Make Up Discussion Work

Each discussion needs to be 4-5 paragraphs long. They all need to be separated so they are not mixed up.

Discussion #1

Using frameworks for planning and instruction

After viewing the video clip for chapter 6 in Disrupting Thinking (p. 71), reflect on how the BHH framework can be used in your content area. In your initial response, please answer the first two Turn & Talk questions on page 71.

– What are your thoughts about the BHH framework? How could you use it as a planning tool for yourself and a reading frame for your students?

– Do you have students who get stuck in, “well. it’s my opinion” and refuse to budge? How does this framework help you talk logically to this student?

Discussion #2

No Magic Formula

For this discussion, we are going to focus on comparing our own beliefs to those of Chris Tovani. Develop a main response in which you address the following:

Your own students may feel overwhelmed while watching a video and therefore, may miss important information. One strategy that can be useful in focusing students on ideas while viewing a video is to have them keep two-column notes during a viewing or to jot down thoughts under specific headings (Tovani). Students can also fold a paper into 4 equal parts with headings that guide what they need to look/listen for. Either notetaking can be created in a digital format depending on your students’ ability and the school’s resources.

You will be using the 4 heading technique while watching “No Magic Formula.” In “No Magic Formula” Tovani shares four guiding principles for teaching reading comprehension:

• Selecting quality texts
• Modeling thinking
• Setting a purpose
• Providing options for students to hold their thinking

For this discussion, you will be examining these principles in-depth.

1. Divide a paper/page into four boxes.
2. At the top of each box type in one of Tovani’s guiding principles as listed above.
3. Jot down examples of each as you view the film, along with questions and thoughts about them.

-In your initial post share which one of Tovani’s principles resonated with you the most and why. Then use the Signposts for Nonfiction on page 89 in Disrupting Thinking to comment on the similarities and differences between the strategies Tovani discusses and those presented by Beers & Probst. Can they work together?

Discussion #3

Purpose, setting, & genre when reading media

An important skill for students to learn involves applying the best strategies for the type of text they are reading. There are a variety of factors to consider, and students often assume that their reading techniques will not need to change regardless of what they are reading. For this discussion, I would like you to refer to the video Future literacies: A crash course in media literacy.

For this discussion, consider the following questions:

• When, if ever, would you instruct students to skim and scan reading material?
• How do you teach students that they have to consider the purpose, setting, and genre when deciding how to read a particular text?

Refer to the infographics on pages 63, 64, 65 ,66, 89, and 103 in Disrupting Thinking for examples of reading techniques, strategies, and frameworks to refer to. If you refer to other strategies, please cite your source unless the strategy is universally known across content areas. An example would be K-W-L; however, that can be attributed to Donna Ogle.

I am a 10th grade English teacher in NYS, I am in the residency program within my college. I will send you all the textbook information in the morning, it is currently at work. But for now I will give you access to my course so you can see other students posts from these activities along with other helpful documents within the course.