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Expository Reading and Writing Course for Middle School

Expository Reading and Writing Course for Middle School. October 30, 2013 Dr. Mary Adler CSU Channel Islands Mary.Adler@csuci.edu 805-437-8486. Agenda/Goals for this series. Day 1, October 30, 2013 Rationale, template and key principles Meeting the modules, Grade 7

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Expository Reading and Writing Course for Middle School

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  1. Expository Reading and Writing Course for Middle School October 30, 2013 Dr. Mary Adler CSU Channel Islands Mary.Adler@csuci.edu 805-437-8486

  2. Agenda/Goals for this series • Day 1, October 30, 2013 • Rationale, template and key principles • Meeting the modules, Grade 7 • Day 2, November 1, 2013 • Resources: Reading Rhetorically, They Say I Say • Meeting the modules, Grade 8 • Day 3, March 7, 2014 • Reflect on teaching & analyze student work • Stimulating productive student talk

  3. Key Principles of ERWC Relentless focus on the text • Draw a slip, discuss with your partner. • How do you interpret this key principle? • What might be beneficial about it? • How does it fit with your philosophy of teaching for middle school students? • The integration of interactive reading and writing processes • A rhetorical approach to texts that fosters critical thinking • Materials and themes that engage student interest and provide a foundation for principled debate and argument • Classroom activities designed to model and foster successful practices of fluent readers and writers • Research-based methodologies with a consistent relationship between theory and practice • Built-in flexibility to allow teachers to respond to varied students' needs and instructional contexts • Alignment with standards (2010 CCCSS)

  4. 12th grade, Semester 1 Introducing Students to the ERWC What's Next? Thinking About Life After High School Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page Racial Profiling The Value of Life Good Food/Bad Food Into the Wild

  5. 12th grade, Semester 2 Bring a Text You Like to Class Juvenile Justice Language, Gender, and Culture Teachers can opt to teach the novels Brave New Worldor1984 Bullying: A Research Project Final Reflection: The ERWC Portfolio

  6. Grades 9-11 Grade 10 In Pursuit of Unhappiness River Rights: Whose Water Is It? Leopard Man Age of Responsibility Grade 11 Island Civilization To Clone or Not to Clone Violence in the Media The Last Meow Grade 9 • Hip Hop Goes Global • The Undercover Parent • Extreme Sports: What's the Deal? • Threatening Stereotypes

  7. Grades 7-8 Grade 8 Social Networking or Antisocial Networking When is Lying Okay? Robots in School The Construction of a College Experience Grade 7 • What It Takes to Be Great • Tap vs. Bottled Water • Helicopter Parents • The Impact of Celebrities

  8. What is the growth curve between middle school and college?

  9. A textbook survey What are the major differences between the middle school and college texts? In what ways do the texts encourage a particular way of teaching/learning? As middle school teachers, what is important to you that students learn as preparation for college, career, and life?

  10. Your Observations

  11. ERWC as a Bridge to College/Career Content Multiple high interest texts Expository Relevant issues Process Summarizing Analysis and interpretation Rereading, annotation, and writing

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