Working as a Research Team Day 2: Text Rendering Protocol

Today you continue to experience an approximation of the close reading, text-dependent questioning, use of evidence, and discussion strategies that the Common Core requires. Today you will read TWO common texts, annotate them, capture evidence and reflections on the recording form on the next page, then discuss with your team.

Today you will use the Text Rendering Protocol to read, think about, and discuss two texts with your team.

Select a new:

·  Facilitator. This person’s job is to keep the group on task with this work. The Facilitator should read all of the following instructions with the group and keep the group moving along through the steps.

·  Timekeeper. You must have a watch or a phone with a stopwatch. Be kind but bossy. Give you group one minute warnings so they can prepare to transition.

The protocol begins with you all reading “Writing” from Appendix A of the Common Core Standards. If you have already thoroughly read this appendix, you may move on to “Teaching Argument for Critical Thinking.” Today you should read BOTH articles. Read them both, in their entirety, annotating as you wish. Take about 20 minutes for this initial reading.

Then re-read to answer the following questions, underlining or highlighting the information needed to support your answers (again, the “reveal” of these questions is different with kids). Take about 10 minutes re-reading and making notes regarding these questions:

1.  What is “argument?” How is it different from persuasion?

2.  What is the relationship between argument, critical thinking, and college and career readiness?

3.  How is the framework for teaching argument in “Teaching Argument for Critical Thinking” similar or different from the framework you know about or teach?

Finally, organize your thinking on the Text Rendering Recording Form on the next page. Take about 10 minute for this.

Each person is then encouraged to share a significant sentence, phase, word from their reading that most impacted their thinking. The group follows up with open discussion for up to 3 minutes (timekeepers!). The facilitator needs to make sure everyone gets a chance to offer a sentence, phrase or word. About 15 minutes.

Once your discussion is completed, check in on the Norms for Collaboration. How did your team do? Take 5 minutes to discuss.

Text Rendering Recording Form

Significant Sentence / Significant Phrase / Significant Word
What is “argument?” How is it different from persuasion?
What is the relationship between argument, critical thinking, and college and career readiness?
How is the framework for teaching argument in “Teaching Argument for Critical Thinking” similar or different from the framework you know about or teach?