Expository Text Notes

CEL presentation –Professional Development - 11/1/10

Established norms – see agenda

Michelle reviewed SHS norms and add discussed points from CEL as to why two new norms are important:

1) De-privatization of practice is so important and

2) All voices are heard.

Learning Objective/Target

Reading-writing-speaking-listening

Success Criteria

Skills, strategies to teach, reteach, review

Expository Text:

Consider the Text demands

  

Six text structures: can be used to comprehend text and hold onto text (take notes)

1. Sequence
2. Cause and Effect
3. Problem-Solution
4. Question-Answer
5. Description
6. Compare/Contrast

Above the line is comprehension and how do I hold onto what I just read  (Notes)

Below the line is learning:  synthsize prior knowledge (PK) + new information, writing, discussions

Reading strategies:  Reading strategies can be remembers using "the Hand"

1. Thumb =  P for Predictions (Why this finger?  Hint:  think of hitch hikers)
2. Index finger = ? for  Questions (Hint:  think slang for "what?" in sign language)
3. Middle finger = C for Connections (Hint:  think of connecting with others (usually in traffic) with your middle finger!)
4. Ring fingers = I for Inferences (Hint:  think of mood rings are created by what is in your head/heart and/or you shouldn't get married if you don't know what's in someone's head/heart!)
5. Pinky: ! for Important (Hint: pinky is "i" in sign language)

Sharing: 

Joe- how much to we imprint that we shouldn’t.

Janet-Where did we lose readers and now have to come up with this expository text breakdown?

Terry- Expository text structure will help with expository writing.

Michele- Visual part of notetaking gives an insight into how the person comprehends.

Differentiating Reading Instruction:

• All reading has layers from the basic to the more complex. 
• Prior knowledge is the key to differentiation of the text.
• Reading out loud lowers the reading comprehension of the reader.  All students should read silently – then turn and talk
• Note taking – chunk the information – have students discuss what needs to be in the notes. What is the structure of the text?  Take notes accordingly.  
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Six posters are available by clicking here for documents found on the webquest.  Click on Expository Text Structures Posters.

READING -

Expository Text

Do you have students who struggle with the reading and writing needed to develop concepts and content knowledge in your discipline? If so, this section of Literacy Matters offers you "the best of the best on the Web"—web sites containing background information, research-based instructional strategies, lesson plans, sample activities, guidelines, book lists, and resources to strengthen your students' literacy skills, and thus, strengthen their content learning.

Information:

• Literacy Matters - research about text structures, lesson plans, examples, student activities, and more...
• This is a great article with research and how to model text structures. Note: it only identifies 4 text structures.
• Interesting article - constructivist approach
• Many cool note taking structures and ideas. Not overly connected to the text structures but interesting ideas for final notes/projects? (Last one - web page - is fun.)
• Reading, Writing, Thinking - amazing GO's for immediate use (QAR)

Lessons:

• Check out an Article and Examples from Lewis and Clark... Lesson plans from Mt. EverestQuest that use journal entries (real?) and focus on expository text structures.
• Expository Text Structures and their Signal Words (6th grade also includes Question/Answer), Stanford site with information, text structures and examples,

Assessment:

• Retelling Rubric (from Middleweb) that could be used to assess notes taken while paying attention to Text Structures.