FACILITATOR Content Area – Level 2 – Session 1

FACTILITATOR Information

Meeting Date/Time: ______

Meeting Time / Activity Time Frame / Activities
Session 1: Informational Text – 45-60 MINUTES
Resources Needed for 45-60-minute Segment:
·  Computer & Projector, Screen
·  PowerPoint
·  Computers/Electronic Devices for participants
·  Internet Access
·  “6 Shifts & 3 Shifts” Handout
·  Participant Agenda – for notes and reflection
2 minutes
PPT Slides 1-2 / Introduction
*Session Objectives
Review Agenda & Reflection Questions
Overview Objectives
Have group view before meeting / 20 minutes
PPT Slide 3 / Read the article, The Power of Non-Fiction…
View video, Historical Detective Work (time 4:33)
15 minutes
PPT Slide 4 / Review …Citing Evidence from Informational Text… (time 6:54) video & answer EXPLORE questions on agenda while viewing
Table Talk & Report out
18 minutes
PPT Slides
5 / Review “6 Shifts & 3 Shifts” card
Circle 3 shifts you identified while viewing video. How did the video support the characteristics you identified?
HOW will you incorporate ideas viewed into your practice?
Inquiry Group = 6:04 minutes
Discussing Non-Fiction = 6:11 minutes
10 minutes
PPT Slide 6 / Review Website (based on grade band):
Elementary: Read, Write, Think – keyword search, Christopher Columbus
Middle School: New York Times, The Learning Network – Current Events – click on “Lesson Plan” icon
High School: C-E-R Article Analysis Template – to use with any Current Events article
Describe 1 way you can incorporate these lessons into your lessons?
Use this page as time permits – may choose to assign as homework / 10 minutes
PPT Slide 7 / Additional Resource Page (may use if time permits)
•  READ: Visual Literacy, Ch. 3, Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom
•  REVIEW website: Visual Literacy
•  VIEW video: Visual Literacy Across the Curriculum (3:45 minutes)
What ideas are connected in the graphic to the left?
10 minutes
PPT Slide 6 / Time to Reflect
Identify ways instruction around writing from sources is relevant to your teaching
Where will you begin to incorporate lessons learned?
What supports do you need to get started?
Have colleagues discuss and record responses to agenda
Share responses as time allows
TO FACILITATOR: What would you like to SEE members do with this?
Notes to Facilitator:
·  Recruit the following:
o  time-keeper to help keep session on pace
o  table captains to facilitate discussion & take notes
·  Ask members at meeting to do the following: Add Name OR Content Area to their REFLECTION CARDS & Collect Responses at the end of meeting.
·  Recommend: Type responses and categorize participant actions and support needs. POST IN TEACHER’S LOUNGE and/or AT MAIN GATHERING PLACE as a reminder of objectives
·  Additional Resources:
o  See page 8 of PowerPoint slide

Thank you to Teaching with Midwest Region for sharing their work. This work has been adapted with their permission.

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