If you've been to any professional development over the summer, chances are, you've heard about an activity called "Keep it or Junk it". And if you haven't, relax, you'll probably be hearing about it when you head back to school. I heard about it a few weeks ago at Maryland's statewide Educator Effectiveness Academy. Three days later, my principal asked me to present it during PD our first week back. So, I did what any good educator does: I Googled it. To my dismay there wasn't a lot of information about it except the original online video that was shown at training. Because I do believe that it's a good Common Core-friendly activity, I did some digging and gathered some information to share. I've also included the Power Point for my presentation and the link to the video.
'Keep it or Junk it" is a 'close' reading activity that...
- encourages critical thinking.
- helps students grasp a deeper meaning from the text.
- is student led.
- provides practice analyzing & arguing evidence.
- emphasizes the use of language to express ideas.
- easily extends to writing an essay and putting thoughts in writing.
- incorporates collaboration and group work.
- encourages participation and engagement.
- is perfect for Science and Social Studies as well as ELA.
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