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Collaborative Academic Conversations Professional Development Session 4 Fall 2013

Collaborative Academic Conversations Professional Development Session 4 Fall 2013. Collaborative Academic Conversations. Meeting 2: Session 4 Characteristics of productive talk 5 Conversation Skills: description and examples. Meeting 3: Session 5. Meeting 1: Sessions 1-3 .

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Collaborative Academic Conversations Professional Development Session 4 Fall 2013

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  1. Collaborative Academic ConversationsProfessional DevelopmentSession 4Fall 2013

  2. Collaborative Academic Conversations • Meeting 2: Session 4 • Characteristics of productive talk • 5 Conversation Skills: description and examples Meeting 3: Session 5 Meeting 1: Sessions 1-3 Meeting 4: Session 6

  3. Big Idea: Collaborative academic conversations empower students to communicate well in a variety of situations. Essential Questions: • What 21st century collaboration skills are needed to sustain purposeful conversations and to enable students to be successful members of society? • How do we move students beyond “talk” to academic conversations?

  4. Reflect on Classroom Norms Think about the first few weeks of school so far and the norms for classroom conversations you established before the first day. What have been the positives with establishing and maintaining norms in your classroom? What have been the challenges? What changes still need to be made? Brainstorm and then share with your colleagues. Page 4

  5. Reflect on Classroom Norms Think about the first few weeks of school so far and the norms for classroom conversations you established before the first day. What have been the positives with establishing and maintaining norms in your classroom? What have been the challenges? What changes still need to be made? Share with your colleagues.

  6. Types of Conversations • Read “Accelerating Oral Language with Academic Conversations” paragraphs 1-6 and answer the questions on page 5. • Key questions: • According to Zwiers, what makes conversations ‘Academic”? • According to the researchers, what challenges did students face when starting academic conversations?

  7. What was the main point of the article? In your group, come to consensus and synthesize the main point of the article so far.

  8. Jigsaw Reading Read the assigned skill description from pages 13-37. • Elaborate and Clarify (p. 13-15) • Support Ideas with Examples (p. 16-21) • Build on or Challenge Partner’s Ideas (p. 22-25) • Paraphrase (p. 26-28) • Synthesize Conversation Points (p. 29-30) classroom application benefits purpose

  9. Complete the Comparison/Contrast Matrix for your skill

  10. Comparison/Contrast Matrix

  11. Between now and then… • Read the remaining 4 Conversation Skills from today’s reading • Introduce ONE new Conversation Skill each week and provide ample opportunities for students to practice • Be prepared to share: • What have been the successes in implementing academic conversations in your classroom? • What have been the challenges? • What changes still need to be made?

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