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After School Professional Development Program65 Court Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201Helaine Schwartz, Director aspdp@schools.nyc.govCommon Core State Standards in Literacy:Participants who successfully adapt this course’s strategies for motivating and engaging students will behelping their students to achieve the CCSS literacy standards. They will, for example, diversify their choicesof texts, using more nonfiction examples that appeal to student interest. They will also be promoting moredepth of knowledge in the disciplines and increasing text complexity in order to challenge students.Method of Instruction: List the method of presenting: Classroom video or interactive hands-on activity.Include strategies to meet diverse learning needs (differentiated instruction).• Video• Reflection prompts• Discussion forum• QuizClassroom Practice: Specify what skills and strategies the participant will bring back to his/her classroom.After completing this unit, participants will apply the following skills:• Use games and other inconsequential competition, friendly controversy, unusual orintriguing information, and effective questioning techniques to stimulate their students’engagementResources (readings, artifacts, internet sites, videos, etc): Provide the title, author, edition, publisher,cost, and where it is available. If there is a guest speaker, include the presenter’s name and affiliation.Guest Speakers:CalendarSession # 7Date: self-pacedTime: self-pacedNumber of hours for this session: 5Topics: List session topic and material, e.g. handouts. Indicate midterm and final exam date.MidtermTwo critical questions students must answer in the affirmative in order to be engaged in their learning are“how do I feel?” and “am I interested?” Develop an activity related to specific content that you think willfacilitate students’ positive feelings and interest. Your activity should be supported by the research, haveclear objectives, and incorporate Dr. Robert J. Marzano’s and Debra Pickering’s classroom strategies.Please do the following:1. State your activity’s learning objectives.2. Describe how you will assess the project in relation to those objectives.Revised 11.2011 his