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Common Planning: Motivating Adolescent Readers and Writers. South Kingstown High School Social Studies Department April 1, 2009. That was then…. World Café to foster discussion and higher level thinking RI Reading Policy—Reciprocal Teaching, ReQuest , QAR, Text Impressions
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Common Planning: Motivating Adolescent Readers and Writers South Kingstown High School Social Studies Department April 1, 2009
That was then… • World Café to foster discussion and higher level thinking • RI Reading Policy—Reciprocal Teaching, ReQuest, QAR, Text Impressions • Academic vocabulary acquisition using Think Alouds to model thinking • Writing to Learn--Cornell Note-taking, Multi-genre projects, Social action papers, I-Search
This is now! Research-based principles for developing academic motivation in adolescent learners (Guthrie & Wigfield, 2000) • Activating and developing background knowledge • Text selection • Choice, real-life connections • Evaluation that provides feedback toward goals Guthrie, J. T., & Wigfield, A. (2000). Engagement and motivation in reading. In M. L. Kamil, P. B. Mosenthal, P. D. Pearson, & R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of reading research (Vol. 3, pp. 403-424). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Importance of Prior Knowledge • Political Cartoon (print) • 19th century, Thomas Nast • Trojan horse, Horace Greeley—who and what • Nast viewed self as champion of democracy, kept out of federal gov’t by self-serving Washington establishment. • Shape of Capitol building
More ways to activate and build background knowledge and motivation • Concrete experiences • Anecdotes • Anticipation Guides • Text sets • Exclusion brainstorming
Exit slip • Write about something new you learned today. • How might you connect this to your own classroom?