FCPS Middle School English Department Chairs, April 11, 2012

1. Inquiry Bursts
Research Mini-lessons in the New Pacing Guide
Fairfax County Public Schools | Middle School English Department Chairs Meeting | April 11, 2012
Krissy Ronan Sarah Pevner Gretchen Hazlin Leslie Howard
Librarian, Madison HS Librarian, Centreville HS Librarian, Kilmer MS Librarian, Irving MS
karonan@fcps.edu sjpevner@fcps.edu gehazlin@fcps.edu lghoward@fcps.edu

2. The project that inspired Inquiry Bursts
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3. Research dispersed throughout the year in new pacing guide

4. Questioning
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5. Use Kagan Parking Lot to write questions about class novel
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6. TodaysMeet
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7. Using Mind Maps to develop well-thought out questions
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8. Write daily question in agenda
Post best question each week to Blackboard blog
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9. Think-pair-share
YOUR TURN:
What questioning bursts do you already teach?
What other ideas do you have?
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10. Citing Sources
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11. Which image is more persuasive?
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12. Citing articles in a wiki/blog
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13. Cite sources in a reading response journal
(or even a simple reading log)
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14. Books + QR Codes = Citations + book sharing activity
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15. Think-pair-share
YOUR TURN:
What citation bursts do you already teach?
What other ideas do you have?
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16. Evaluating Sources
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17. Bias lesson
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18. Compare & contrast different versions of the same story
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19. Hoax websites
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20. Curate an image collection
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22. Think-pair-share
YOUR TURN:
What evaluation bursts do you already teach?
What other ideas do you have?
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23. Synthesizing information
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24. Climate paraphrasing lesson
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25. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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26. Character lens: How would Snow White’s story be told from
the perspective of the dwarves? Of the Queen?
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27. Historical lens: How would books about MLK, Jr. that were
written in the 1970s be different from those written today?
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28. Critical lens: Banned books
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29. Think-pair-share
YOUR TURN:
What synthesis bursts do you already teach?
What other ideas do you have?
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30. Questions or Comments?

31. Submit an Inquiry Burst
www.inquirybursts.com

32. Works Cited
Anirvan. "Banned books." 23 Sept 2006. Online image. Flickr. 26 Jan 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirvan/250981229/>.
Baker & Taylor. 2011. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. <http://www.btol.com>.
Bayasaa. “Fireworks.” 22 Jul. 2008. Online image. Flickr. 9 Apr 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/bayasaa/2693161493>.
Brewbooks. "Beyond Boundaries notes." 10 Jul 2011. Online image. Flickr. 11 Apr 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/5970254591>.
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division. 2011. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. <http://www.dhmo.org>.
Foodpr0n. "The Gift." 25 Aug 2006. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlunar/228650018/>.
The Huffington Post. 17 March 2012. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com>.
Jakebouma. "Magnified (8/365)." 10 Mar 2009. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakebouma/3345296623/>.
Gubbins, James (jgubbins207). “Hand 1.” 18 May 2010. Online image. Flickr. 24 Jan 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgubbins207/4618415549/>.
The Manhattan Airport Foundation. 2011. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. <http://www.manhattanairport.org/>.
McDermid, Murdo (Murdo.mcd). "Parachute Ball." 26 May 2010. Online image. Flickr.. 10 Apr 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/murdomcd/4642482574>.
Mr. Beaver. "Cooking session with light - blend." 21 Feb 2010. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_beaver/4379853232/>.
Muuranker. "DED." 7 Sept. 2008. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/8268197@N02/2836548116/>.
Nanotron. "My New Prius!" 26 June 2010. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/millan/4736075677/>.
Oberazzi. "Questions." 9 Dec 2006. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/>.
Promios, Alex E. "Outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art." 2 July 2011. Online image. Flickr. 26 Jan 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/5893442271/>.
Pnp! "Caro pointing finger." 25 Mar 2011. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnp/5588315278/>..
RedState. 2011. Web. 31 Aug. 2011. <http://www.redstate.com>.
Smith, Roger. "Parking Lot." 25 Jan 2009. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogersmith/3226586501/>.
Snowden, Brenda. Primary Inspired. 17 March 2012. Web. 19 March 2012. <http://primaryinspired.blogspot.com>.
Travel Aficionado. "Traffic Jam Near the Citadel." 22 Mar 2006. Online image. Flickr. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/travel_aficionado/2255177001/>.
United Press International. "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left speaking at an informal news conference in Selma, Alabama." 1965. Library of Congress Prints and
Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress. Web. 14 March 2011. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00651712/>
WorthingTheatres. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." 29 Oct 2008. Online image. Flickr. 29 Aug 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/worthingtheatres/5588980922/>.