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Day 2 **Subjects Matter-Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Literacy/ ****Media PLT - Team Meeting Agenda ** **Green Hope High School ** **A content-area literacy course that is useful to Math, Science, Social Studies, English, and all other areas. Topics include, reading for real, how smart readers think, why textbooks are not enough, reading strategies across the curriculum, how to build a community of literate readers, inquiry units, and recommendations from literacy research. Practical classroom activities will be presented and tested that show how our students can read and succeed across the curriculum. **

**(content) ** ||  **HOW ** **(process) ** ||  **WHO **  ||  **TIME ** || > May 14- Chapters 6, 7, 8, & 9 > May 21 Chapters 10, 11, 12, & 13 (on your own!) Kevin and Shannon O Kathi and Katherine Beth and Nicole Diane and Shannon B. || Jan Leads   ||  2:45-2:50 ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">WHAT **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Welcome  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">General Updates
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Meeting Dates: <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">May 7 - Chapter 5
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Groups for this week:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Collaborative Lesson Study  || In groups of two, teachers will discuss the following:
 * __CHAPTER 3: WHY TEXT BOOKS ARE NOT ENOUGH__**
 * Chapter Overview:**
 * Chapter #3 critiques the use of textbooks as the fountain of knowledge for any content area. From practical reasons, such as cost, to philosophical reasons including the authoritarian nature of textbooks, Daniels & Zemelman debunk the notion of textbooks as the alpha and omega.
 * React to:**
 * “Jane is issued a textbook in every class…They are filled with information, charts, photographs, places, dates, formulas, problems, sidebars, study questions, and more study questions…Americans have the heaviest and thickest textbooks in the world… “In a profound sense, textbooks are school.” p.35.
 * Discuss:**
 * Do you agree with the Daniels & Zemelman critique of textbooks? Is your district or school the model the authors describe, or do you have freedom from the 1200 page text?
 * Have you ever served on a textbook adoption committee? If so, reflect on that experience and what lessons you took from that experience. If you have not, what would you look for in a textbook to teach your content area, given the model Daniels & Zemelman propose?
 * __CHAPTER 4: TOWARD A BALANCE DIET OF READING__**
 * Chapter Overview:**
 * In Chapter #4, Daniels & Zemelman argue for a balanced “diet” of reading. From various genres, reading levels, and authors, the authors propose a reading diet of varied and exotic tastes to suit the pallets of teacher and students. They authors give tips on building a classroom library and close with an extensive list of possible titles to add to a collection.
 * React to:**
 * Re-read the section “25 Books a Year?” from pp. 54-55. Do you think that is realistic or even attainable?
 * Discuss:**
 * Do you agree with the “windows & mirrors” theory of the authors? If so, why is it important to have both “windows & mirrors”?
 * What sources are typically used in your classroom? Is the diet of reading balanced for your kids? If not, what steps do you plan to take to create a balanced diet of material?

Group “report out” and discussion based on partner work || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jim Leads <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jan Leads  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">2:50-3:20   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Nickel and Dimed by Ehrenreich <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">E=MC2 by /Bondanis || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jan & Bonnie Leads   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">3:20-3:30 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Each group will report results on the iPad at [|**http://tinyurl.com/7n29rd7**]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Best Practices  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Booktalks: Featured books for Content-Area Reading
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Closure  || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">At next meeting **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;"> – Read Chapter 5 try out your assigned strategies ||  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jan Leads   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">3:30-3:45   ||