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Of Dæmons, Dust, and Dark Materials: Using The Golden Compass to teach science to struggling readers Karen Boran, Ed.D. Chicago Public Schools Sharon Hartrich Kaplan K-12 October 20, 2007

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Page 1: Of Dæmons, Dust, and Dark Materials: Using The Golden Compass to teach science to struggling readers Karen Boran, Ed.D. Chicago Public Schools Sharon Hartrich.

Of Dæmons, Dust, and Dark

Materials: Using The Golden

Compass to teach science to

struggling readers

Karen Boran, Ed.D.Chicago Public Schools

Sharon HartrichKaplan K-12

October 20, 2007

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Overview and Purpose Setting...• Visualizing Lyra’s Oxford --

Sharon• Mini-Lesson: Is science the magic

that we understand? -- Karen• Unit Materials’ Overview --

Sharon and Karen• Is Childhood Innocent? -- Sharon• Dark Materials and Text

Structure -- Karen• Q & A -- Karen and Sharon

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Visualizing Lyra’s Oxford

Floorstorming with Sharon

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Mini-Lesson: The role of fantasy in reading science

Genre studies with Karen

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What’s in the packet?

Debriefing the unit materials -- Sharon and Karen

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Is Childhood Innocent?

Character Quotes and Writing in role with Sharon

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Dust and Dark Materials

Text structure and the reading of science with Karen

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Questions?

• Karen Boran• Leadership

Coach• High School

Transformation

• 773-553-1221• Kmboran@cp

s.k12.il.us

Sharon Hartrich

Instructional Coach

High School Transformation

312-520-5722

[email protected]