Chapter 10 - Energizing the Verbal Environment

First steps:

1. Read Chapter 10
2. Implement one of the strategies from "Your Turn" on p. 181
3. Record (video, audio, or photograph) the process and/or results

Then, meet with a colleague to debrief.  During this session, be sure to share the recorded media with that person.  Post here by 05/10/17 about what you learned from this process.

Come to our last meeting on May 16th prepared to share your audio and/or visual results and share briefly (3-5 minutes total) with the group.

Appendix - Menu of Instructional Activities

Select one of the activities that you have not yet implemented from the Appendix (pp. 183-193), and develop an instructional plan to use with your students.

• By 04/10/17 - Post your plan here
• After 04/10/17 - Respond meaningfully to at least one colleague no later than 04/17/17
• Respond to your own initial post after you have had the chance to use the strategy and report about how it worked with your students

Chapter 7 - Working with Instructional and Natural Contexts

After you read Chapter 7, please implement the following with your students:

Implement "RAVE" (pp. 132-137) using one word from an informational text.  If you are having difficulty locating a word that is suitable, refer to this website for ideas.
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/awl-headwords/Headwords-of-the-Academic-Word-List.pdf

1. Post an overview of your plan, including the word you plan to use, no later than 02/14/17.
2. Report on the blog about the implementation of the RAVE strategy by 02/21/17.  Do this by responding to your initial post about your plan so that your information stays together.
3. Beginning on 02/22/17, read everyone's posts and respond meaningfully to at least two colleagues.  Monitor your own post regularly and be sure to answer questions and interact with anyone who has commented until 02/28/17.