Children Have the Right to Say!

Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have the Right to Say!

Children Have the Right to Say!

• http://longwayfromla.tumblr.com/post/19761681155 Dr. Michael Kopish & Dr. Alison WenhartPlymouth State University

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Standards


Common Core

• Skill-based: Focused on Reading, Writing,Speaking and Listening

C3• Content and

Literacy Skills

NCSS• Content-driven

themes

State Standards

• Content-driven

District or School Level

• Vary by site

Standards InfluencingSocial Studies


Learning Progression

• QAR• Bloom's Questions• Anticipation Guide• Coding

Reading

• narrative• descriptive• expository

Writing • Socratic Seminar• SAC• Deliberation

Speaking

Should schools adopt zero tolerance policies to promote

school safety?


What questions come to mind when you view this image?

Keys for Designing Issues-Based Units

Aims for planning: Controversial issues Current events Relevant to students

Guide instruction through questions: Policy level issues Sub issues (e.g., factual, definitional, ethical, legal)



Types of Issues-Based Questions for Planning

Type of Issue: Questions:

Policy: Should schools adopt zero tolerance policies to promote school safety?

Sub-issues

Factual Which offenses are most often subject to zero tolerance policies?

Definitional What is a “zero tolerance” policy?

Ethical Is justice applied fairly to youth?

Do zero tolerance policies in schools push youth into the prison system?

Legal To what extent does the U.S. Constitution protect youth against unreasonable punishment?

Breaking Down a Policy Issue

1845 Territorial Dispute with Mexico

Type of Issue: Questions:Policy: Would you advise President Polk to fight Mexico for land in

1845?Sub-issuesFactual Does the U.S. have the military capability to defeat Mexico?Definitional Is the argument of “Manifest Destiny” just another phrase for

stealing or is there more to it?Ethical Does this dispute justify the potential loss of American (and

Mexican) soldiers' lives?Legal Is the U.S. legally obligated to compensate Mexico for

conquered lands?


Matching Appropriate

Methods and Strategies

All teachers make pedagogical choices to best match appropriate methods and strategies to standards, objectives, and skills.


KNOWLEDGE OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

Best practices from the field of social studies

• QAR• Bloom's Questions• RAFT• Paired Reading

Reading

• narrative• descriptive• expository

Writing • Socratic Seminar• SAC• Deliberation

Speaking

Should schools adopt zero tolerance policies to promote

school safety?


Reading Strategies


Reading StrategiesMonitoring Comprehension

Using graphic organizers

Answering questions

Generating questions

Summarizing

Activating Prior Knowledge

RAFT

Paired Reading

QAR


Strategy: Question-Answer Relationship

• The answer is stated directly in the text.In the book

• The answer is in the text but is not stated directly. The reader interprets the meaning from different parts of the text.

Think and search

• The answer is not in the text. The reader must read the text in order to answer, but must use personal knowledge with the information provided by the author.

Author and me

• The answer is not in the text. The reader must develop the answer based on knowledge and personal experiences only.On my own

Readings


QAR - ExampleType of QAR Question Issue Category Example

In the book – The answer is stated directly in the text.

Factual Which offenses are most often subject to zero tolerance policies?


Alignment of QAR Strategy to Common Core Standards

Strategy for Reading:

Question and Answer Relationship

Reading 1-Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Reading 2 -Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Reading 6 – Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.


Participation

Infographic of Roman Technology

• Multimodal text for a unit on Rome.

• Skill of reading multimodal text is transferable across content area.


Tools for Creating Infographics

20+ Tools to Create Your Own Infographicshttp://www.hongkiat.com/blog/infographic-tools/ 9 Awesome Powerful Free Infographic Toolshttp://www.infographicsarchive.com/create-infographics-and-data-visualization/ Infographic Lesson Planhttp://i.ciconline.org/CicWebResources/Articles/iKeepCurrent%20Lesson%20infographics.pdf Links to Several Inforgraphic Siteshttp://www.teachersfirst.com/tags/infographics/ Visual Language http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/backtothefuture.pdf Infographic Design Frameworkhttp://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/infographicdesignframework.pdf http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/tutorial.html 40 Infographic Collectionhttp://ginva.com/2011/01/40-more-informative-infographic-collections/ How Our Laws Are Made Infographichttp://www.mikewirthart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/howlawsmadeWIRTH2.jpg Infographics Galleryhttps://www.pinterest.com/rtkrum/cool-infographics-gallery/ Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have

the Right to Say!

