Hi,
I just passed my National Boards in Early Adolescent English/LA. I used a
fiction piece. I also had (still do) a large ELL population as well as 8
SpEd kids.I'd be happy to chat about the 2nd entry based n my own
experience. Feel free to contact me off line. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lise
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Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 6:55 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] whole class discussion question
Hi All,
Forgive me for just jumping in, but I am so stressed at the moment and
need your collective wisdom. I am a candidate for National Boards (ELA
Early Adolescent). (I teach 6th grade ELA.) I am now working on Entry #2
Whole Class Discussion. I have to send in 15 minutes of a video taped
lesson which I will analyze and reflect upon.
I spent considerable time creating a lesson on teaching the reading
strategy of metacognition using a nonfciton text. The lesson follows STW.
I will model using a think aloud, have students doing think, pair, share,
and then eventually having them practice with guidance. My instructional
goal is for the students to interact with the text as opposed to just
decoding the words---to think about their thinking. (They are having a
hard time with this. Half of the class is ESL. I also have two students
with ADD.)
My question/concern is this: Should I use nonfiction? It might be easier
to have a whole class discussion about a piece of fiction, however, my
students are fairly familiar with fiction. They *really* need help with
nonfiction.
The text is a short article about child labor in Equador. (They've become
very interested in child labor issues.)
I'm getting nervous that the nonfiction metcognition lesson might not lend
itself to the taping process.
Does anyone have any advice? Any and all thoughts would be appreciated.
Kim
in NC
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