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Ms Hernandez Speer's Block 1 ELA Class 04.29.2020 Noon

Author: Ms. Hernandez-Speer

Contract and Course Outline: ELL/ELA Cycle 4, 2019 -2020

Teachers:
Jessica Hernandez-Speer [email protected]
Paul Allison [email protected]

If Beale Street Could Talk - Part 1 on NowComment

DMU Timestamp: April 27, 2020 21:40

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 9:56AM) : Angelina was ready to talk about the first part of James Baldwin's novel, "If Beale Street Could Talk." In the morning before this conversation, she had spent some time reading and annotating the text on NowCopmment. more

It’s as if she had practiced what she was about to say now. And it it was both talk back to the book and having a dialogue with Idrissa, another student in our class who had also been annotating.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 6:58AM) : I would love to ask Angelina to unpack this comment: "Everything that happen, like now and days, it's the same thing." [Edited]

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Angelina F Angelina F (May 01 2020 11:39AM) : what i meant in this part it's that back in the days everything is like now in days you know? like hanging out with your peoples, or people getting jealous for hanging out with certain people then they stop hanging out with you. just read you would see

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:02AM) : It's worth thinking about how teachers and student in these conversations can talk about texts as readers (and movie viewers). Yet I'm also interested to use these times aa a place for youth to reflect on their own reading and writing processes. more

This becomes a form of formative self-assessment.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:04AM) : I love Angelina's real list of when she stops to annotate. We need to show this to other students.

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Angelina F Angelina F (May 01 2020 11:41AM) : yeah guys just annote anything that comes up in mind. so far as questions,concers,connection to you or real life just anything thzt comes up your head while you reading the story

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:06AM) : This is funny to see Angelina begin to recognize who the other reader is and that she knows him. It shows how important it is to have these conversations.

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Angelina F Angelina F (May 01 2020 12:40PM) : the more you read the more you analyze the main people

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:09AM) : Angelina is having a conversation with her teachers about the text, and she is looking for another conversation that she already wrote in the margins of the text, and she is taking time to find it so that she can expand on her thoughts.

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Angelina F Angelina F (May 01 2020 12:42PM) : is always important to go back in a text or a comment that defined your answer

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:12AM) : I can't help but wonder how much Angelina is thinking about the current situation and the way some might blame the city for what is happening. Not sure she is making these connections, maybe it just me who is thinking this.

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Angelina F Angelina F (May 01 2020 12:53PM) : not really making a connections well yeah kinda but sometimes you have to go deeper than what the auther is saying

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:15AM) : So often these sessions are about teachers showing student things. How valuable it is for students to be doing things BEFORE these sessions that they can share with their class. more

And maybe not formal presentations, but real dialogue that start with something like, “Can I show you my screen so you can see what I mean?”

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:18AM) : Love this moment: "Oh, right here!"

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:20AM) : These little technical suggestions - learning at the moment of need -- are more effective than trying to explain everything first.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:20AM) : Having students read other student's comment aloud brings live and connection to the words.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:23AM) : I love listening to Angelina compose her thoughts as she is saying them. There is something about the narrator's description of the external world that Angelina thinks reflects her inner life.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:25AM) : I live for these moments when students ask us: "Do you know where I'm trying to go with this?"

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:26AM) : Um... You/We are going through something harsh.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:29AM) : Maybe the timing was't great here, but, again getting these technical matters in between the more meaningful moments gives the more "how-to" learning more context.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:31AM) : Worth noting that this bit of teaching is possible because Angelina is sharing her screen.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:35AM) : How teachers become part of a conversation instead of asking questions and getting answers is worth thinking about. My suggestion is to allow students to annotate first -- with guidance for how to respond. But teachers have to find their own ways in.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:37AM) : Interesting how important it is to clarify expectations, some big picture of the whole project -- even with this obviously connected, motivated young person.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:39AM) : Another great moment: "Wait. How you know?"

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:40AM) : It may seem strange to emphasize the updates/notification tools, but they seem extra important in this crisis.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 10:43AM) : Supporting youth through this sense of what is expected of them and why is an important part of what we do when we talk with them.

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Paul A Paul A (Apr 30 2020 11:17AM) : Idressa joins us, and Angelina and he get to talk about the novel together.

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