Collaborative+Group+Work+and+Literacy+Groups


 * Essential Questions**
 * How can we use group work (i.e. literacy groups) to engage and academically challenge all students?
 * What are some practical ideas teachers can use to begin group work?
 * How can we make group work purposeful in the classroom?
 * How can group establishment and group roles lead to student discourse and engagement?
 * What are some key ideas to think about when using group work as a daily part of classroom pedagogy?


 * Work Session 1:**
 * Divide participants into 2 groups.
 * Participants peruse Literacy Group Roles.
 * Group participants discuss the Literacy Group Roles and assign roles to group members.

Literacy Group Roles

__Summarizer:__ The Summarizer’s job is to note the main idea of the reading, with a few key details. S/he begins the discussion by sharing a summary of the text, to which others may add.

__Literary Luminary:__ The Literary Luminary focuses on new or important vocabulary used in the reading. His/Her job is to investigate the meaning of those terms in the context of the reading (using a dictionary, if it helps).

__Passage Master:__ The Passage Master marks three or four sections from the reading that express significant or intriguing ideas. S/he reads each passage to the group and comments on why it seems important.

__Artful Artist:__ The Artful Artist takes an idea from the text and presents it in a visual way. S/he may choose to do a drawing or to organize new informational graphically (e.g., a flow chart, diagram, etc.).

__Discussion Director:__ The Discussion Director generates three or four questions about the text that are likely to spark a discussion. The Discussion Director maintains the flow of the entire discussion by making sure that each of the other participants presents his/her role with time for follow-up questions and comments. The discussion questions are usually discussed last.

__Vocabulary Connector:__ Your job is to find words that are interesting, new, important, or used in unusual ways. Remember to indicate where these words can be found in the text so we can discuss how they are used in context.


 * Work Session 2:**
 * Assign each group the reading that they will uses to conduct a literacy circle: http://pdingt.pbworks.com/f/From+PD+to+Prof+Lrng.pdf
 * Group members read their articles.
 * __Literacy Group__: Groups conduct literacy groups using their roles to discuss their readings.
 * Have each group highlight the main ideas of their literacy group discussion to share with the entire group, using the 3-2-1 low-stakes writing. (List 3 things you found interesting, 2 things you connected with, and 1 question you still have.)

Exit ticket-- Answer one of the essential questions on a notecard.
 * Workshop Closing:**