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Making Disciplinary Thinking Visible: Close Readings, Metacognitive Conversations, and Marking Up The Text EDC448 Dr. Julie Coiro

M S A HOMEWORK: How often do you use these strategies? Do they work? What’s the point? MONITOR AND CLARIFY M D A A SK QUESTIONS V I S I NFER/ PREDICT M AKE CONNECTIONS V ISUALIZE S YNTHESIZE D ETERMINE IMPORTANT IDEAS A NALYZE/CRITIQUE S UMMARIZE M+MDAAVISS ORGANIZE – SHAPE – TRANSFORM – SHARE A SK QUESTIONS

Homework Prepare for Tuesday’s Seminar: –Read Tovani: So What? –Read Beuhl B: Text Coding & 2 minute video –Apply Text Coding to Read: Collins: Cognitive Apprenticeship – Making Thinking Visible (hard copy or digital – see wiki for directions) –Come prepared for seminar discussion (e.g., bring talking points/opinions) about the CONTENT and the PROCESS

Reactions to your readings What role does identity play in comprehension? How does language and culture impact our identity as literate individuals and learners? What happens when we are obligated to stray outside our identities to tackle texts that don’t reflect our preferred ways of thinking and interacting with the world? What role do you, as a teacher, play in your students’ formation of their identity as a learner in your discipline?