Welcome to LALLI, I mean ALP, Blog Space for June 18, 2014--DAY 1!
Writing into the Day: What is your passion? Respond with a moment related to a passion OR tell how you got started with this interest/hobby. We talked about passion today--What are our passions? Stephanie Harvey (1998) wrote of her son's passion for the theatre and music and the times he was teased for it. How do we show our students we both have passions of our own and want to honor theirs?
Deborah led a discussion on the Framework for Success in Post-Secondary Writing, which emphasized the need for us to make better connections between reading and writing. Our discussion of graphic novels helped make this connection.
Comic Life
Penny and Amy V. presented how graphic novels can enrich the classroom. Gene Yang's article accompanied a chapter in WHAM! to provide a broader perspective of graphic novels' depth. Everyone perused various
graphic novels and discussed implications for instruction.
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After Amy S. showed us her graphic text example, everyone explored the Comic Life app on our borrowed mini iPads. Fortunately, we were able to work around the numerous technology issues of the day (materials are now on this Wikispace resource page and linked on Dropbox--no thanks to Edmodo for the hassle!).
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We carried these discussions into our content groups where we voiced concerns, asked questions, and brainstormed ideas. After charting criteria for narratives with Jean, participants crafted their own graphic vignettes. We had the opportunity to learn about peer feedback from Marsha and Deborah before trying it out ourselves in content area small groups. Three big Cs emerged from today: Creating graphic vignettes offers a new way of writing.InCorporating graphic novels in the classroom is a real possibility. Conferencing with peers provides opportunities for new directions in writing (and meets Speaking and Listening standards!)
The Facilitators--Amy V., Amy S., Deborah, Marsha, Penny, Jean
Welcome to LALLI, I mean ALP, Blog Space for June 18, 2014--DAY 1!
Writing into the Day:
What is your passion? Respond with a moment related to a passion OR tell how you got started with this interest/hobby.
We talked about passion today--What are our passions? Stephanie Harvey (1998) wrote of her son's passion for the theatre and music and the times he was teased for it. How do we show our students we both have passions of our own and want to honor theirs?
Deborah led a discussion on the Framework for Success in Post-Secondary Writing, which emphasized the need for us to make better connections between reading and writing. Our discussion of graphic novels helped make this connection.
Comic Life
Penny and Amy V. presented how graphic novels can enrich the classroom. Gene Yang's article accompanied a chapter in WHAM! to provide a broader perspective of graphic novels' depth. Everyone perused various
graphic novels and discussed implications for instruction.
After Amy S. showed us her graphic text example, everyone explored the Comic Life app on our borrowed mini iPads. Fortunately, we were able to work around the numerous technology issues of the day (materials are now on this Wikispace resource page and linked on Dropbox--no thanks to Edmodo for the hassle!).
We carried these discussions into our content groups where we voiced concerns, asked questions, and brainstormed ideas. After charting criteria for narratives with Jean, participants crafted their own graphic vignettes. We had the opportunity to learn about peer feedback from Marsha and Deborah before trying it out ourselves in content area small groups.
Three big Cs emerged from today:
Creating graphic vignettes offers a new way of writing.InCorporating graphic novels in the classroom is a real possibility.
Conferencing with peers provides opportunities for new directions in writing (and meets Speaking and Listening standards!)
The Facilitators--Amy V., Amy S., Deborah, Marsha, Penny, Jean