Better Learning through Structured Teaching

Welcome

Todays agenda:
1. Introduction 2. Gradual release of responsibility overview 3. Focus Lesson and Guided Instruction video by Douglas Fisher (6 min) 4. Productive group work - criteria and examples 5. Productive group work activity Progressive Writing

It looks similar to teaching reading

Focus Lesson and Guided Instruction

What are they? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjURdvzty4c

Productive Group Work - criteria

Positive interdependence Face-to-face promotive interaction Individual accountability Social skills Group processing Meaningful task

Productive Group work - examples

http://lifelonglearningandteaching.weebly.com/tea m-coaching.html

Progressive Writing (activity)

Get into groups of four. Each member of the group begins writing a paper and continues for a period of 5 minutes before passing his or her paper to another member of the group to their right. Each group member reads what the person before has written and then continues the writing. This pattern is repeated until every member has written a portion of each paper. Finally, the group members discuss the contents of all the written papers and nominate the best representative paper for submission.

Progressive Writing - Child of Rage

Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME2wmFunCjU Use the following questions to guide your writing. 1. What did you find most disturbing? 2. Why did Beth want to hurt her brother and her adoptive parents? 3. What type of attachment may have she developed? 4. What was the research method in this study? 5. What were the characteristics of Beths biological father? 6. What were the characteristics of Beth? 7. What may be the long-term consequences for Beth when she grows older and why?

Thank you