MS AVID/ELA:

Exploring Texts with

Strategic ReadingDan Dawer

Pflugerville Middle School

August 15, 2014

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Outcomes

Participants will understand how to

apply AVID Critical Reading strategies

in their Middle School ELA classes in

order to:

1. Promote critical thinking

2. Support collaboration between

learners

3. Prepare for a Socratic Seminar

discussion

Agenda

8:30 – 8:45: Philosophical Chairs

8:45 – 8:50: AVID Critical Reading

Standards at a Glance

8:50 – 9:20: Critical Reading in Action

9:20 – 9:35: Extend beyond the text:

Socratic Seminar

9:35 – 9:45: Reflection and Application

Philosophical Chairs

Decide whether you agree or disagree

with the statement below:

Students today lack the skills necessary

to think critically on their own. They

must be taught these skills in school.

Philosophical ChairsRules of Engagement

1. Listen carefully when others speak and seek

to understand their arguments even if you

don’t agree.

2. Only one person speaks at a time.

3. First, briefly summarize the previous

speaker’s argument before you make your

response.

4. Address ideas, not the person stating them.

5. Keep an open mind and move to the other

side or the undecided section if you feel that

someone made a good argument or your

opinion is swayed.

AVID Reading-to-Learn

Standards• Vocabulary

• Familiarity with a variety of texts and

text structures

• Reading strategies (marking the text,

numbering paragraphs)

• Summarizing

• Interpreting visuals

Choose any five words from the list

below to create an original sentence (on

a sticky note).

Teachers Recruitment Retention Schools

Students

Support Mentoring Induction Affluent

Poverty

Minority Reform Collaboration Feedback

Outcomes

Salaries Dissatisfaction Attrition Gap Parity

Marking the Text

1. Number paragraphs

2. Circle key terms

3. Underline author’s claims and other

relevant information

Socratic Seminar

ListenNo one can speak while someone else is

speaking.

BuildSpeakers must try to build on what others say,

not debate their views.

Refer to the textSpeakers must refer directly to the section of the

text from which their ideas come rather than making general comments or observations.