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/infographic-tools/

http://www.infographicsarchive.com/create-infographics-and-data-visualization/

http://i.ciconline.org/CicWebResources/Articles/iKeepCurrent%20Lesson%20infographics.pdf

http://www.teachersfirst.com/tags/infographics/

http://www.teachersfirst.com/tags/infographics/

http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/backtothefuture.pdf

http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/infographicdesignframework.pdf

http://www.asmallbrightidea.com/pages/tutorial.html

http://ginva.com/2011/01/40-more-informative-infographic-collections/

http://www.mikewirthart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/howlawsmadeWIRTH2.jpg

https://www.pinterest.com/rtkrum/cool-infographics-gallery/

Writing Strategies



Writing Strategies

• Recommend three types of writing for middle school students


Strategy Attributes: Expository Writing


Expository Writing Strategy ExampleType of Expository Writing Issue Category ExampleProcess Analysis Policy Should schools adopt zero

tolerance policies to promote school safety?

Example Assignment Prompt:The lines of youth and adult blur in a pool of blood, but violent crimes in schools trigger cries for appropriate justice and an end to the age of violence. A question shoots. Should schools adopt zero tolerance policies to promote school safety? As a reporter for an online newspaper, your task is to write an informational process analysis article to explain how zero tolerance policies in schools will or will not decrease school safety. This article must convey your clear claim towards this justice process and its implications, while informing and helping the public understand the related process steps, complex ideas, and information. The article will demonstrate an effective selection, logical organization, and analysis of content. Also, it must contain relevant online news and expository appropriate elements, signal phrases, and graphics. This article will be 2-4 pages and written with careful attention to the conventions of Standards of English.


Alignment of Expository Writing to Common Core Standards

Expository WritingWriting 2 - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Writing 6 - Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. Writing 7 - Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Discussion



Discussion Methods Analyze and

evaluate main ideas, issues, points of view

Delineate speakers argument

Evaluate multiple and competing perspectives

Make and support claims with evidence

Pose and respond to questions

Structured Academic Controversy

x X X X X

Socratic Seminar X X X X X Deliberation X X X X X


Discussion Method: Structured Academic Controversy

Purpose and Goal

• Explore both sides of an issue using cooperative learning and evaluate the strength of evidence supporting or against each position

Structure of Discussion

• Students must argue one side of an issue, listen to the other side and ask clarifying questions. Students will then switch sides and argue from the opposing position. Eventually students will come up with an agreed upon solution.

Ideas for discussion

• Any controversial issue (i.e. laws, policies, etc.)

Structured Academic Controversy

1. Students must argue one side of an issue,

2. listen to the other side and ask clarifying questions.

3. Students will then switch sides and argue from the opposing position.

4. Eventually students will come up with an agreed upon solution. Kopish and Wenhart (2013) Children Have

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Ideas for Discussion:Any controversial issue (i.e. laws, policies, etc.)

Yes, schools should adopt zero tolerance policies to promote school safety.

No, schools should not adopt zero tolerance policies to promote school safety.

School violence is at a crisis level and

increasing

Zero tolerance is clear discipline for students

and is consistently applied to all students

Removal of students will create a better

school climate for students who remain

Zero tolerance policies deter students from

bad behavior

Parents support zero tolerance to ensure

student safety

Zero tolerance policies unfairly impact

students of color and students with

disabilities

Zero tolerance policies are not

developmentally appropriate for adolescents

and forces students out of school during

important years

Zero tolerance policies divert student and

educational resources to security technology

and security personnel

Zero tolerance policies place tremendous

strain financially and on the mental health of

students and families

Disciplinary alternatives may be better suited

to promote school safety


Alignment of SAC to Common Core Standards


Structured Academic Controversy Speaking and Listening 1 - Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Speaking and Listening 2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. Speaking and Listening 3 - Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

Children Have the Right to Say!

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