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.

Chapter 5 Strategy Implementation (3rd Grade +)

After you read Chapter 5, implement these instructional activities with your students:

You Try It
p. 87
p. 98

Report how each of these went in a blog post by 12/09/16.  You may create separate posts for each if you wish.

Your K-2 colleagues will comment beginning on 12/10/16.  Be sure to monitor your posts and respond to questions and comments as needed.



You instructional activities and implement these strategies with your students:

Chapter 4 Strategy Implementation (K-2)

After you read Chapter 4, select two of the three instructional activities listed below and implement these strategies with your students:

You Try It
p. 61
p. 69
pp. 74-75

Report how each of these went in a blog post by 12/09/16.  You may create separate posts for each if you wish.

Your colleagues in the upper grades will comment beginning on 12/10/16.  Be sure to monitor your posts and respond to questions and comments as needed.

Chapter 1 Reflections

Read Chapter 1 (pp. 1-18), then respond to the following by October 16, 2016:

1. Describe something a teacher did while you were in school that helped you to learn new vocabulary, then describe a technique used with you that did not help to expand your vocabulary.

2.  As you work with your own students this week, find an example each of the following categories of words: misdirective, nondirective, general, and directive.  What will you do to teach each of these words if context clues will not help?

Beginning October 17th, read what others have posted, and respond meaningfully to one colleague about prompt #1 and a different colleague about prompt #2.  Be sure to check the responses to your thoughts regularly, respond to comments, and answer any questions that may be asked.  Responses must be completed  by October 24th.