Session+6,+Action+Learning+Projects

=Designing Action Learning Projects=

Begin with a Poem . ..
We begin with Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech



Variations on a Theme
Author of the popular and acclaimed Newberry Medal winner //Walk Two Moons//, Sharon Creech created a unique novel, //Love That Do//g, written in poetry and modeled after well-known poems, including Walter Dean Myers's "Love That Boy." In her sequel, Jack, the reluctant poet, learns that Walter Dean Myer is a cat person.

In these two "books that tell a story in poems," Creech introduces us to Jack's teacher who is a wonderful exemplar of teaching in a way that enables young adults to learn through literature. Jack learns to write poetry through reading and modeling his poems after those he experiences an aesthetic response to.

Session Overview
Essential Question: How can we use our Learning Through Literature Framework and a review of relevant literature (researcher and practitioner) to design an Action Learning Project that will make a contribution?

It's a good time now as we near mid-term (can you believe it?to focus our interests and commit to an Action Learning Project. In this session you will complete a review of the literature about the problem, issue, or question (optional but required for an exemplary grade of "A") you plan to conduct inquiry on and prepare a proposal describing your project design.

Transmission
Transmission to lead to transactions and maybe even transformations.

Action Items
Activities and Action Items include project assignments due and heads-ups on assignments due.

Reflective Assessment Process
Reflect and self-assess on progress made each week in Reflective Assessment Process (RAP) in Google Docs.