September 16, 2013--Introduction/LDC Rollout

Agenda

LDC Brainstorming Guide

LDC in Action

LDC Introductory PowerPoint

October 10, 2013--Introduction to LDC:  Session 2--Tasks, Texts, and Tools

Agenda

Tasks, Texts, and Tools PowerPoint

Industrial Revolution Exemplar

Checklist for Tasks

Checklist for Texts

Module Planning Tool (created by Carol Franks)

LDC--Good to Go?  or Oh, No!



October 29, 2013--Introduction to LDC:  Session 3--Tasks, Texts, and Tools


Agenda

Module Creator Tutorials--YouTube Page

LDC--Quality Tasks

Socratic Seminar--Teaching Channel

Doug Fisher--Close Reading and CCSS Part 1

Doug Fisher--Close Reading and CCSS Part 2

November 20, 2013--Introduction to LDC:  Session 4--Instructional Ladder

Agenda
Powerpoint
Close Reading & CCSS (Aspen Institute)
Text Dependent Questions & CCSS (Aspen Institute)
Text Dependent Question Worksheet (Aspen Institute)
Basal Review Worksheet (Aspen Institute)
Link to all Aspen Institute Materials
Probable Passage Vocabulary
Probable Passage Key
NSA Article
Close Reading--US Weighs Spying
Socratic Seminar Instructions

March 26, 2014--Session 5
Instructional Ladder:  Transition to Writing and Writing Process

Agenda

PowerPoint

Writer's Craft PowerPoint

Writer's Craft 3 Column Chart

Writer's Craft Text Features

Writer's Craft Evidence

Socratic Seminar Instructions

Economics Module:  Original

Economics Module:  Revised

Blank LDC Argumentation Module Template (Word Document)

Blank LDC Informational Module Template (Word Document)

LDC Module Planning Tool (created by Carol Franks)

Socratic Seminar Numbers

Socratic Seminar Roles

Socratic Seminar Comment Counter