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English teachers: I’ve seen a number of requests for stories that could be read & discussed within a *single* class period. So, let’s do a fast 🧵. I’ll share a linked story with a possible discussion Q, imagining the following thumbnail lesson plan for secondary English…
… 1) start w/an opening activity that asks s’s to retrieve relevant knowledge 2) s’s read/annotate, jot their own q’s & answer the discussion prompt 3) turn&talk in partners or sm groups, then class discourse 4) s’s “stamp” takeaways/connections to their lives & current study…
… 5) s’s revise/develop their initial response to close class. I’ll share a resource at the end of this thread, but for now, let’s go!..
Things to do with independent reading books: 🧵
#NCTE #nctevillage #ILA #engteacher #celchat #engchat #rethinkela #libcollab #edutwitter
#NCTE #nctevillage #ILA #engteacher #celchat #engchat #rethinkela #libcollab #edutwitter
List 10 things the book is about and find 3 more books about each thing. The student now has 30 potential books to read next.
Identify important themes in the course text. Write an essay comparing and contrasting how the theme comes up in the course text, the independent reading book, and your life. Conclude the essay by explaining how this theme is important to you.
1/ Students can (and should!) think like journalists while reading news coverage.
In "News Goggles," @BySuzannah and I show them how. It's a new feature in The Sift® with classroom-ready resources.
Love slide decks? Hate making 'em? We do that, too. #sschat #edchat #engchat
In "News Goggles," @BySuzannah and I show them how. It's a new feature in The Sift® with classroom-ready resources.
Love slide decks? Hate making 'em? We do that, too. #sschat #edchat #engchat
2/ We turn #newsliteracy concepts into bite-sized classroom activities. These slides make great bellringers!
Some weeks, we offer paragraph-by-paragraph annotations of news reports — like on this AP story on deadly wildfires.
SLIDES —> drive.google.com/file/d/1D6bez_…
Some weeks, we offer paragraph-by-paragraph annotations of news reports — like on this AP story on deadly wildfires.
SLIDES —> drive.google.com/file/d/1D6bez_…
3/ How do you know that a report can be trusted? We break down public records and watchdog journalism, as in this @propublica investigation.
SLIDES —> docs.google.com/presentation/d…
SLIDES —> docs.google.com/presentation/d…
