1. OVERVIEW FOR TLI TEACHER SPECIALISTS 11/09/12 STAARing Poetry and Persuasion: Exploring Genre through Workstations A Presentation written by Karen Foster Abydos Diamond Trainer Fort Bend ISD

2. DR. JOHN O’FLAVAHAVEN’S C-C-P C-C-P Consume Critique Produce

3. CONSUME  Students must read multiple types of texts (picture books, authentic texts, magazines, etc.,)  They read and explore in peer groups an din read alouds  They notice and name the features.

4. CRITIQUE  Students learn to analyze and evaluate the specific genre based on the features.

5. PRODUCE  Students produce written examples of the specific genre orally  Then, in shared writing,  And finally independently with a gradual release of responsibility

6. STRATEGIES FOR TESTING  Test taking strategy  W-H-W What? How? Why?  Useful to students AFTER reading a test selection and BEFORE being confronted by test items.  By pausing to ask themselves these questions, students think deeply and analytically/critically about text.

7. W-H-W WHAT?-HOW?-WHY? What? What did the author write? Plot Main Ideas Summary How? How did the author write it? Organi-zation Text Features Language Why? Why did the author write it? Theme Purpose

8. SO…TO BEST HELP OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO “THINK” THROUGH THE TEST,  we need to develop tutorial and intervention activities that scaffold the complexity inherent in both the text itself as well as the level of rigor in the questions.

9. TEACHERS NEED TO:  Access a range of examples from all genres that can be tested.  Use activities/strategies that focus on students thinking through the What?..How?..Why? of the passage.

10.  Use Think Alouds with the students as the teacher reads the passage aloud and share your thinking about the passage,  Using questions stems that have the rigor of STAAR is important as well as a heuristic approach

11. WORKSTATIONS 1.Poetry Exploration Purpose: Consume 2.Poetry Theatre Purpose: Consume 3.Poetic Devices: Looking Within Purpose: Critique Poetry

12. WORKSTATIONS 4. Persuasive Text: Looking Within Purpose: Consume 5. Persuasive Techniques: Tools of Persuasion Purpose: Critique 6. Genre Exploration Cubes Purpose: Critique Persuasive Text

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