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Invitational Summer Institute

Day 2: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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Agenda: Wednesday, June 22

9:30 - 10:00 Welcome and Reviewing Reflections

10:00 - 10:30 Reading and Writing Into the Day: “Whose core is it?”

10:30 - 11:15 Teaching Within, Against, and Beyond

11:00 - 12:00 Journal Groups

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 Inquiring into Community with Primary Sources

2:00 - 2:45 Practitioner Inquiry and PhilWP

2:45 - 3:00 Closing and Reflecting

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Today’s Focus Question

What is inquiry?

How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?

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Shared Document for Resources

All agendas, resources, and afternoon asynchronous work are posted at institute2022.philwp.org
In addition, let’s use this shared document for (a) Parking Lot questions, (b) setting up SIGs, and (c) sharing resources.

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Reviewing Reflections Using Text Rendering

Make a copy of the document with yesterday’s reflections
While / after reading, select:

One word
One phrase
One sentence

Share in whole group: sentences first around the circle; then, phrases; finally, words

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Reactions to Text Rendering Protocol

Write in the chat:

What themes stood out to you?

What about the protocol worked for you?

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Writing and Reading into the Day:

“Whose core is it?”

Written by PhilWP TC Christina Puntel, who teaches at Saul High School.
As you read, think about what resonates with you.
Also, consider what tensions and/or challenges emerge for you as you think about your own teaching.

9:25 - 9:30 (Barrett)

Writing into the Day: We’ll continue to reflect on community using writing. Take a moment to look back at what you and your peers wrote about creating “brave” spaces in your pre-institute posts. Identify something you or someone else wrote about and respond in writing. Try to identify something that resonated with or challenged you. You might also bring in an idea from the Brazas & McGheehan (2020) or Dankowski (2020) readings. Maybe there was something you weren’t thinking about yet—and are glad you’re thinking about now thanks to something you read. You can add your response as a reply for others to see in the TPS network or you can write it in a notebook.

Write as individuals; be prepared to then share in home groups starting with serial testimony protocol..

9:30 - 9:40

In home groups, discuss what (1) resonated and (2) challenged you about creating a brave space. Also, was there anything from the Brazas & McGheehan (2020) or Dankowski (2020) readings that resonated or offered a challenge? Add at least one point of resonance and one emerging challenge or tension to the note-catcher. Designate a recorder. While Barrett introduces, Robert will put everyone in breakout groups

9:40 - 9:50

Back in the whole group, reflect on what was written in the note catcher. What are we taking away about building community together as practitioners? What will we be attending to as we engage with one another? (copy and paste in chat)

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Unit Guiding Questions

What does it mean to be part of a community?

What do we like about our community?

Is there something we might change?

What might it look like to try to make our community better?

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What

do you notice?

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I see...

I think...

I wonder...

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3rd

Grade

Class

say

^

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6th

Grade

Class

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Where do we go next?

Select 2 or 3 significant questions from the “Question” column of our primary source analysis.

In the chat, share a question that might be productive for further investigation.

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During analysis of a primary source, what were the teacher actions?

What about student actions?

Stepping

Back

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Observe

Reflect

Question

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What do you wonder?

What do

you notice?

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See

Think

Wonder

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Where do we go next?

Review the questions we asked after our first analysis. Did we find any answers (even partial ones)?

What new questions stand out?

In the chat, suggest where we might go as part of a further investigation.

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What connections do we see?

Which questions

does the book

help us answer?

What new questions do

we have?

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Unit Guiding Questions

What does it mean to be part of a community?

What do we like about our community?

Is there something we might change?

What might it look like to try to make our community better?

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3rd Grade Class

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Journal Groups

Freda, Gina, Sasha
Carly, Keya, Niki, Sandra
Amber, Jessica, Alexandra

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What is inquiry?

How do we use writing to build an inquiry community?

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PhilWP Inquiry Opportunities

Annual Celebration of Writing and Literacy

(October, hosted in partnership with the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia and the Penn Museum)

Supporting Civically Engaged Argument Writing with Primary Sources

Literature Circle

Seminar on the Construction of Race

Poetry Inside Out

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Use a word to describe how you are feeling after Day 2.

Hopeful

Introspective,

reflective

Inspired

Energized

Curious

engaged

excited

Motivated

Reflective

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Reaction Sheet