apprenticing adolescents into the language of our discipline
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Apprenticing Adolescents Into The Language Of Our
DisciplineAcademic Language and the Common Core
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Purpose of this Session
“I realized I needed to stop telling students the meaning of important words and ideas in my English class. And, academic language, for us, hasn’t been about looking up unknown vocabulary or me telling students how to understand the text. To me, it became a way of guiding students towards a critical understanding of how language is used in texts and then helping them mimic what authors do—use intentional language to convey powerful ideas.”
Sarah10th Grade English Teacher
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Purpose of this Session
Participants will be able to:• Identify the academic language demands of the
NY 9-12 ELA curriculum modules.• Determine which academic language to scaffold
for students.• Identify and design teaching practices that
support adolescent ownership of academic language.
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Agenda for this Session
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Topic Time
Academic language and Module 11.1 10 Minutes
Identifying the words to teach 35 minutes
Analyzing a lesson/deepening vocabulary instruction
35 minutes
Reflection and Closing 5 minutes
Academic Language• Knowledge of the language of a discipline is
necessary for student success in a subject.• Words work differently in different disciplines
(e.g., “function,”)• Each discipline has their own set of words to
represent their valued concepts and literacy processes.
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Module 11.1: O What a Noble Mind is Here O’erthrown!”
Unit 1 “My Last Duchess”
by Robert Browning
(6 Lessons)
Unit 2Hamlet by
William Shakespeare
(24 Lessons)
Unit 3“A Room of One’s
Own” by Virginia Woolf
(9 Lessons)
• Key skills: reading closely, learning vocabulary through context, annotating, using evidence in writing and discussion.
• Introduces students to literary and nonfictions texts
• Provides students opportunities to practice independent writing assessments
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Focus on Knowledge of Language
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• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how
language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Focus on Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
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• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and
multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 11–12 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word
relationships, and nuances in word meanings.• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.6
Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level.
How to Build Academic Language
• Make It Intentional Select high-leverage, meaningful vocabulary for explicit,
student-centered, instruction.• Make It Transparent
Make vocabulary instruction explicit through effective questioning, modeling, and instruction that builds understanding of the word AND the text.
• Make It Useable Provide regular opportunities for students to practice with
high-leverage vocabulary in writing tasks and in discussion about text.
• Make It Personal Provide a volume, and variety of independent reading that
includes both fiction and non-fiction texts.
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MAKING IT INTENTIONAL: IDENTIFYING THE WORDS TO TEACH
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Two Aspects of VocabularyContext
Words students can figure out from content Words for which the definition needs to be
provided
Amount of Instructional Time Words that need more time: abstract, have
multiple meanings, and/or are a part of a word family
Words that need less time: concrete or describe events/processes/ideas/concepts/experiences that are familiar to students
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“My Last Duchess” (Sample)
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These words merit less time and attention
These words merit more time and attention
Meaning Can be Determined from Context
dowryterrace
designlessoned object
Meaning Needs to Be Provided
forsoothmunificence
warrant
Misconception Alert!
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• License to ignore some words doesn’t mean ignore ALL words.
• Select words critical to understanding the text.• Select words critical to the disciplinary
thinking we do with text.
• Spending time on words doesn’t mean copying dictionary definitions• Commit to text-based word work
Try This: Text Analysis• Vocabulary Analysis of A Room of One’s Own
Read the excerpt. Annotate for vocabulary words potentially
challenging to your students. Share your list with a partner. In pairs, prioritize your words by placing your
annotated words on the blank Academic Vocabulary Quadrant Chart.
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MAKING IT TRANSPARENT AND USEFUL: ANALYZING A LESSON
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How to Build Academic Language
Make it Intentional • Select high-leverage, meaningful vocabulary for explicit,
yet student-centered, instruction Make it Transparent
• Make vocabulary instruction explicit through effective questioning, modeling, and instruction that builds understanding of the word AND the text.
Make it Useable • Provide regular opportunities for students to practice with
high-leverage vocabulary in writing tasks and in discussion about text.
Make It Personal• Provide a volume, and variety of independent reading that
includes both fiction and non-fiction texts.
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Transparent Approaches• Effective questioning of the language in
the text:• Open-ended• Text-dependent • Analyzes word relationships
• Explicit modeling of textual analysis.
MISCONCEPTION ALERTS: Questioning and modeling aren’t “transmitting.” Students must
do the work of learning.
(Marzano & Pickering 2005; Nagy, 1989; Nagy & Scott, 2000; Paribakht & Wesche, 1997)
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Useable Approaches• Using high-leverage vocabulary in writing
tasks Quick write prompts, collaborative writing tasks,
assessments• Use high-leverage vocabulary in
discussion tasks• Discuss language use
MISCONCEPTION ALERTS: Writing and talking about vocabulary does not mean writing and reciting definitions. Use vocabulary to think,
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Try This: Looking at Instruction
• Look at the sample lesson 11.1.3 Lesson 1 in your packet.
• Read the lesson, looking for examples of transparent and useful practices.
• Talk with a partner: What did you notice about the intentional selection
of high-leverage vocabulary? How was instruction transparent using questioning
and modeling to support students? How was writing and discussion used to provide
students with opportunities to use high-leverage vocabulary?
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Try This: Adapting CurriculumWork with a partner to design additional vocabulary learning for this excerpt.• Make it Intentional: What other high-leverage,
meaningful vocabulary could be selected for explicit, student-centered instruction?
• Make it Transparent: How else could you use effective questioning and modeling to build understanding of the word AND the text?
• Make it Useable: How else could you provide opportunities for students to practice with new vocabulary in writing tasks and in discussion about text?
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MAKING IT PERSONAL: SUPPORTING A VOLUME OF INDEPENDENT READING
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Personal Approaches: Accountable Independent
Reading• Build a volume of reading
Fiction and non-fiction, variety of self-selected texts
• Create a culture of independent reading Low impact, accountable, routine
MISCONCEPTION ALERT: Independent doesn’t mean unaccountable. Have students discuss texts with the CCSS.
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Reflection and Closing
• How will you use these materials to support student academic language development?
• What actions should you take or not take to support your students’ academic language in high school ELA classrooms?
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References• Anderson, R. C. & Nagy, W. E. (1991).Word meanings. In R. Barr, M. L. Kamil, P. B. Mosenthal, & P. D. Pearson (Eds.), Handbook of reading research (Vol. 2, pp. 690–724). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.• Antonacci, P. A. & O’ Callaghan, C. M. (2011). Developing Content Area Literacy: 40 Strategies for Middle and Secondary Classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.• Armbruster, B. B. (1992). Vocabulary in content area lessons. The Reading Teacher, 45(7), 550–551.• Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G. & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction. New York: The Guilford Press.• Marzano, R.J., & Pickering. D.J. (2005). Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher’s Manual. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.• Nagy, W. E. (1988). Teaching vocabulary to improve comprehension. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.• Nagy,W. E., & Scott, J. A. (2000). Vocabulary processes. In M. Kamil, P. B. Mosenthal, P. D. Pearson, & R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of reading research (Vol. 3, pp. 269–284). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.• Stahl, S.A. (1998). Vocabulary Development. Cambridge, MA: Brookline.
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