Discourse is essential to making student thinking visible and is a prerequisite to supporting students to make claims and share their perspectives. It is within the structures of discourse and debate that we can promote student-centered literacy practices and support students with the development of comprehension and critical thinking skills. In this virtual workshop, participants will define how providing students with the skills to engage in effective and productive discourse and defense can raise the rigor of our literacy instruction and promote student ownership, explore strategies for discourse that promote the development of key reading and comprehension skills, and build a vision for implementation of select strategies to use in upcoming lessons.
I plan high-quality 3-8 lessons for all research-based components of literacy instruction (Word Study, Writing, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension) that maintain high expectations for student performance.
