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Category Archives: Socratic Seminars
A.I. TOOL: Parlay Genie, for A.I. Generated Discussion Prompts
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Parlay Genie, an A.I. tool that generates discussion prompts and enables the running of discussions for free on the platform. The directions are simple: You can run discussions in person or online. … Continue reading
Socratic Seminars REVISITED
One terrific method for training students in how to conduct intelligent conversations is Socratic Seminars. Students learn how to use effective habits of discussion, explain their ideas, and support them with evidence (Take THAT, Common Core Standards!). Different educators have … Continue reading
Professional Development Ideas to Support Literacy Instruction
This has been a particularly challenging year in our field. As teachers and school leaders continue to wrestle with how best to prepare students to meet and exceed the Common Core Standards, I would like to humbly submit some professional … Continue reading
Posted in Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Argument, Assessment(s), Close Reading, Comprehension, Curriculum, DBQ Approach, ELA Common Core Standards, Essential Questions, Events, Evidence, Explanation, Grant Wiggins, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Literacy Manipulatives, Literary Analysis Writing, Main Idea, Narrative Writing, Nonfiction, Novels, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Presentations, Professional Development, Quadrant Analysis, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, RPM Objectives, Socratic Seminars, Test Prep, Text Selection, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources, Trajectory Analysis, Unit-planning, Using Data, Vocabulary, Vocabulary in Context, Writing
Tagged Analyzing the Common Core Standards, Annotation, Argument, Assessment(s), Close Reading, Comprehension, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Explanation, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Literary Analysis Writing, Main Idea, Narrative Writing, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, PARCC, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Research Writing, Resources, RPM Objectives, Test Prep, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources, Trajectory Analysis, Unit-planning, Using Data, Vocabulary in Context, Writing
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OUTLINING YOUR FIRST UNIT
Recently I received an Email message from a reader who wanted to know what to include in an “ideal” first unit. In my new book, Literacy and the Common Core, I offer a sample 5th-grade unit that can be adapted … Continue reading
Posted in Argument, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Grammar, Inference, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Main Idea, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Resources, Roots, Socratic Seminars, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources, Unit-planning, Vocabulary, Writing
Tagged Argument, Comprehension, Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Grammar, Lesson-planning, Literacy and the Common Core BOOK, Main Idea, Nonfiction, Paraphrasing, Reading, Reading Informational Text, Resources, Roots, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources, Unit-planning, Vocabulary, Writing
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Teaching TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD? Here are some tools…
I’ve met a bunch of folks recently who are planning to teach Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird this year, and several have been kind enough to share their resources. *** 1) First, there is a whole book devoted to … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Nonfiction, Novels, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Resources, Socratic Seminars, TLC Website Resources, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Tagged Curriculum, ELA Common Core Standards, Nonfiction, Novels, Reading Informational Text, Reading Literature, Resources, TLC Website Resources, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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SOCRATIC SEMINARS MADE EASY*
One terrific method for training students in how to conduct intelligent conversations is Socratic Seminars. Students learn how to use effective habits of discussion, explain their ideas, and support them with evidence (Take THAT, Common Core Standards!). Different educators have … Continue reading
Posted in Annotation, Argument, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Explanation, Persuasion, Rubrics, Socratic Seminars, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources
Tagged Annotation, Argument, ELA Common Core Standards, Evidence, Explanation, Persuasion, Rubrics, Socratic Seminars, The Literacy Cookbook BOOK, TLC Website Resources
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