Tuesday, July 17 [Day 7]

Reaction sheets from day 6

Morning Reflections: Day 6 Reading Key Takeaways

Emily Plummer: Student Journalism and the Philly School Media Network

Journal Groups

Lunch

Lynne Strieb: Descriptive Review of Student Work

Curating, Planning, and Reflecting: Looking Ahead to the Fall

Reflections and Wrap-up

Goals

Consider how students can engage in writing for public audiences by exploring example work from Philly School Media Network
Use descriptive review processes to examine teacher and student work, supporting each other to improve and enhance lessons, prompts for writing, assignments, and assessments
Demonstrate how primary sources can support at least one teaching strategy (for example, literacy, inquiry-based learning, historical thinking, etc.)
Create a primary source-based activity that helps students engage in learning, develop critical thinking skills and construct knowledge

Breakstone, J., Wineburg, S., & Smith, M. (2015). Formative assessment using Library of Congress documents. Social Education, 79(4), 178-182.
Pahl, K. H., & Rowsell, J. (2011). Artifactual critical literacy: A new perspective for literacy education. Berkeley Review of Education, 2(2), 129-151.
Carini, P. F. (2000). A letter to parents and teachers on some ways of looking at and reflecting on children. In M. Himley, P. Carini, & Prospect Archives and Center for Education and Research (Eds.), From another angle: Children's strengths and school standards: The Prospect Center's descriptive review of the child (pp. 56-64). New York: Teachers College Press.
Carini, P. F. (2007, March). The descriptive review of works. North Bennington, VT: The Prospect Archives and Center for Education and Research.
Carini, P. F. (2008). Descriptive review of children’s works: Guidelines for describing written works. Adapted from guidelines for Prospect Fall Conference, 2008.