LITERACY FOR THE 21TH CENTURY PBL/TIE

The Zoning Board Decisions Speaking/Listening Reading and Writing Gathering Evaluating

Preparation Directed Reading-Thinking Activity Reciprocal Teaching Literature Circles

TOPIC SELECTION Curriculum Standards Teacher Preference Student Preference

GETTING STARTED K (What do you know?) When students know something about the topic What you think is true Immersion When students know little about the topic Sources: Text Internet People Video

QUESTIONING W (What do I want to know?) Modeling thick questions as in Reciprocal Teaching Lots of questions One “Essential” Question E.g. – Can the planet survive?

Begin with a set of questions Gather information, facts. Morph into an “Essential” question E.g. – Class studies Lewis and Clark, gathering facts and information Switch to a related “Essential” question: What is courage in the city today? How can we be courageous? A Hybrid Questioning Approach

ORGANIZATION Groups of Four Heterogeneous groups Positive Interdependence Individual and Group Accountability

SOURCES OF INFORMATION Text of all kinds Internet People – Interviews Data Collection (Surveys, Experimentation)

EXTRACTING AND RECORDING Extracting: How do you pull out informatin from your source? Recording: How do you record what you have extracted?

VALUES Pizza: Compassion, Political Activism Lewis and Clark: Conservation, Courage Brick Oven: Community

ACTION Presentation (e.g. Powerpoint, Photostory 3) Product (Pamphlet, Film) Project (Undertaking a task)

EVALUATION OF STUDENTS Use of Common Core Standards relating to content, reading/language arts, technology Traditional assessment Alternative assessment

EVALUATION OF TIE/PBL Teacher Reflection Student Reflection Audience Reflection