Cult of Pedagogy Blog Suggestion

Jennifer Gonzalez really nails it in her blog post, 

"5 Teaching Practices I'm Kicking to the Curb"

Popcorn reading, giving students prepared notes, whole class punishments to name a few.

Kick Start Engagement by Speaking Discussion Strategies ·       Stations - set up the classroom to have stations with items to stimulate discussion around a prompt or a task for small groups ·       Gallery Walks – students create an informative poster then talk about it to others who circulate around the room or a team of students create materials that are posted and then viewed in a walk ·        Physical Barometer – a statement is read and students move to one corner of the room or the other to indicate their choice. Can add “strongly” to agree or disagree and have four corners. Students discuss their ideas. ·       Pinwheel Discussions – four students discuss an issue or text, with provocateur’s  challenging them to go farther, think deeply ·       Socratic Seminar – students sit in a circle as the leader asks an open ended questions to prompt answering with evidence from a source ·       Concentric Circles – Student form two circles (outside and inside) They pair with the person they face then rotate to face another. Useful for discuss content or give opinions on topics ·       Fish Bowl – two students sit face to face in the middle of the room with others circled around them. They can create a conversation around a topic or skill and the others observe, take notes and follow up. "Class Discussion ." Cult of Pedagogy. Jennifer Gonzalez, n.d. Web. 19 July 2017. <https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/speaking-listening-techniques/>.

Encourage them to speak by asking them to   ·      Restate what their partner said ·      Paraphrase what others have said ·       Give evidence to back up ideas or arguments ·       Listen intently then solve a mystery or problem ·       Think aloud to answer questions ·       Choral read a passage Oracy “Elevate speaking to the same level as reading and writing.”    Peter Hyman, School 21, London, UK Oracy – the ability to speak well The Goal: every student speaks in every class, every day. Discussion guidelines are taught and practiced. Common Core State Standards for Speaking Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade level topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Diane Albanese, Cape Henlopen Literacy Specialist, 2017

Kick Start Argument Writing

Kick Start Argument Writing 

Beyond CSET: Using rhetorical appeals to support claims and respond to opposing arguments

also on Schoology Group "Teacher's Tools" 

Code 8M5SS-DVGCZIdeas for Classroom Use

Rhetorical appeals: good arguments generally use all three.
Logos
• Appeal to reason or logic
• Use of inductive reasoning – take facts and draw generalizations using a sufficient amount of reliable evidence
• Use of deductive reasoning – take a generalization that is based on reliable evidence and apply it to a case
Ethos
• Based on character, credibility or reliability of the writer.  Writers can establish good character by using only credible sources, stating opposing view accurately, and establishing common ground with the audience.
• Organize argument in a simple pattern such as chronological from general to detailed or earliest to most recent.
Pathos
• Emotional appeal to audience’s needs, values, and emotions
• Use of personal stories, interviews to explain reality or truth.

"Using Rhetorical Strategies for Persuasion." Purdue OWL. Purdue University, 2017. Web. 18 July 2017. <https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/04/>.

All About Rhetoric

1. It’s everywhere: conversations, movies, ads, books, media even Facebook and Twitter!
2. Aristotle said, “Rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case, the available means of persuasion.”
3. Three elements: the speaker, the audience, the subject

John F. Kennedy’s Famous Line as an example of Rhetoric

“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” Appeals to the ethics of the speaker and the listener, suggests a solution, and evokes emotional patriotism.

 Visual Rhetoric 

Symbolic gestures, graphic designs and actions shots in film link the visual to the linguistic to help analyze and take away intentional meaning.



Diane Albanese, Cape Henlopen Literacy Specialist, 2017

Kick Start Nonfiction Tips!

For Social Studies, Science and Math
Getting your students to construct meaning

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Code 8M5SS-DVGCZIdeas for Classroom Use

Teach students to deconstruct the text.
• Read the title, sections and any bold print.
• Closely read the graphics, pictures, maps and captions or special text features.
• Discuss what you predict this will be about.
• Write down predictions (sticky notes, KWL chart or Cornell notes).
Teach students to skim or scan the text.
• Look for general or main ideas.
• Depending on the type of text, read only the first few paragraphs, look for topic sentences, often the first sentence in the paragraph.
• Look for a conclusion or summary.
Teach students to connect to the text.
• Three types of connection are text to text, text to self and text to world. Define each and give examples.
• Use Cornell notes, connections posters/organizers and group discussion (aka Lit Circles) to broaden and enhance ideas.
• Discuss when it’s not necessary to read every single word, thus giving them discernment and refinement of practice.

Beers, G. Kylene, and Robert E. Probst. Reading nonfiction: notice & note stances, signposts, and strategies. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2016. Print.

Kick Start INFERENCE!
Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

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Code 8M5SS-DVGCZIdeas for Classroom Use

Inductive - inferring unknown generalizations from information or observations
• Focus on specific pieces of information or observations
• Assume – do not!
• Patterns and Connections – look deeply
• Statement – describe what you deduce
• Extend – observe/test to determine if generalizations hold up
Ask students
• What do you see? What are the details?
• What does the information tell you?
• What conclusion can you reach based on this?
Deductive – identify specific example to support a general statement, rule or principle
• Identify the generalizations, conditions or reasons
• If the conditions are in place, identify the things that must be true based on the generalization
Ask students
• Identify the examples or reasons for your prediction
• What conditions make this inevitable?

Extending Thinking Strategies: Student Learning Through Thinking and Writing, Learning Focused Solutions, 2009. Print. Used with permission.

Kick Start Your School Year HOT!

Kick Start Your School Year HOT! 

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Code 8M5SS-DVGCZ

Higher Order Thinking Strategies and Processes

Ideas for Classroom Use

1.    Myth or Fact – Design statements related to the thinking strategy and have students respond as to whether they consider the statement to be a fact of a myth and explain why.

2.    Concept Card Mapping – Provide key words related to the thinking strategy on cards (or paper which students cut up to create their own cards). After arranging cards to show how they think the terms are connected, students glue them down, add lines and descriptions on the lines to show relationships and connections.

3.    Step by Step – Present a simple task such as compare and contrast two movies.  Have students list the step they would use to complete the tasks, rather then complete the task itself.

4.    Quick Write – Have students do a quick write to describe three components of using a strategy effectively.  What is it? Why is it used? How is it used?

5.    Frayer – Students provide examples, non-examples, describe the importance, and describe the meaning of the thinking strategy in a Frayer graphic organizer

Higher Order Thinking: Increasing the Rigor of Learning Focused Lessons. Boone: Learning Focused Solutions, 2013. Print. Used with permission.