Stevi Quate and John McDermott Falcon, CO March 2011
Stevi Quate and John McDermott
Falcon, CO
March 2011
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Slab of stone and cynical teacher
Be present
Take care of your needs
Build community
How does a slab of marble inform
us about motivating and
engaging the students of a
burned out, cynical teacher?
Group norms
Share the air space
Stay focused on the
task
Look like a group
Animoto
Caring
Classroom
Community
Checking In/
Checking
Out
Challenge
Collaboration Choice Celebration
Expert in one C
Determine
teaching
points and
a
metaphorSlab of stone and cynical teacher
Group norms
Share the air space
Stay focused on the
task
Look like a group
How does a
slab of marble
inform us
about
motivating and
engaging the
students of a
burned out,
cynical
teacher?
Quick review
Focus on your C
Why art? What role does art
play in our lives?
Assessment
Gallery Walk:
Wonderings/Questions
Read and Pose Questions
Types of questions
Literal – right there in text
Inferential – with a bit more
background, we can figure it out
Applied – your life experiences alone will
answer
Building background
knowledge
And now?
Why art? What role does art
play in our lives?
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Debrief
After checking out the text, we:
Activated background knowledge
Asked questions
Built background knowledge
Synthesized
All within the framework of the 6 Cs
Tonight
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Read and highlight the text selection
Record on index cards (one “A” per index card):
○ Agree: One thing with which you agree
○ Argue: One thing with which you might argue
○ Aspire: One thing to which you aspire
Three A’s Plus One
Individually:
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Three A’s Plus One
Share Agreement cards one at a time without
commenting on them; place all four cards on table
A offers a summarizing paraphrase for cards on
the table
Then, A leads an inquiry with quartet into values
and beliefs associated with their choices
Quartets:
• Letter off A-D
Round 1:
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Three A’s Plus One
Repeat process of sharing cards one at a
time and placing on table
B leads paraphrasing and inquiry for
Argument cards (Round 2)
C leads paraphrasing and inquiry for
Aspiration cards (Round 3)
Rounds 2 & 3:
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Three A’s Plus OneRound 4:
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• Individually, record one last card:
“AHA”: A personal insight or new perception
• Share “AHA” cards one at a time without
commenting on them; place on table
• D leads paraphrasing and inquiry for “AHA”
cards
Culminating Project
Summarize our two days together