Reminder you will be building your own credit at the close of this event. Each session will count 1.2 hours towards your credit. You will collect certificates throughout the event to submit in MyLearningPlan at the conclusion of reIGNITE 2019. Digital Sessions will require the Digital Learning Artifact: bit.ly/jcpsdlcartifact.
Note: If you are attending with your PLC members you might consider signing up for the same reIGNITE Calibration session (Learn 1) so that you can have common language in the coming year.
Target Audience: Middle and high school English teachers
Learning Objectives & Rationale: Participants will: — take a fresh look at analyzing theme and character development in a text using scientific inquiry and data visualization. — review best practices for facilitating this instructional strategy. — consider how to apply this strategy in their own classrooms.
What sounds like a science experiment is actually a technique that makes literary analysis a concrete process leading to deeper understanding of complex texts. Participants will learn how to use scientific inquiry and data visualization to help students analyze the development of characters and themes within texts, write arguments to support claims with textual evidence, and present those claims and findings (RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, W.1, SL.4) while strengthening skills for life success such as critical thinking, collaboration, and communication.
When we can make data from the text visual, we facilitate deeper analysis and engagement.
Modalities/Implementation Practices: Participants will experience the process as learners, review how this method was used with English II students, and consider how they might use this strategy with their own students.
