Rhonda Daniels RDanielswhatcomctcedu Leo Hopcroft LHopcrofwhatcomctcedu Goals for participants Consider an online lesson that uses an RA routine Anticipate issues and solve problems for online reading groups ID: 558703
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Using Online Metacognitive Reading Groups to Support Face to Face Classes
Rhonda Daniels
RDaniels@whatcom.ctc.edu
Leo Hopcroft
LHopcrof@whatcom.ctc.eduSlide2
Goals for participants
Consider an online lesson that uses an RA routine
Anticipate issues and solve problems for online reading groupsSlide3
The Four Dimensions of Reading Apprenticeship
Social (sharing text talk)
Cognitive (setting reading process)
Personal (metacognition, fluency and stamina)
Knowledge (text and disciplinary discourse and practice)Slide4
Free write for 2 minutes
What are your experiences with engaging students with online learning?Slide5
Discussion
Can Reading Apprenticeship skills be transferred to the asynchronous online discussion?
What are your experiences with getting students to engage with readings/online discussions outside of class time?
What RA routines do you use with your students?Slide6
Think/Pair/Share
Brainstorm an online discussion assignment that you might use in your class:
Think individually for 3 minutes
Discuss your ideas in pairs for 3 minutes
The whole group will share out ideas for 5 minutesSlide7
Our online assignmentsSlide8
RhondaFailed Discussion Board Sample Slide9
Discussion Board: Student ResponseSlide10
Rhonda’s strategies for improving discussion participation
Discussion board norms
In-class modeling of Reading Apprenticeship routine (ReQuest)Slide11
ReQuest Discussion Board (adapted from RFU 213)
Each of you will prepare questions you have about the reading assignment from
The Handmaid’s Tale
.
One person will post his or her question to the discussion board and call on another specific group member to answer it. (I will assign the first person to post a question)
The answering group member must provide both the answer and the textual evidence for the question.
After answering,, the rest of the group should respond: Do you agree with the evidence? Why? Can you add any other evidence that either supports or complicates the answer?
Once everyone has responded, the group member who originally answered the question gets to post his or her own question, call on another group member to respond, and the process begins again.
There will be only two rounds of the process for each week. This means the second respondent should be prepared to post a question the following week.Slide12
ReQuest: Student Response
New Comment:
Feb. 18
Madison
: I have a question! They took Offred and Luke’s daughter away, but what gives them the right? You can’t take someone’s child from them! I pick David.
New Comment:
Feb. 18
David
: Well I don’t think it is answered straight out in the book. But it is a new government. It says on page 174 That after they overthrew the existing government they “Suspended the Constitution.” This means that they don’t have to follow the rules people followed before. I guess they can just create new rules.
Reply
Feb. 19
Annie
: I want to know if Luke is still alive!
Reply
Feb. 19
David
: We have to finish discussing the first question.Slide13
ReQuest: Student Response cont.
New Comment:
Feb. 20
Annie
: Sorry…David has a good point. I mean they can make up whatever rules they want to now. They can make it their right to take a person’s kid and we can’t do anything about it.
New Comment:
Feb. 21
Kayley
: Like we do it now. We take kids away from people because they are being hurt physically and mentally. The new government is just adding spiritual abuse to it. They don’t say that exactly but they do say that Luke’s marriage is a sin because it’s his second marriage and this really just makes Offred or whatever her real name is, a loose woman. If this is a sin, they can say they are protecting the kid.
New Comment:
Feb. 23
Joe
: whoa! I think we might be headed this way today in real life. Look at how everything in politics is about god and my girlfriend gets really mad whenever they talk about abortion.Slide14
ReQuest: Student Response cont.
Reply:
Feb. 23
Annie
: She should be mad! Look at those states that try to make the girl feel guilty about choosing to terminate a pregnancy. It’s scary and you might be right about heading that direction. Maybe that is part of the reason this book was written. A warning.
New Comment:
Feb. 24
Madison
: I guess we have to move forward now. David you ask a question and choose someone.Slide15
LeoPreparing with notetaker assignments
My online Reading Apprenticeship routines:
The Final Word
Look at the Foote Article Note-taker in the packet. I used the following routines for prep:
3 Golden Lines
Reading Strategies List
Think/Pair/Share
Look at the Author Roleplay Notetaker in the packet. I used a Freewrite for prep.Slide16
Author Roleplay Think/Pair
Maddie (as Carter) Mar 1 "Radio Host Is Suspended Over Racial Remarks"
I, Bill Carter, wrote this article about the aftermath of Don Imus's remarks. I am a middle-aged white guy which means I have a lot of privileges that would make it hard for one to read my article unbiasedly. I was not personally targeted by Imus's remarks, but it does not mean that I support them. I despise men like him who perpetuate racism. I believe that he is only doing publicity stunts to save his own a**. As a journalist for the New York Times, I am supposed to be as unbiased as possible, but I found a loophole.
