Advanced Summer Institute August 3, 2015 Breakout Session:

Advanced Summer Institute August 3, 2015 Breakout Session: Genre Craft and Structure with Denise Leograndis

1 GENRE Craft and Structure

PLEASE SIT AT GRADE LEVEL TABLES 2 SESSION OUTCOMES 1. Grow our understanding of genre through

various avenues and the CCSS lenses of craft and structure. 2. Practice inquiry, internalize by doing - add to our instructional strategies for inquirystyle learning. 3. Identify craft and structure in student work.

AGENDA 9:30 welcome, intros, norms, etc., Macs, agenda 9:45 KW of KWL: graffiti wall/3 part charts 10:00 from the world 10:15 from Framework and standards and on GRID

10:30 BREAK 10:45 Inquiry, GRR - Genre: craft and structure sheet 11:30 LUNCH 12:30 Inquiry, cont. 1:00 - Text type sort: literary/informational: Framework 1:00 Student work: what does the writer understand?

(pg 642, Vermont collaborative) 1:30 Planning time 2:15 L of KWL, graffiti wall, 3rd part of charts Norms, Business 1. Cell phone check

2. Safe & risk-taking learning environment 3. Air time 4. Grade-level partners & working with your partner 5. PPT and handouts will go on our webpage: www.scusd.edu/ela

K, W, L GENRE - definition genre ZHnr/ noun: genre; plural noun: genres a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature,

characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. synonyms: category, class, classification, group, set, list What does talk about genre out in the world sound like?

Music Literature Film Art Food

What does the California ELA/ELD Framework say about genre? What do the

California CCSS ELA Standards say about genre, about structure and craft?