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They Earn as They Learn. By Anne Stuhldreher. Before reading . Glance at the text and its features Are there any graphics? What type of publication is this? Analyze the title What do we learn about : The topic of the text Group of people involved
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They Earn as They Learn By Anne Stuhldreher
Before reading • Glance at the text and its features • Are there any graphics? • What type of publication is this? • Analyze the title What do we learn about: • The topic of the text • Group of people involved • Author’s tone/attitude toward the topic (positive, negative or neutral) • Author’s stylistic choices • Number the paragraphs 14
During reading • 1st read – Silent reading, no marking • Read entire text silently. Remain silent when done to respect those who have not yet finished. • Is the author for or against paying students to learn? • Complete position sentence in Argument-Evidence Chart page
During reading • 2nd read - Circle key terms • Important words that REPEAT • Names of people, places, studies or programs KEY TERMS Schools Spark, Edlabs Students Names of people Programs city names Money/rewards/incentivetests/grades/scores Teacher financial, learning Increase respnsibilities
During reading • 3rdread • Underline claim • [Bracket evidence] • Underline Call to Action • HINT: Main claim in paragraph 5 (label in margin “M.C.” – if it is the only claim, we can think of this as “C1” also) • HINT: The evidence in this article is provided through information given by a student, a teacher, a principal and statistics. • What types of evidence would these be?
Pay To Learn SchemesShortchange Kids By Wendy Grolnick and Kathy Seal
Before reading • Glance at the text and its features • Are there any graphics? • What type of publication is this? • Analyze the title • Topic of the text • Group of people involved • What emotionally charged language is used? (2 examples) • Author’s attitude (tone) toward the topic - positive, negative or neutral? • What is the author’s purpose – to entertain, inform or persuade? • Number the paragraphs 17
During reading • 1st read – Silent reading, no marking • Read entire text silently. Remain silent when done to respect those who have not yet finished. • Is the author for or against paying students to learn? • Complete position sentence in Argument-Evidence Chart page
During reading • 2nd read - Circle key terms • Important words that REPEAT • Names of people, studies or programs KEY TERMS School scores/grades Kids/students motivation tests learn Pay/money/awards/rewards teachers Intrinsic/extrinsic program
During reading • 3rdread • Underline claims • [Bracket evidence] • Underline Call to Action • THINK ABOUT: • Why do they say it does not work? (claims) • What do they say to convince you these claims are true? (evidence) • HINT: Claim in paragraph 13 (label in margin C3) • HINT: Claim in paragraph 14 (label in margin C4)