The structure of my article is in a way that subtly gives my point-of-view. I start off by explaining the situation and the punishments. The majority of my information talks about negative views of Imus and how most people want him to be fired. No where do I state any condoning of his actions. I also explained that the reason Imus appeared on Sharpton's show was only to "stave off calls for his resignation." I mentioned how he attempted to apologize (not saying that he did) for the families of the Rutgers players. I also mention his "apology" of "I understand there's no excuse for it. I'm not pretending that there is. I wish I hadn't said it." A careful reader can see that Imus does not in fact apologize, but instead wishes his words had not caused him all this trouble. My final and favorite structural note was on the last two lines of the article. Imus says, "I'm scathed. Are you crazy? How am I unscathed by this? Don't you think I'm humiliated?" This is the true point where we see that Imus is only focused on his own reputation. I end the last line with Sharpton's response of "You're not as humiliated as young black women are." Excuse me while I go get some ice for that amazing BURN!
#CarterOutSlide17
Author Roleplay continued
Michael (as Tatum) Reply
@Bill Carter Do you think if Imus was a black male, the issue would have been less controversial or stayed the same? what about if he was a white female? or black female?
#askingtherealquestionsSlide18
Author Roleplay continued
Maddie (as Carter) Reply
You are putting me in a rough position. Like I stated before, I am in the dominant group of society, so I am probably ignorant on a lot of these racial issues.
If Imus was a black male, the issue would still be a big deal, but less about race and more about the rude comment he is making. "Nappy-headed" is derogatory and still highly offensive to black people. I understand that in rap culture, black men use the "n" word often. In our culture, it is less offensive in this case than when a white person calls a black person that horrific word. I feel that the same would be true for a black person calling the girls "nappy-headed." It may be less of a racial and sexist comment if the ethnicity and sex of the speaker is different. Regardless of your ethnicity or gender, it is still an insult and is highly unprofessional.
Thank you for your question.Slide19
Author Roleplay continued
Michael (as random commenter) Reply
@BillNyeNOTtheScienceGuy
I agree that it is highly unprofessional, but I believe that if Imus was a black male that the comment he made would be overlooked and considered as a joke, not as an insult.
#ScienceRules!Slide20
Author Roleplay continued
Michael (as Tatum) Posting
"The Complexity of Identity"
Howdy, My name is Beverly Daniel Tatum and I wrote an article about "The Complexity of Identity". That our identity is not one-dimensional but rather multi-dimensional. The creation of our identity usually begins during puberty where the maturation of cognitive abilities, and changing societal expectations. There are many factors that play a role in creating our identity; gender, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, physical and/or mental abilities.
In my psychology class, I did a little experiment where I asked my students to finish the sentence "I AM ____" using as many descriptors they can think of in sixty seconds. What I found was that students of color usually mention their ethnicity, women usually mention being female while men rarely mention their maleness. If a person is a part of the dominant group the category is usually not mentioned. That element of their identity is taken for granted by them because it is taken for granted by the dominant culture. Our dominant features usually escape our attention because our subordinate features are what other people notice and are reflected back to us. But when we think about our multiple identities, most of us would find that we are both dominant and subordinate at the same time. Considering what systems of privilege you may be overlooking and building alliances between each identity might ultimately free us all.Slide21
Author Roleplay Continued
Maddie (as random commenter) Reply
@TatumsBeverlyHills "what systems of privilege you may be overlooking and building alliances between each identity might ultimately free us all." #deep
@TheNotSoSexyTatum is it really "deep"? If white people realize they're white and "build alliances" between them being extremely wealthy and educated, then I don't think that any freedom will come from that.Slide22
Author Roleplay continued
Michael (as random commenter) Reply
@BillCalmDown wealth and education can be changed, although It's not always easy. But gender, sexual orientation and race cannot be changed. A black person can become wealthy and educated but he/she can never changed race. When building alliances what I mean is that we should overlook our differences and instead be the best we can be to help each other in society.
@BillCalmDown people see both, the dominant and the subordinate feature. But because that category, the dominant part, of their identity is taken for granted by the dominant culture, people take it for granted as well. Where as we see our subordinate features as imperfections, it sets us apart as exceptional or "other" in their eyes.
#ALLLIVESMATTER #BOOMSlide23
Continuing issues
We noticed several issues that we need to consider as we revise our assignments. We also had some pleasant surprises.
Timely posting
Made assignments too complicated or too broad
Difficulty reading or following assignment sheets
Getting students to do the preparation
Getting students to do the sustained prewriting on their own
It makes sense in the classroom but not at home.Slide24
Discussion and Sharing
Go back to the idea of an online discussion for your class
Get into groups of 3 or 4
Spend about 5 minutes discussing some ideas for a strategy you might try that could make your online discussion more interactive
Share your thoughts with the rest of us!Slide25
Reading Apprenticeship routines can be adapted to a variety of contexts, subjects and preferences!Slide26
Thank You!
Contact us:
Leo Hopcroft
LHopcroft@whatcom.ctc.edu
Rhonda Daniels
RDaniels@whatcom.ctc.edu