Task 3: View “A Crash Course in Academic Language”—a Prezi presentation (Essential Questions B)
Pre-Posting – The Prezi presentation is a review of the different
components that make up academic language. View the presentation while
taking notes. Pay close attention to:
- What is meant by language
function
- What is meant by lexicon
- What is meant by discourse
- What is meant by syntax
- What is meant by language
supports
Posting – There are six (6) major areas on the edTPA that need to be
addressed (Language Demand Objective(s); Prior Academic Language Development;
Language Function; Content Specific Vocab (lexicon); Syntax, Discourse, and
language supports. As a group you will create several graphic
clarifying tables for the essential areas of the Academic Language Demands
section on the edTPA. Together on a shared Google Doc you will be invited
to explore each of these areas in depth and to take up, together, the important
work of coming to a better understanding of these concepts. This
will essentially be a working document as you all work together to develop a
tool to help you determine what needs to be represented in each area. I
encourage each of you to print this document off after it is completed to use
when working on your edTPA. Each person must contribute to EACH
area. I expect each person to contribute at least one
sentence/thought/idea to each area. IMPORTANT: Each person MUST
CLEARLY IDENTIFY THEIR WORK BY PUTTING THEIR NAME UNDER “AUTHOR”.
Together, as a group, you will go to the Google
Link below and do the following:
- Define: Each member of the
group will provide a definition from a different source or area of the
edTPA. The first member to start the process will copy/paste the
definition from the edTPA glossary. Group member number two (whoever is
the second person within the group to work on this document) will look
within the pages of the edTPA to find what is said about this concept (It
is located in the Planning Commentary section, usually around pg. 12).
Group members #3 & #4 will find outside sources to define the
concept. Group members #3 & #4 will need to cite their source
and give the link to the source.
- List the core ideas—a summary
statement of the definition.
- List the clarifiers or critical
attributes that explicate the concept.
- Brainstorm for knowledge
connections—personal links from prior knowledge.
- Give an example of the concept;
link to clarifiers, “Why is this an example of _______?”
- Construct a sentence that shows
you know.
Below you will find an example of the contents
for a clarifying table. In this table the author is defining the word:
Satire.
Term:
SATIRE
Core
Idea: Any Work That Uses Wit to
Attack Foolishness
Clarifiers
• Can be oral or written.
• Ridicule or expose vice in
a clever way.
• Can include irony
exaggeration, name-calling, understatement.
• Are
usually based on a real person or event.
Example
A story that exposes the acts
of corrupt politicians by making fun of them
Example
sentence
Charles Dickens used satire to expose the problems of common
folks in working-class England.
Knowledge
Connections
• Political cartoons on the
editorial pages of our paper.
• Stories TV comics tell to
make fun of the President—like Saturday Night Live.
• My mom's humor at dinner time!
Group #1 Google Doc
link
Group #2 Google Doc
Link
Group #3 Google Doc
Link
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