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= Overview =

In this session, you will first examine and discuss engagement and empowerment strategies that can guide you as you initiate and sustain pedagogical changes in your planned instructional implementation sequences. Next, You will navigate a English I lesson aligned to Common Core that is fully supported with through and by technology. During navigation of this lesson, you will consider the effectiveness of the infused technology in supporting student learning and best instructional practices. You, along with your colleagues, will engage in reflective discussions about this lesson and as a result, you will glean innovative practices for technology integration. Finally, you will create a Toondoo that illustrates your basic idea of a planned instructional activity including a selected English/Language Arts CCSS and engagement or empowerment strategy.

Learning Outcomes
After this session, you will be able to:
 * more aptly integrate student-centered engagement and empowerment strategies into your English/Language Arts Common Core instructional activities.
 * better identify the salient components of an effective learning experience supported by technology and aligned to English Language Arts Common Core.
 * leverage Toondoo, while considering its application during the learning and teaching of English /Language Arts Common Core.

==I. Let's Begin With the End in Mind: Attaining CCSS ELA Learning (15 minutes) == Let's think, reflect and share the potential of the following matrixes of engagement and empowerment strategies. How can these strategies guide you as you initiate and sustain pedagogical changes in your planned instructional implementation sequences?

**Think, Pair-Share:**
> Please click HERE to record your thoughts. >
 * 1) Please take **10 minutes to review and think** about the following two tables. As you read, please think about what you **already do in your practice** and what you might **want to do more of**.
 * 1) Pair up with a partner and share your thoughts and reactions.


 * ~ == Engagement Strategy == ||~ == Description == ||~ == Student Learning == ||
 * **Initiating Think, Pair-Share ** || [[image:Screen shot 2012-06-08 at 1.38.27 PM.png]] || * Make sense of text, multimedia, and/or writing prompt.
 * Critically evaluate the reasoning of their peers. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Showing Thinking in ** **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> ELA Classrooms ** || [[image:Screen shot 2012-06-08 at 1.41.31 PM.png]] || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Construct and share viable inferences and arguments.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attend to text. ||
 * <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">>>>> **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Questioning and Wait Time > ** || <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:Screen shot 2012-06-08 at 1.42.33 PM.png]] || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make sense text, multimedia, and/or writing prompt.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Persevere in reading and writing tasks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Construct viable inferences and arguments.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critically evaluate the reasoning of their peers. ||


 * ~ == Empowerment Strategy  ==

||~ == Description  ==

||~ == Student Learning  == ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grouping and Engaging Text, ** **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Media, & Prompts ** || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:Screen shot 2012-06-08 at 1.47.42 PM.png]] || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make sense text, multimedia, and/or writing prompt.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Collaborate and create with peers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Critically evaluate the reasoning of their peers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Model reading and writing processes for peers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use appropriate Web 2.0/digital tools strategically. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using Questions and **  **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompts ****<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">with ****<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Groups **  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> [[image:Screen shot 2012-06-08 at 1.59.39 PM.png]] || * Model with mathematics.
 * Look for and make use of structure. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Allowing Students to Struggle **<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">>>>. || <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:Screen shot 2012-06-08 at 2.00.33 PM.png]] || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Persevere in reading and writing tasks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Model with mathematics.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use appropriate tools strategically. ||
 * **Encouraging Reasoning** || <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:Screen shot 2012-06-08 at 2.02.01 PM.png]] || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reason abstractly.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attend to themes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look for and make use of grammar structures.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look for and express inferences and connections orally and in writing. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">II. Let's Walk Through the Lesson <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (35 minutes)

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Basics of the English I Lesson aimed at engaging students in the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> following CC & ITES goals:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by having them:
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RL.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HS.TT.1.3 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others (e.g. multimedia presentations, Web 2.0 tools, graphics, podcasts, and audio files). **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">recognize, analyze, and create various figures of speech/figurative language including metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole in wiki discussions and with Toondoo. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">interprete various figurative language used in literary works. **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each table/group will be asked to explore different DAYS of the lesson to share out with the whole group:
 * EXPLORE**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 1: Figuring Out Figurative Language/ Figurative Language Check Out
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 2: Literature and Figurative Language
 * Day 3: Tackle Figurative Language with Toondoo/Share your Toondoo


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please use this GOOGLE FORM to guide your group's review. **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 2: Complete the following to get ready to create with Toondoo:
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click HERE to sign up for a Toondoo account.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you want, watch a quick Toondoo Tutorial:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Check out [|Toondoo Help Wiki]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Step 3: Your ToonDoo Task
<span style="color: #be5107; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Create a Toondoo:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identify a Common Core objective where the use of Toondoo would support student learning.
 * <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identify an **<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">engagement or empowerment strategy **from ABOVE<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> you would like to use in conjunction with Toondoo and your selected CCSS objective.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a **3 PANED Toondoo Strip** that illustrates your the basic idea of your planned instructional activity: Be sure to include your **selected CCSS**, **<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">engagement or empowerment strategy, and what students will be doing. **
 * <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be sure to **SAVE, PUBLISH, and make PUBLIC** your Toodoo
 * <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**COPY** your ToonDoo URL (web address)

Share your Toondoo:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you are ready to **SHARE** your Toondoo that your just created, go to http://todaysmeet.com/BootCampToondoos
 * Enter your **NAME** then select **JOIN**.
 * As your "**MESSAGE**" paste your Toondoo URL (web address) and select **SAY.**
 * **SCROLL THROUGH** the chat window and **CLICK** on other URLS to check out what others have created!

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IV. Reflection <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">(15 minutes)
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Please click HERE to share your reflections about this session and your new learning.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Final thoughts, concerns, questions! What are your next steps?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">References:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Engagement and Empowerment Matrixes adapted, with permission granted from Dr. Ted Hull, based on: **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hull, T., Miles. R.H., Balka, D. S. (2012). //The common core mathematics standards: Transforming practice through team leadership.// Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

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