SI Day 6 --Part 2

We started the day by looking at ourselves as writers, teachers, and inquirers. By trusting in the moment and being there, we revisited the three strands as well as our assessment discussion from yesterday and created a living tableaux. We portrayed what assessment means to us. I must say it was not a very uplifting picture. The mood brightened considerably though as we processed our tableaux and reworked what assessment could mean for us and how we could use it to strengthen our community. Rashid's demo was next. We started with writing into the demo and discovering our own "tipping point" ala Macolm Gladwell. Exploring social media inspired revolutions, we walked through integrating writing with social studies. Museum Box (http://museumbox.e2bn.org/) was the perfect container for our thoughts. Rashid had us get with a partner and create Museum box about a current revolution.

Ashley's demo was next. She expanded on the theme of social action with her demo, Critical Literacy Using Technology. Using the 5 critical literacy practices outlined by Ciardiello, we explored the social justice theme of homelessness. Through our exploration of homelessness, we were asked to answer the call of service and draft a piece of writing addressing the issue. Her glogster was inspiring and provided us with weeks of lessons.

After a writing lunch, we energized with Shakedown. Arms and legs were flailing as we counted down to zero. Megan then followed up with her demo, What does it mean to be a writer? We revisited our writing mission statements from a demo earlier in the week and investigated where our ideas of writing identities originated. We made lists of who we considered writers and who were not writers. Our non writers lists were whittled down to nothing by the end except for Lacy's cat.

We wrapped up the day with more discussion about the expectations and options for our portfolios and how we can do them, both collaboratively as well as retain our individuality if we want to. Another great day! I say that together at SI ,let's start a revolution as writers!