1. Lisa Deaton

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4. Word vomit - when students write word-for-word from the text without analyzing what the writer means (could also be called plagiarism, but that’s a different IPAD!).

5. The teacher asks: Is Little Red Riding Hood a believable character? Explain why or why not. The student writes: Little Red Riding Hood is believable because one day, Little Red Riding Hood made goodies for her grandma, put on her red hood and took a short cut through the forest. She met a wolf and told him she was going to Grandma’s house… WORD VOMIT!!

6. Our students must learn to think and write Analytically!!!!

7. 1. Because the standards say we must teach it!! Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection and research. 2. Our students deserve the best education we can give them. 3. Analyzing is a real-world skill that will be used on a daily basis.

8. Analytical writing - breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01 /

10. I HATE IT!!!!!!! I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT!!

11. So how can I expect my students to understand?

13. Textbooks Poetry Instructional Strategies Assessment Strategies Co-workers Analysts, of course!

14. Judith Rowe Michaels, author of Risking Intensity: Reading and Writing Poetry with High School Students writes that analyzing poetry is “… like being forced to eat, very slowly and at gunpoint, a huge platter of brussels sprouts, then regurgitate them and slowly ingest the limp, steamy, cabbagy little suckers all over again.” Michaels starts slowly, and uses scaffolding to build students up to analyzing poetry.

15. Stiggins, Arter, Chappuis and Chappuis Differentiate student instruction Students are involved in creating learning and assessment Teaching/learning to Mastery

16. invaluable resource

17. information overload, but… He modeled how we should analyze and use the information.

18. Successes: - already practicing some strategies. Challenges: - not practicing them very well… - keeping students interested

19. Persuasive letters Analyzing speeches Whole text

20. Primary – analyze pictures and photographs. Middle grades – analyze comics and short sentences Graphic organizers Math – analyze a map to measure distance History/Social studies – analyze a map; map out war march Arts and Humanities – analyze a photo or painting

21. In groups of 2-3, analyze the following photograph and complete the graphic organizer. Be prepared to share your ideas and findings with the class.

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23. Think Alouds (teacher modeled) Movies – analyze a specific scene Speeches – let students analyze each others speeches Cartoons Ads