Differentiation+-+Layered+Curriculum

Resources and Notes: Presenters - Carol Zortman and Marge Runkle
Differentiated means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Whether teachers differentiate content, process, products, or the learning environment, the use of ongoing assessment and flexible grouping makes this a successful approach to instruction. (Carol Tomlinson, 2000)
 * What is Differentiatied Instruction**

[|Marge's List of Web Resources]
 * Places to go for more information**

[|The Differentiation Toolbox]
 * A great place to start**

=Carol Zortman's Evolution Using Differentiated Curriculum= Assignments are more layered than differentiated [|American Contemporary Layers.doc] [|Frankenstein layers.doc] [|Victorian layers.doc]
 * My first attempts**

Getting closer to differentiation [|Canterbury Tales A layer.doc] [|Canterbury Tales B layer.doc] [|Canterbury Tales layers.doc] [|Puritan layers.doc]
 * Second round of layering/differentiation**

HOT (High Order Thinking) skills are required for all grades (C, B, A) Activities are divided into "colored layers" based on the folders available [|Macbeth layers.doc] [|Crucible layers 2008.doc]
 * Third round of layering/differentiation**

[|Blogger] - use for student journaling - FREE with Google account, can restrict views to class only, requires students to have an email account with any provider [|TOONDOO] - online comic strip maker FREE - use to review vocab - summarize a novel, story, or poem, etc [|Discovery Streaming] - must have a school account - requires a password [|Brain Pop] - NOT FREE - school license required - great for review or bell ringer, not just English topics - includes video, quiz, etc [|Read Write Think] - Excellent FREE site by NCTE for graphic organizers, lesson plans. For use by both teacher and student. Activities can not be saved; students must print before exiting. Most activities can be completed in a class period. Some would need prep ahead of time and then just typed in during a class period.
 * Sources to create activities**

mrunkle@ycstech.org - Marge Runkle czortman@ycstech.org - Carol Zortman

- Differentiation - Different modalities of learning - Differentiating is layering - Make it HOT – Higher Order Thinking Skills - Present minimal requirements - Move up to individual interest at higher layer - Rubrics for guidelines - ReadWriteThink – Newspaper collaboration - Blogs for journaling - Discovery Streaming writing prompts
 * NOTES**