1. Research Teams: The Speaking and Listening Standards
Session 2, November 2013 NTI
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2. Introductions
Introduce at tables include your name, school/district, role, etc.
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3. Learning Targets
I can describe the relationship between students’ speaking and listening practices and vocabulary development, reading and writing.
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4. Getting Ready! Get organized in groups.
Listen as the steps in the protocol are reviewed.
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5. Text Rendering Protocol
Briefly review the Speaking and Listening Standards for your grade level.
Briefly discuss what it looks like and sounds like when students are in classrooms working to meet these standards.
Preview the graphic organizer.
(p. 26)
Select an article and read it individually.
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Each member discusses findings from the article that s/he read.
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6. Discuss in groups
How did the Text-Rendering Protocol support you in having an “academic” conversation?
What are the implications for using protocols in classrooms?
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7. Reflection
Personal Reflection: Capture your thinking related to the impact and methods for structuring students’ conversations.
(p. 40)
Additionally, reflect on the use of a protocol to enhance collaboration and strengthen professional culture.
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