{"id":58,"date":"2015-02-28T02:18:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T02:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/melissaramon\/?p=58"},"modified":"2015-02-28T02:18:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T02:18:28","slug":"action-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/melissaramon\/2015\/02\/28\/action-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ok, so I’ve been quite brutal at the blogging thing recently, but it finally floated to the top of the to-do list.<\/p>\n

So here’s what I’m working on.<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

28 students (2 classes) with open minds<\/p>\n

28 different novels of varying genres<\/p>\n

Various bits of EdTech in the form of blogs, software, etc.<\/p>\n

A pinch of Big Questions<\/p>\n

A large handful of Collaboration<\/p>\n

A dollop of Global Communication through WorldVuze<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Ask each student to produce a poster of their 5 favourite novels they’ve ever read to be posted in the classroom on the Book Club wall for their peers’ reference. \u00a0This will serve as a benchmark for me in terms of their preferences and previous experience\/enjoyment\/level of reading. \u00a0It also serves and an entry point into the conversation about great books.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Have each student take lots of time in the library “dating” several novels. \u00a0Encourage them to read the back covers, skim a few chapters, read online reviews and explore the Book Club wall for inspiration. \u00a0Get help from the library staff in terms of recommendations for various genres and authors. \u00a0Encourage the boys to welcome a challenging read if they’re up to it.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0(Design Thinking) 100 Ideas in 10 minutes from www.notosh.com.<\/a>\u00a0 Question: \u00a0Instead of doing a Book Report or the classic Comprehension Questions, how can you document your relationship with your book? \u00a0Students worked collaboratively to come up with different ways they could communicate, including a poster series, website creation, blogs, movie trailers and many more.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Provide lots of time for the students to read and work through their reading Journeys (that’s the phrase our\u00a0librarian coined to encompass all the different projects).<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0Ask students to periodically blog answers to Big Questions posed by teachers. \u00a0These are generally questions about huge themes that come up in literature and\/or asking students to relate their lives and thoughts to their characters and books.<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0Have students collaborate (in teams) to build vocabulary banks and share with the class. \u00a0It’s been great to see a larger diversity in the vocabulary they are sharing because the words are drawn from such diverse texts!<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0Engage in a global conversation via www.worldvuze.com<\/a> . \u00a0We’re planning to put the question out to the world: \u00a0“What is your favourite novel?” \u00a0We would like to compile a list of international suggestions for the boys to consider as future reads, as well as having a dialogue about the differences and similarities in their reading to other students around the world. \u00a0(Extension) Those who finish their novels in good time can read one from the international recommendations list. \u00a0Then they can do some comparing of the two books and engage in a conversation.<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0(Design Thinking) Students will be given a challenge to solve the problem of how does a grade 7 choose a good book? \u00a0How do they get good recommendations? \u00a0I am planning to do some of the design process with them to clarify the problem and work through solutions. \u00a0It should be an exciting way to finish a modern-style novel study. \u00a0The products of their work can then be used by library staff in the future and\/or used in the Middle School.<\/p>\n

Result? \u00a0Hopefully a spicy and original adventure in Language Arts that inspires the boys to read for fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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