Exploring Author's Voice Using Jane Addams Award-Winning Books
Review Publish Date: 2021-03-26 08:01:58
Reviewer: INFOhio Reviewer
Rubric Version: Reviews Review Rubric Version 0.92
Endorsements
Flexible Learning Endorsement |
Summary:
Usability
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Expectations
Flexibility and Adaptability
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Expectations
Inclusive Teaching
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Research-Based Strategies
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Expectations
Usability : 3/6 Top
a. Materials follow Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
b. Material(s) are not overly resource intense that would require consistent high-speed internet access, such as large video files and multiple high-resolution photos.
Reviewer Notes: Great blend of hybrid learning opportunities c. The visual design of materials is clean and coherent, lending itself to ease of learning.
Flexibility and Adaptability: 4/6 Top
d. Materials are flexible to allow students to access and complete work online or offline as needed.
Reviewer Notes: Great blend of hybrid learning opportunities e. Materials can support and/or facilitate learning in hybrid and/or online delivery methods.
f. Teacher supports, documentation, and/or guides for effective use are present.
Reviewer Notes: Indrisano, R., & Paratore, J.R. (2005). Learning to write, writing to learn: Theory and research in practice. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
A helpful first step to developing an understanding of voice is to identify and distinguish other authors' voices. Examining the author's voice in model texts is one of the best techniques to use with students.
Spandel, V. (2005). Creating writers through 6-trait writing assessment and instruction, (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Voice is like verbal fingerprints that a writer imprints on the page. It is a mix of individuality, confidence, engagement with the topic, and reader rapport, and something that keeps the reader reading.
Inclusive Teaching: 3/6 Top
g. Content is presented with an objective view on topic and is free of bias.
h. Content creates student experiences that enable all children to reach empowering and rigorous learning outcomes regardless of their race or income.
Reviewer Notes: Students are allowed choice in their learning outcome by producing one of several products to showcase their learning. i. Content cultivates an awareness and acceptance of a variety of ages, cultures, races, religions, and gender roles and identities.
Research-Based Strategies: 6/14 Top
j. Content builds on prior learning
Reviewer Notes: Great resources, including H Diagram, Book notes sheet, on-task checklist k. Content leads to further learning by gradually removing supports and requiring advanced skills and concepts.
Reviewer Notes: Students actively take notes throughout the process. Students gather book titles from reputable websites. l. Content provides for authentic learning, application of literacy skills, student-directed inquiry, analysis, evaluation and/or reflection.
m. Content engages students through discussion questions and other supports that build toward independence.
n. Uses technology and media to deepen learning and engage students.
o. Content includes options for differentiation to meet needs of all learners.
p. Instructional approaches used are reflective of best practices and research on what works in education.
Reviewer Notes: Common Core Standards are noted, as well as:NCTE/IRA NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
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Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
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Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.
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Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
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Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
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Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
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Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
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Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and nonprint texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.
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Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
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Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles.
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Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
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Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information). |
Usability
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Inclusive Teaching
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