Expository Reading and Writing Course for Middle School
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Expository Reading and Writing Course for Middle School
October 30, 2013Dr. Mary Adler
CSU Channel [email protected]
805-437-8486
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Day 1, October 30, 2013 Rationale, template and key principles Meeting the modules, Grade 7
Day 2, November 1, 2013 Resources: Reading Rhetorically, They
Say I Say Meeting the modules, Grade 8
Day 3, March 7, 2014 Reflect on teaching & analyze student
work Stimulating productive student talk
Agenda/Goals for this series
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Key Principles of ERWC Relentless focus on the text
1. The integration of interactive reading and writing processes
2. A rhetorical approach to texts that fosters critical thinking
3. Materials and themes that engage student interest and provide a foundation for principled debate and argument
4. Classroom activities designed to model and foster successful practices of fluent readers and writers
5. Research-based methodologies with a consistent relationship between theory and practice
6. Built-in flexibility to allow teachers to respond to varied students' needs and instructional contexts
7. Alignment with standards (2010 CCCSS)3
• Draw a slip, discuss with your partner.
• How do you interpret this key principle?
• What might be beneficial about it?
• How does it fit with your philosophy of
teaching for middle school students?
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Introducing Students to the ERWC What's Next? Thinking About Life After High School Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page Racial Profiling The Value of Life Good Food/Bad Food Into the Wild
12th grade, Semester 1
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Bring a Text You Like to Class Juvenile Justice Language, Gender, and Culture Teachers can opt to teach the novels Brave New
World or 1984 Bullying: A Research Project Final Reflection: The ERWC Portfolio
12th grade, Semester 2
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Grades 9-11Grade 9Hip Hop Goes GlobalThe Undercover ParentExtreme Sports: What's the Deal?Threatening Stereotypes
Grade 10 In Pursuit of Unhappiness River Rights: Whose Water
Is It? Leopard Man Age of Responsibility
Grade 11 Island Civilization To Clone or Not to Clone Violence in the Media The Last Meow
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Grades 7-8Grade 7
What It Takes to Be Great
Tap vs. Bottled Water
Helicopter Parents The Impact of
Celebrities
Grade 8 Social Networking or
Antisocial Networking
When is Lying Okay? Robots in School The Construction of
a College Experience
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What is the growth curve between middle school
and college?
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What are the major differences between the middle school and college texts?
In what ways do the texts encourage a particular way of teaching/learning?
As middle school teachers, what is important to you that students learn as preparation for college, career, and life?
A textbook survey
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Your Observations
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ContentMultiple high interest textsExpositoryRelevant issues
ProcessSummarizing Analysis and interpretationRereading, annotation, and writing
ERWC as a Bridge to College/CareerERWC as a Bridge to College/Career