Language

Language
//Reading, Writing (Asking Questions) - Liz//
 * Referring back to the Secondary School viewpoint/feedback to feeder school's for number one problems they are experiencing;
 * Students **Do Not Understand** what they are Reading
 * Students **Do Not Know how** to effectively read text
 * Students Do Not Know how to write effectively
 * Students are **unable to Reflect** with a Critical Question
 * ** Critical Questioning the single most essential strategy to aid a student to understand senior maths **

Acknowledging the above concerns, I focused my lesson plans towards language literacy on this!
 * How to effectively ask questions before, during and after what you read
 * Using Literal, Inferential and Evaluative Questions
 * Literal - Who What Where When Why and How
 * Inferential - Who Might, Who Will etc.. (Kagan Matrix from Core Methods Class)
 * Evaluative - Perspective, Logical Flow ( Students Opportunity to Reflect)
 * The class I was working in, were also working on Fluids in Science
 * Minds On - Video about Cooling System and how it works in an Engine
 * Using My Technical Background in Fluids, with Cooling System Technologies in Automobiles
 * I provided the students with Text which was of a very Technical Nature
 * Interesting as the article was about a Porsche Engine
 * Each article printed, students were provided with post-it notes
 * Every time, they had a question, they had to write it down
 * At the end of the article, they flipped it over and pulled post-it notes to see that they hit the 3 main categories
 * If not, they had to focus on these forms of questions for their post reflections
 * Lesson Conclusion (Consolidation)
 * Students worked in a Think Pair Share
 * Create a Concept Map about a Problem Based Learning Activity
 * Gallery Walk - to review other students ideas/opinions
 * Personal Reflection
 * Allow students to read a challenging article
 * generates questions
 * interested as it is a real-life problem
 * Gives them idea of what engineers due
 * demonstrates how technical writing can be fluent
 * short, long sentences
 * statements, questions and exclamations
 * most importantly, if you are a math and science person... YOU NEED STRONG READING/WRITING SKILLS!!!