?=??? Ahors,”,m’kngdom4” 3SistrsWntngHsbnds NwManInTwn-Bingly. October 5, 2011 Agenda. 4:00-4:10 Book wish 4:10-4:30 Text complexity 4:30-4:45 Literature anthologies 4:45-5:15 Banned and censored books 5:15-5:30 Break 5:30-6:15 Wiki groups 6:15-6:30 Exit card, for next week.
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2b? Ntb?=??? • Ahors,”,m’kngdom4” • 3SistrsWntngHsbnds • NwManInTwn-Bingly
October 5, 2011 Agenda • 4:00-4:10 Book wish • 4:10-4:30 Text complexity • 4:30-4:45 Literature anthologies • 4:45-5:15 Banned and censored books • 5:15-5:30 Break • 5:30-6:15 Wiki groups • 6:15-6:30 Exit card, for next week
4:30-4:45 • Literature Anthologies • Organizing principles, how developed, use as resource for wikis
Agenda 4:00-4:10 Book wish If you could teach any book you wanted, what would it be? Resource: Donorschoose.org 4:10-4:30 Get in groups based on your Shakespeare card Discuss Text Complexity: Why is text complexity important? How do the CCS outline text complexity?
Qualitative: See rubric • Discuss pp. 13-14 The Grapes of Wrath excerpt • Quantitative: Lexile level • (We don’t have Coh-Metrix.) • Reader and task considerations:
Banned and Censored Books • 4:45-5:15 • Agree or disagree • Parents have the right to tell teachers that their child won’t read a particular book. • Teachers have the right to select textbooks and supplemental materials for their students. • Read handout
Teacher Tube: Banned Books • http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=198552&title=Banned_Books_Week_2010
Break: 5:15-5:30 • 5:30-6:15 Get into wiki groups. Use literature anthologies as ideas for texts. Get Lexile levels for some of the books you’ve selected. Describe the text complexity of at least one of your selections.
Exit card: Your CT says, “Hey, I heard about something called text complexity at a CCS conference. It didn’t make sense to me. Can you explain it? Read the pertinent CCS pages for next week. Read “The Gift of the Magi.”